{"id":370157,"date":"2026-01-14T22:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/370157\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T22:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:37:08","slug":"eamonn-holmes-flooded-with-well-wishes-as-gb-news-star-shares-health-update-after-breakfast-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/370157\/","title":{"rendered":"Eamonn Holmes flooded with well-wishes as GB News star shares health update after Breakfast absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eamonn Holmes has received a flood of support after sharing his health woes this week, giving an explanation as to why he was absent from his GB News morning show.<\/p>\n<p>Eamonn, 66, shared a post on X, formerly Twitter, detailing he has suffered a couple of &#8220;awful days&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, he penned on the social media app: &#8220;Awful days yesterday and this morning. Really heavy cold. Can\u2019t stop sneezing. No energy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He ended the tweet with a series of emojis indicating sadness and sickness.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"7e756\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"d73350c5a42a11bca2137286b0805f19\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20647%20428'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768430228_138_eamonn-holmes.jpg\" width=\"647\" height=\"428\" alt=\"Eamonn Holmes\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Eamonn Holmes revealed his current health woes <\/p>\n<p> |  PA<\/p>\n<p>The People&#8217;s Channel star received a flood of responses in the comments, with many wishing him a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n<p>One sympathised: &#8220;Oh bless you, get well soon Eamonn!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just after a long flu &#8211; was awful &#8211; make sure you are drugged up every four hours Eamonn,&#8221; a second advised.<\/p>\n<p>Another reassured the presenter, sharing: &#8220;Had it myself for 3 weeks. It will go eventually.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Awful days yesterday and this morning. Really heavy cold . Can\u2019t stop sneezing \ud83e\udd27 No energy \ud83d\ude1f\ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eamonn Holmes OBE (@EamonnHolmes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EamonnHolmes\/status\/2011415759394873538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 14, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Get better soon Eamonn. Have plenty of rest,&#8221; someone else added.<\/p>\n<p>A different X follower penned: &#8220;That&#8217;s what happens In January I can relate. Have a good rest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Someone else commented: &#8220;&#8216;ve had this bug for 10 days now, it&#8217;s like something I&#8217;ve never had before.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even when I had Covid a couple of years ago it wasn\u2019t this bad. The tiredness is the worst bit. Get well soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another advised: &#8220;I&#8217;ve had it for weeks Eamonn. The only thing that helps is complete rest. I know its easier said than done but&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Get well soon, look after yourself Eamonn,&#8221; one more wrote. (sic)<\/p>\n<p>Eamonn often shares elements of his personal life on social media, with the presenter posting an adorable snap of his dog Maggie on Instagram last week.<\/p>\n<p>Captioning the image of the pooch, who seemed to be seated in a car, he wrote: &#8220;Hello Maggie &#8211; U look Regal and Lovely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"2f9b2\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"bf6fb25cc4647e3dbb41b16d64fca04c\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%205000%203333'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768430228_177_eamonn-holmes.jpg\" width=\"5000\" height=\"3333\" alt=\"Eamonn Holmes\"\/>Eamonn Holmes fronts Breakfast on GB News  |  GB NEWS<\/p>\n<p>Eamonn also frequently shares health updates with fans. In October, he was inundated with well-wishes after sharing an update following a hospital visit.<\/p>\n<p>The GB News Breakfast star took to Instagram to reveal he&#8217;s having to wear a patch over his right eye.<\/p>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t reveal the exact reason for the medical treatment, but displayed a positive attitude as he joked about the health update.<\/p>\n<p>He penned: &#8220;One of these eye patches was put on in hospital and the other one by me. See if u can guess which?&#8221; before signing off: &#8220;Ps U should see the other guy!!!&#8221; (sic)<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eamonn Holmes has received a flood of support after sharing his health woes this week, giving an explanation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,830,5909,96,759,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-370157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity","tag-eamonn-holmes","tag-entertainment","tag-presenters","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}