Eamonn Holmes has faced some backlash following his highly-anticipated return to GB News on Tuesday morning. The 64 year-old anchor spoke publicly for the first time since news broke of his divorce from Ruth Langsford . The TV presenter from Belfast expressed gratitude to supporters amid his marital split, stating: "Your support for both of us is very much appreciated.
" While Eamonn kept talk of his divorce brief and swiftly steered the focus toward the day's newspaper headlines, he didn't hold back with his critique of more trivial stories. This approach led quite a few viewers to label him as "irritable" and "rude". READ MORE: Eamonn Holmes 'following accounts of racy women' amid Ruth Langsford divorce READ MORE: Eamonn Holmes' marriages to Ruth Langsford and first wife were 'destroyed by same issue' He didn't mince words in jesting about UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak being photographed playing football - likening him to a school headteacher.
He quipped: "Can this man get any more boring than he is and this business of conscription, this business of maths. He just would have made a perfect awful head teacher, wouldn't he? Oh, Mr Sunak's in today, he's a right bore, he is." His on-screen exchanges with co-host Isabel Webster, 41, also seemed rife with disagreements.
Spectators soon started sharing their opinions in the comment section. One viewer remarked: "Crikey Eamonn you are in a stinking mood this morning. Much as I admire you I kind of feel for Isabel today, give her a bre.