Former 'GMA' host Amy Robach breaks down while honoring her late friend on podcast
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Former ‘Good Morning America’ star Amy Robach has broken down into tears during the second episode of her new podcast ‘Amy & TJ’
The 50-year-old recently lost a dear friend to cancer and was inconsolable when she remembered her during the latter half of the episode.
The former 'GMA' star described her friend, Olivia Summer Hutcherson as a lively spirit who lit up the room with her presence.
Robach gathered all her courage to remember and honor her friend and to let her listeners know that the news of Olivia’s death took a toll on her.
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Amy Robach speaks about her late friend on the podcast
Robach and Holmes continued from where they left off in the first episode, talking about all the struggles that they had to endure due to their relationship.
However, at the end of the episode, Robach dedicated a portion to honor Olivia’s memory.
"You lost someone near and dear to you. And we found out about it just days before we launched,” Holmes said.
"Yes," Amy said. "And I am going to try to do this without crying, but I don't think that's going to work, so I apologize ahead of time.”
"This is somebody who has been so special to me, over the past eight years.”
Robach brought up Olivia who she met after finishing her breast cancer treatment.
“She had just finished hers. We were both declared cancer-free, in remission," she said. Amy said the 28-year-old had a vibrant spirit about her and loved doing a story about her.
"She had so much positivity and so much hope for the future. She was incredible, so much so that we developed a tight friendship over it," Robach told Holmes.
"We stayed friends all these years. Several years later, her cancer came back, Stage 4, metastatic.”
Amy Robach breaks down as she honors her friend’s memory
Robach got emotional and eventually broke down. “We lost Olivia the Saturday after Thanksgiving."
She said that Olivia had texted her a few weeks before her death and they made plans to meet up, but it never happened.
"I didn't know how bad off she was," Robach said with a crack in her voice. "She didn't tell me. It never happened because she passed away shortly after we made plans.”
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Robach then broke down again when she read a text that Olivia sent her about how proud she was of her.
A few weeks ago, Robach even shared a post on Instagram in remembrance of Olivia and recalled her as one of the most positive people to be around.
