Eamonn Holmes Recovering After Suffering a Stroke
Veteran broadcaster Eamonn Holmes is recovering in hospital after suffering a stroke, GB News has confirmed. "Eamonn was taken ill last week and it was later confirmed he had suffered a stroke," a GB News spokesperson said.
Veteran broadcaster Eamonn Holmes is recovering in hospital after suffering a stroke, GB News has confirmed.
“Eamonn was taken ill last week and it was later confirmed he had suffered a stroke,” a GB News spokesperson said.
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“He is currently responding well to treatment.
“Eamonn has asked for privacy as he focuses on getting better.
The 66-year-old presenter, who was born in Belfast, fronts GB News Breakfast alongside co-host Ellie Costello.
GB News said Alex Armstrong will present the programme this week while Holmes remains off air.
Angelos Frangopoulos, Chief Executive of GB News, said: “Eamonn is a loved member of the GB News family, and we’re with him every step of the way as he recovers.”
Holmes has for years spoken openly about a series of health problems after dislodged discs in his back affected his sciatic nerve and limited movement in his right leg.
He has previously described undergoing spinal surgery and a double hip replacement, as well as the difficulty he has faced walking and using a mobility scooter.
In May last year, Holmes suffered a couple of falls that appeared to happen only weeks apart.
The former This Morning presenter was first taken to hospital after falling at home, and later fell from his chair during a live broadcast.
On GB News Breakfast, viewers heard a crash while the camera remained on guest commentator Charlie Rowley.
Off-screen, co-host Ellie Costello could be heard saying, “Oh, my gosh”, as Holmes urged Rowley to “carry on” before returning to the programme after a break.
Holmes then said: “Welcome back. Good to see you again. Especially good for me to see you again. I am still alive, yes.
“And they’re very wonky wheels on chairs that we’ve got here, and matter of fact, we don’t really like the chairs full stop, do we? They’re a bit slippy and slidey, and I’ve slipped and slid off mine there.
“Not the first guest to have done so, we’ve had a few. They have to remain nameless because they’re well-known people, but they’ve hit the floor really badly, quite frightening.
“And it was a bit of a shock for me because I’ve had a fall in my bathroom two weeks ago, which hospitalised me, and that hit me again right in the back. [I’m] really, really sore. Really sore.”
He later said the chair had “gave way”, leaving him flat on his back.
He added: “As the morning goes on, you feel aches and pains.
“The worst thing about this, of course, this was at a time when I was hospitalised two weeks ago for a very similar fall in the same area, back of the head, my neck, my shoulders.
“So it all came back, as it were.”
Holmes also told The Sun newspaper in 2022 that his long-running health troubles had put pressure on his marriage to Loose Women star Ruth Langsford.
“Even my own family are bored of my moaning,” he said.
“It has caused some strain and Ruth is fed up of hearing about it and of me saying I can’t walk the dog or tidy up, but I can’t help it. It’s agony.”
Langsford and Holmes announced their split in 2024.
They married in 2010 after being together for more than a decade.
Source: Press Association