- Their removal from the network comes after the company completed an internal investigation into the matter.
- On November 30, the Daily Mail published an exclusive report alleging that the two anchors, both of whom were married and have children, were “locked in a passionate romance despite both being married to their respective spouses for the past 12 years.”
- Speaking on an editorial call following the revelation, ABC News President Kim Godwin announced that the couple had been removed, calling the imbroglio an “internal and external distraction.”