{"id":526203,"date":"2026-04-12T02:58:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/526203\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T02:58:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:58:23","slug":"eamonn-holmes-rushed-to-hospital-after-suffering-a-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/526203\/","title":{"rendered":"Eamonn Holmes rushed to hospital after suffering a stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"

The former ITV This Morning star, 66, fell ill on Tuesday and has been on a ward since then.\"<\/p>\n

The former ITV This Morning star, 66, fell ill on Tuesday and has been on a ward since then.<\/p>\n

Eamonn Holmes, 66, has been rushed to hospital after suffering a stroke \u2013 weeks after sparking concern by \u2018falling asleep on air\u2019. The former ITV This Morning star, 66, fell ill on Tuesday and has been on a ward since then.<\/p>\n

Eamonn had been scheduled to return to his GB News breakfast show on Monday (April 13). He not been on air since March 11 \u2013 when he sparked concern after appearing to fall asleep during an interview with Darren Jones, Labour Party<\/a> cabinet member.<\/p>\n

Viewers called for Eamonn to be taken off air during his chat with the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister. One fan took to X, formerly Twitter, to say: “He\u2019s obviously struggling\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Eamonn\u2019s health woes started in 2021, after he suffered three slipped discs and a dislocated pelvis. Speaking about his issues last month, he said: \u201cWell obviously I\u2019ve been better.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got this back and paralysis problem which has been with me now for three years. It\u2019s terrible to come to terms with.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing is, nobody seems to know what the problem is so I just stick with it and hopefully they\u2019ll find a cure one day.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement, GB News said: \u201cEamonn was taken ill last week and it was later confirmed he had suffered a stroke. He is currently responding well to treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cEamonn has asked for privacy as he focuses on getting better. His colleagues and everyone at GB News wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to welcoming him back to the People\u2019s Channel when he is ready to return.\u201d<\/p>\n

GB News CEO Angelos Frangopoulos added: \u201cEamonn is a loved member of the GB News family, and we\u2019re with him every step of the way as he recovers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eamonn is Britain\u2019s longest-serving breakfast news presenter, with a career spanning more than 40 years.<\/p>\n

Before joining GB News in 2022, he anchored GMTV (1993 – 2005), Sky News Sunrise (2005 – 2016), and co-presented ITV<\/a>\u2019s This Morning (2006 – 2021).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former ITV This Morning star, 66, fell ill on Tuesday and has been on a ward since…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,347,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-526203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-itv","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526203","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=526203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}