GB News presenter Eamonn Holmes is recovering in hospital following a stroke, the channel has said.<\/p>\n
“Eamonn was taken ill last week and it was later confirmed he had suffered a stroke,” a GB News spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
“He is currently responding well to treatment.<\/p>\n
“Eamonn has asked for privacy as he focuses on getting better.<\/p>\n
“His colleagues and everyone at GB News wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to welcoming him back to the People’s Channel when he is ready to return.”<\/p>\n
The Belfast-born broadcaster (66) presents GB News Breakfast with his co-host Ellie Costello. <\/p>\n
Alex Armstrong will step in to present in his absence this week, GB News added.<\/p>\n
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.”<\/p>\n
Holmes has long battled issues after dislodging discs in his back, which he said impinged on his sciatic nerve and affected the mobility of his right leg.<\/p>\n
He previously spoke about going through spinal surgery, a double hip replacement, and his struggles walking and using a mobility scooter.<\/p>\n
Holmes had a couple of falls in May last year, which seemed to take place only weeks apart.<\/p>\n
The former This Morning host was taken to hospital after a first fall at his home, then fell from his chair live on-air.<\/p>\n
During his GB News Breakfast show, a crash could be heard while the camera was focused on their guest, commentator Charlie Rowley.<\/p>\n
Co-host Ellie Costello could be heard saying “Oh, my gosh” off-screen, and Holmes pleaded with Rowley to “carry on” before the presenter returned to the show following a break.<\/p>\n
Holmes then said: “Welcome back. Good to see you again. Especially good for me to see you again. I am still alive, yes.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
Holmes later said the chair “gave way”, which meant he was lying flat on his back.<\/p>\n
He added: “As the morning goes on, you feel aches and pains.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
“So it all came back, as it were.”<\/p>\n
Holmes told The Sun newspaper in 2022 that his health problems caused issues in his marriage to Loose Women star Ruth Langsford.<\/p>\n
“Even my own family are bored of my moaning,” he said.<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
Langsford and Holmes announced their split in 2024.<\/p>\n
They had married in 2010 after more than a decade together.<\/p>\n
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