Eamonn Holmes Biography
Eamonn Holmes OBE is a former journalist and Northern Irish broadcaster. He co-hosted GMTV for twelve years, from 1993 to 2005, and Sky News Sunrise for eleven years, from 2005 to 2016. He co-hosted This Morning with his wife Ruth Holmes from 2006 to August 2021.
How old is Eamonn Holmes? – Age
He is 63 years old as of 3 December 2022. He was born in 1959 in Belfast, United Kingdom.
Eamonn Holmes Wife
Holmes married his first wife, Gabrielle Holmes, in 1985, and they have three children, Declan, Rebecca, and Niall. They divorced in 1994 after Holmes’ father died and her journalism work took a toll on their marriage. Holmes married Ruth Langsford on June 26, 2010, at Elvetham Hall in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire. In July 2010, the couple sold exclusive rights to report on the wedding ceremony and reception to Hello! magazine, which featured the event in two issues.
Is Eamonn Holmes disabled? – Health
Holmes provided an update on his health as he continues to recover from back surgery. Holmes began getting severe back pain unexpectedly in spring 2021, necessitating the use of a walking stick. Further investigation revealed that he had three slipped discs, affecting the movement of his right leg. When he traveled to Belfast to host an event in honor of close friend Gloria Hunniford, he ended up in A&E because his spinal difficulties created bladder and bowel troubles.
The surgeon opted to postpone the procedure because it was “too complicated” for Holmes. He was hospitalized for another nine days before returning to England. His procedure was finally scheduled for September 2022 after he made contact with a specialist surgeon there.
Eamonn Holme This Morning
Holmes began presenting the ITV daytime show This Morning on Friday mornings in 2006 and will continue to do so until 2021. Holmes’ contract with This Morning expired in December 2021, which meant that the husband and wife team no longer hosted the show on school or bank holidays. Holmes lost a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) appeal in February 2020 challenging his position as a freelancer under IR35 laws, with the judge ruling that his contract with ITV’s This Morning program amounted to employment. In his testimony, Holmes identified himself as “..one of the best live television presenters in the country.” In October 2011, Holmes characterized singer Jonathan Wilkes as “retarded” on This Morning. He eventually apologized following complaints and requests for his dismissal.
Eamonn Holme 5G
In April 2020, Holmes appeared to support the conspiracy theory that the coronavirus pandemic was caused by the construction of 5G masts. Holmes stated that he “didn’t accept mainstream media immediately slapping it down” in a segment on This Morning about “Fake News” regarding the virus. He recommended that it was an indication of an “enquiring mind” to research the hypothesis which had proactively been highly exposed by specialists. In any case, that’s what holmes said “it suits the state account” to deny the hypothesis.
Ofcom declared that it was researching the episode. On the program the following day, Holmes read a statement that read: The current national health emergency has nothing to do with 5G, and to suggest otherwise would be incorrect and potentially dangerous.” Ofcom got in excess of 400 protests about the episode and later gave direction to ITV on its inclusion of the pandemic. As Ofcom stated, In our view, Eamonn Holmes’ vague remarks were badly judged and gambled sabotaging watchers’ confidence in guidance from public specialists and logical proof.”
Eamonn Holme Radio
In the late 1980s, Holmes made his radio debut at Downtown Radio, Northern Ireland’s first commercial independent radio station.
Holmes hosted The Eamonn Holmes Show on Radio 5 Live on Saturday mornings between 9 and 11 a.m. for 6 years, until his contract with the BBC expired on 30 May 2009. Holmes aired his own show on London radio station Magic 105.4 in 2005. Holmes took over Michael Parkinson’s Sunday morning show on Radio 2 for a few weeks in 2008.
Holmes hosted his own radio show on talkRADIO in 2016. Let’s Talk With Eamonn Holmes aired on Saturdays from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Holmes hosted the daily drivetime show on talkRADIO from January 2018 to February 2020.
Eamonn Holme Movies
♦ 2005 – Robots
♦ 2014 – Mrs. Brown’s Boys D’Movie
♦ 2019 – Wonder Park
Eamonn Holmes TV Shows
♦ 2006 – The Rich List
♦ 2006–2021 – This Morning
♦ 2009 – The Feelgood Factor
♦ 2009–2014 – Songs of Praise
♦ 2010 – Have I Got News for You
♦ 2013 – Blue Peter
♦ 2014 – Gift Wrapped
♦ 2014–2018 – Big Brother’s Bit on the Side
♦ 2015– – Eamonn & Ruth: How the Other Half Lives
♦ 2016 – It’s Not Me, It’s You
♦ 2017–2018 – Good Morning Britain
♦ 2017– – Biggleton
♦ 2017 – Eamonn & Ruth’s 7 Year Itch
♦ 2018– – Do The Right Thing with Eamonn and Ruth
♦ 2018 – Love Island: The Reunion
♦ 2018– – How To Get A Good Night’s Sleep – Co-presenter
♦ 2019– – Celebrity Gogglebox
♦ 2019 – Supermarket Sweep
♦ 2022– – Breakfast with Eamonn and Isabel
