Former This Morning stars Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford are set to divorce after 14 years, it has been announced. In a statement released by their spokesperson, it was confirmed that the TV couple are in the process of separating , after tying the knot in 2010. ‘Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes have confirmed their marriage is over and they are in the process of divorcing,’ the statement read.
The news will undoubtedly come as a shock to many fans, who have watched the couple on their screens – both separately and as presenting duo – for several years. Prior to the announcement, it was claimed that Loose Women star Ruth, 64, and her team had told their friends ‘to look out for the comments, which they are planning to put on social media’. ‘It’s a very sorry tale.
They are both so loved by the British public, they won over so many people on This Morning which they hosted for more than a decade,’ a source told MailOnline . The news of their split was confirmed in the statement to The Sun . Neither Eamonn and Ruth have posted on social media about their separation as of yet.
The pair originally met in 1997, after being introduced by their mutual friend, television presenter Sally Meen. They initially kept their relationship under wraps, out of respect for Eamonn’s first wife, Gabrielle Holmes, with whom he had three children. In 2017, Ruth spoke out in an interview about what it was like to not go public with their relationship at first.
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