Eamonn Holmes forced to leave GB News show over ill health
Eamonn Holmes was forced to pull out of his breakfast show on Tuesday (Picture: GB News)
Eamonn Holmes was forced to pull out of his GB News programme halfway through Tuesday’s show.
The presenter, 64, claimed last week that he was on ‘borrowed time’ and that he was ‘not OK’, following the news of his split from Loose Women star Ruth Langsford.
Amid his ongoing health struggles, he’s since been pictured using a walking frame and crutches, with Ruth having shared weeks earlier that he ‘might never be 100% right’.
On today’s breakfast show with Isabel Webster, Eamonn was forced to leave early after feeling unwell.
A spokesperson for GB News told MailOnline: ‘Eamonn had to finish a little earlier today as he was feeling unwell. He hopes to be back tomorrow.’
It’s reported he left around 7.45am, appearing to go missing during an interview with Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health Maria Caulfield.
He left offscreen, with Isabel presenting the final 90 minutes of the show alone, and failing to address Eamonn’s absence.
A friend claimed to MailOnline that Eamonn was in good spirits, despite having to leave and go home early.
Last week, the veteran television presenter claimed that he was on ‘borrowed time’ and ‘not OK,’ in an appearance at an awards ceremony.
Eamonn and Ruth split after 14 years of marriage (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Eamonn has been suffering from back problems and chronic pain in recent years (Picture: Dave Benett/Getty Images)
Eamonn revealed how he had been suffering from poor health and almost skipped the awards due to back pain, and said he was only able to attend the ceremony with the use of a high-tech wheelchair and a walker for support.
‘I’m not OK. This is not a good time at all,’ he admitted.
Eamonn’s chronic pain started after he slipped three discs in 2021 and lost ‘full mobility’.
He then underwent spinal surgery the following year, which left him off air for almost four months as he recovered, however, he suffered a major setback when he fell down the stairs, later saying he ‘smashed’ his shoulder.
Eamonn’s chronic pain started after he slipped three discs in 2021 and lost ‘full mobility’ (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)
Earlier this year, Eamonn said his health issues had prevented him from travelling to Belfast for the funeral of his mother, Josie, last year and that he felt ‘confined’ to a wheelchair.
‘It’s as if somebody up there is playing with my life. In the past year, I’ve had an operation on my back which went wrong and has confined me to a wheelchair,’ he said on GB News.
‘I’ve fallen and broken my shoulder. Honestly, you could not make it up.’
Eamonn also opened up about the toll his poor health has take last year, saying: ‘I get resentful that I’m not the way I used to be but I just get on with it.’
Ruth spoke of the ‘testing time’ with her ex-husband’s health issues just days ago (Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
Just days before announcing their separation, Ruth opened up about her ex-husband’s health struggles in an interview, worrying that he will ‘never be 100% right’.
She told Woman’s Weekly: ‘I don’t know how much Eamonn’s mobility will improve. We live in hope.
‘He does the physio, but there might have to be some acceptance that this might never be 100% right.
‘With any care situation – and there are millions of carers in this country – it isn’t always easy. It’s testing but we manage as a family.’
Metro.co.uk has approached GB News and Eamonn’s reps for comment.
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