Let’s take a look at “Eamonn Holmes Health Update” Eamonn Holmes, 62, underwent surgery in late September to help tackle his back pain, and GB News viewers are already missing him.
Following his operation last week, a fan wrote to the star on Twitter, saying: “GB News isn’t the same without Eamonn. Hope you’ll be back soon. Speedy recovery,” to which the presenter replied: “Thank u. I’ll need a week to let my back heal.”
Eamonn Holmes Health Update: Fans on Return To Work Following Surgery
Another of Eamonn’s followers messaged the star to let him know of his own problems, explaining: “I was up at just gone 3 this morning Eamonn with pain in my ankle heel, and leg. Took my morphine and co-codamol, it’s eased it a bit. Got doctors at 9 this morning. I definitely need referring to a specialist at the hospital.”
Eamonn sympathized with his fan’s pain, writing: “U r lucky u have some of that pain relief. U must be bad. Sorry to hear that. I hope u find a way. There has to be a better joined-up official response to pain. Too many suffering perhaps needlessly.”
A former costar of Eamonn’s shared a selection of black and white throwback photos of the presenter, to which Eamonn replied: “That message and those pictures were better than medicine.”
Eamonn shared the risks of his surgery last week, explaining that while the operation comes with risks, he was willing to give it a try due to the constant pain he suffers daily through his lower back and legs.
“It’s an operation that carries a 20 per cent risk of going wrong, but such is the pain and restrictions that I have been suffering for the past 18 months, I’ve decided it is a risk I am willing to take,” he told the Express.
Eamonn Holmes with his costar Isabel Webster
He added: “In fact, it’s a risk I want to take because, at this moment in time, nothing could seem worse than the constant pain that runs through my lower back and legs.”
Who is Eamonn Holmes’ First Wife Gabrielle Holmes?
MANY fans of Eamonn Holmes could not imagine him with anyone apart from his wife and co-host, Ruth Langsford.
But surprisingly, Eamonn – who is reportedly leaving ITV for GB News – was actually married before he met Ruth.
Gabrielle Holmes is the first wife of iconic presenter Eamonn Holmes.
The pair first met in the summer of 1976 and fell in love.
But they split in 1996. Not much is known about Gabrielle apart from details that Eamonn has revealed.
The presenter has said that he and Gabrielle now have an “amicable divorce”.
He has said: “Gabrielle will always be in my life because she’s the mother of three of my children.
“I am convinced now that there will always be a closeness between us, like a brother/sister thing. I will always be there for her and I assume she will always be there for me, and we will both always be there for the kids and they will never feel uneasy, say, sitting around a table with their mom and dad, talking about things.
“We now holiday together, go to the cinema together and all of that is a tribute to Gabrielle and a tribute to me – and, most importantly of all, our children are happy.”
Why Did Eamonn And Gabrielle Get Divorced?
Eamonn split from Gabrielle in 1996, after ten years of marriage.
Eamonn has addressed his divorce from Gabrielle in his book.
He wrote: ‘Gabrielle was increasingly indifferent and I didn’t know why. I needed her close, I needed her to reach me and ease my pain, but she had concerns of her own, principal of which was an impending birth.’
“That was the first time I realised there wasn’t that emotional support there for me, though I probably had suspected it,
“By that stage we tended to be apart during the week because of my job, and I had no trouble with that – though Gabrielle obviously did.
“I always believed absence would make the heart grow fonder and, in fact, the commuting heightened my desperation for her, made the time less bearable and longer. But it gave my wife a life of her own, with her children, and come weekends I was intruding on it, y’know.”
Eamonn met his now-wife Ruth for the first time in 1997 in his role at GMTV.
They chose to take their relationship slowly to be sensitive to Gabrielle and Eamonn’s kids.
Eamonn and Ruth married in 2010, and they share a named son Jack, who was born in 2002.
Did Eamonn and Gabrielle have any children?
Eamonn shares three children with Gabrielle: Declan, Rebecca and Niall.
The Irish presenter’s son Declan, 32 is expecting his first child with his wife Jenny in July 2021.
Eamonn announced the happy news in April 2021.
He wrote: “Declan is my eldest boy, he’s 32 years of age, and that is Jenny his beloved wife and they have just announced that I – together with Valerie and Robin [Jenny’s parents] and Gabrielle [Declan’s mother] we are all going to be grandparents!”
Eamonn seems to be close to all his kids, but the family have been kept apart due to the Covid pandemic.
In a heartfelt message in May 2020, Eamonn lamented the fact they couldn’t gather as a family.
He wrote: “The Holmes Gang. #wearefamily.
“Miss the bones of this lot. Miss the gatherings, most of all miss the laughter and banter.
“But the priority is that we all stay well. Really Looking forward to our next Zoom night kids. Family = everything… well after @manchesterunited which thankfully also Unites us.”
Eamonn Holmes Net Worth
Irish TV presenter of GMTV, Sunrise, This Morning and Songs of Praise, Eamonn Holmes’ net worth is estimated to £3 million.
Joining BBC in 1986, Holmes began hosting Open Air.
He began co-hosting GMTV in 1993 and left the show in 2005.
Holmes also hosted Jet Set, BBC’s National Lottery show (2001-2007), Radio 5 Live’s The Eamonn Holmes Show (2003-2009), BBC’s Sudo-Q (2005-2007), The Rich List (2006 US game show), BBC’s Songs of Praise, and co-hosted ITV’s The Feelgood Factor (2009).
After GMTV, he shifted to Sky News in 2005 co-hosting their Sunrise show. Currently, he co-hosts it with Isabel Webster.
In 2006, Holmes started hosting ITV’s This Morning. His present co-host is his wife Ruth Langsford. A columnist for The People, Holmes released his autobiography This is MY Life.
He hosted Michael Parkinson’s Sunday morning show for sometime on Radio 2 while hosting his own show on London’s Magic 105.4 radio station, in 2008.
Holmes’ wedding to Langsford on June 26, 2010 in Hampshire was heavily publicised by Hello! magazine — who bought the exclusive rights to the ceremony from the couple — in their two issues in July 2010.
Holmes’ £2.8 million salary for hosting Sky News’ Sunrise and ITV’s This Morning saw him as the highest-paid TV star of 2011.
He won the TRIC Awards in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013 and the Legends of Industry Award in 2013 for Services to Broadcasting and Journalism.
The couple’s live in a six-bedroom mansion in St. Georges Hill, Surrey.
Last Updated on October 4, 2022 by 247 News Around The World
