Eamonn Holmes has sparked concern after admitting he is "on borrowed time" since splitting up with Ruth Langsford. In news which sent shockwaves through the showbiz industry, the former This Morning stars, 64, announced they had called time on their marriage and were heading for divorce. Eamonn has kept fairly quiet since the split, but opened up about his health at the TRIC Awards yesterday, which he attended for the first time without Ruth.
Speaking to the Mirror , he said: "I’m not OK. This is not a good time at all.” The dad-of-four, who arrived at the awards in a high-tech wheelchair at the ceremony, then admitted feeling as if he is on “borrowed time”, as his father died at the age of 65 from a fatal heart attack in 1991.
The presenter has battled multiple heath issues over the past few years, including one which he said left him 'looking he'd been hit over the face with a baseball bat'...
Eamonn was struck down with the viral infection that causes a painful rash in 2018, saying he looked "as if someone had taken a baseball bat to my face". The star believed his severe Shingles had been brought on by a "stressful tax row", which saw him battle with HMRC over whether he was classed as staff or a freelancer as a presenter at This Morning . "It was bloody scary to see it," he told The Sun .
"It looked as if someone had taken a baseball bat to my face and smashed me about a bit." More terrifyingly, Eamonn said the infection could have caused him to go blind. "Blindn.