EAMONN Holmes and Ruth Langsford have issued a statement announcing their intention to divorce.
TV’s golden couple were married in 2010 after being introduced by mutual friends all the way back in 1991 and presented This Morning for 15 years together.
The news will come as a shock to the millions of fans who watched the pair in their regular Friday slot on TV.
A spokesperson told fans about their split in a short but sweet statement.
It read: “Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes have confirmed their marriage is over and they are in the process of divorcing.”
The pair hadn’t been seen together for over two years, last appearing alongside one another in a skit on Instagram.
Pals told The Sun on Sunday how the couple drifted apart in recent times.
Often seen at celebrity events, the TV duo haven’t been spotted together in months.
Their work commitments “took them in different directions”, sources said.
But the pair were determined to stay friends and “keep things amicable”.
Ruth has been continuing to nurse Eamonn back to good health following a medical scare which left him struggling to walk.
Days ago the 64-year-old Loose Women host updated fans on Eamonn’s health by saying: “I look at Eamonn, who’s had his health and back problems, and it makes you realise how important your health is.
“I don’t know how much Eamonn’s mobility will improve. We live in hope. He does the physio, but there might have to be some acceptance that this might never be 100 percent right.”
But Ruth appeared to hint at struggles caring for Eamonn’s numerous health issues of late.
She said: “I thought, well, I am and I’m not. Do you know what I mean? It’s human.
“You can’t help, but when you’re helping someone all the time and they’re very incapacitated it’s hard to be Florence Nightingale all the time.”
Her comments came after a remark Eamonn made on his GB News breakfast show.
He said: “I think my family are a bit fed up with me now.
“The kids are a bit embarrassed about how I move around or don’t move around, and Ruth’s getting a bit fed up with me.”
There were signs going back years that the couple were hitting trouble.
One clear sign was neither of them posting with each other on social media, or appearing at events together in over two years.
Their last social media post where they were seen together was in July 2022, with Ruth and Eamonn playing out a skit to promote her Feeling Fabulous event.
Ruth is seen creating a checklist for everything she needs before the event, before Eamonn pops up and asks, “Do you think you’re forgetting something? Or some one? Like, me?”
Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes have confirmed their marriage is over and they are in the process of divorcing
Spokesperson for the couple
“You want to come?” she asks, before adding, “I hadn’t really thought about it.”
“I think they’ll want to see me more than that Anton [Du Beke] and that Rylan [Clark],” he responds.
While this is the last time they were seen on camera together, in September 2023 they were still together, with Eamonn filming Ruth steaming her face and asking her “What are you doing?”
In an interview with The Sun in 2020, Ruth revealed what she thought was the secret to a happy marriage.
She said: “I don’t have the secret to a happy marriage. If I did I would write a book and make a fortune! I definitely feel that Eamonn and I had chemistry from the moment we met – and we still have it.
By Showbiz Editor Hannah Hope
For many years Eamonn and Ruth were the mum and dad of morning TV, smiling into millions of people;s living rooms, like actual family members.
Having sat with them on This Morning sofa and witnessed their warm in-jokes and intimate, jovial bickering it was clear to see the bond, love and respect they had together and it made magic telly.
So it will come as a sad shock to many that the popular couple have split and have been quietly planning a divorce behind the scenes.
It’s been a tumultuous few years since I revealed, back in 2020, ITV had axed them from This Morning, ending their husband-and-wife on-screen reign and Eamonn has been struggling with his health and mobility.
I’m sure fans will flood them with support as they navigate these difficult next steps and move on with their lives separately.
“Even when he’s annoying me or when we’ve been really grumpy, he’ll say something that’ll make me laugh. There are times when I dislike him, but I love him. I’d like to think that he feels the same.”
Their natural on-screen chemistry proved a regular hit with viewers across a variety of shows — though Eamonn.
In 2021, Eamonn told The Sun: “When you work together and you live together, there is no down time.
“Other TV presenters have a minor disagreement on set and then jump in their cars and go home. With us it can last all day!”
“You can be certain that whatever I say — almost anything — Ruth will say or think the opposite, and then we end up squabbling on screen.
“It seems to work for those watching at home. For now she’s enjoying doing Loose Women, and I’m excited about my own new project.”
One of the most clear signs Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford were heading for divorce was that neither of them posting with each other on social media, or appearing at events together in over two years.
Their last social media post where they were seen together was in July 2022, with Ruth and Eamonn playing out a skit to promote her Feeling Fabulous event.
Ruth is seen creating a checklist for everything she needs before the event, before Eamonn pops up and asks, “Do you think you’re forgetting something? Or some one? Like, me?”
“You want to come?” she asks, before adding, “I hadn’t really thought about it.”
“I think they’ll want to see me more than that Anton [Du Beke] and that Rylan [Clark],” he responds.
While this is the last time they were seen on camera together, in September 2023 they were still together, with Eamonn filming Ruth steaming her face and asking her “What are you doing?”
Ruth, who was under the weather, wrote alongside the clip: “So day 3 of antibiotics and the doctor told me to steam twice a day….I try to do this in peace but @eamonnholmes decided to watch and offer helpful advice this morning!”
