Eamonn Holmes lost 'This Morning' job over boss 'hating' how he handled food

Eamonn Holmes mislaid his presenting slot connected This Morning owed to a dip successful ratings, according to sources adjacent to Phillip Schofield who person besides claimed Martin Frizell hated his eating habits

Sources adjacent to Phillip Schofield person spilled the beans connected Eamonn Holmes' departure from This Morning. They suggested a ratings slump and ITV brag Martin Frizell's distaste for however Eamonn would devour nutrient on-air arsenic the main crushed helium got shown the door.

Reports adjacent shockingly quoted Phillip referring to Martin arsenic 1 of the "three s**ts," alongside ITV's Emma Gormley and his erstwhile buddy Holly Willoughby.

The seasoned presenting brace Eamonn Holmes and his woman Ruth Langsford, some 64, were the faces of the Friday variation for an awesome 14 years, earlier being ousted successful a melodramatic reshuffle astatine the extremity of 2020. An insider revealed: "Eamonn and Ruth leaving was each down to ratings and due to the fact that Martin joked that helium couldn't carnivore to ticker him devour connected TV."

The root continued, explaining however Martin's aversion to Eamonn's eating during the cooking segments became a moving gag down the scenes: "Chefs bash cooking segments connected This Morning and Martin's dislike of the show of Eamonn chomping connected immoderate had been cooked up became a gag that helium shared among radical moving connected the show."

While Ruth was reportedly adored by the crew, Eamonn seemingly didn't stock the aforesaid level of popularity. Despite erstwhile claims that Eamonn's stints connected the amusement attracted beardown viewership figures, particularly compared to different Friday hosts, helium yet near ITV and moved to GB News aft being replaced by Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary, reports OK!.

In an eye-opening interrogation from January 2022, Eamonn laid bare his bitter feelings by saying: "They're sly. They didn't privation to denote that I'd been dropped due to the fact that it would adversely impact assemblage figures, truthful they made it look arsenic if I'd walked distant from them alternatively than the different mode round."

In response, pals adjacent to the concern person challenged Holmes' account, asserting: "Contrary to Eamonn's narrative, Phillip had nary occupation with his erstwhile co-host until Eamonn started to constitute disparaging articles astir him."

Eamonn's brewing atrocious humor towards his one-time mate Phillip Schofield and his ain sour exit from ITV seemed to formed a shadiness implicit his narration with his then-wife Ruth Langsford. Insiders suggest that the hostility got truthful terrible it caused an awkward ambiance for Ruth, who continues her gig connected Loose Women.

A confidant of Eamonn, present romantically progressive with 42 twelvemonth aged Katie Alexander, revealed that the presenter doesn't bemoan his outspoken remarks, careless of the strain it enactment connected his marital life. Speaking to the Daily Mail, the insider divulged: "Eamonn's dislike for Phillip has existed for a agelong time, but it became precise nationalist astatine the extremity of his matrimony to Ruth. And arsenic his hatred for him and ITV grew, the cracks successful their narration grew deeper."

A root revealed that Ruth Langsford was little than thrilled with Eamonn Holmes' repeated jabs astatine ITV pursuing their departure from 'This Morning'. "Ruth became a spot dismayed astatine Eamonn for making repeated digs astatine ITV aft they were axed from This Morning. Ruth wasn't implicit the satellite astir it, but fixed she was inactive a cemented subordinate of the Loose Women family, it made things somewhat awkward for her to person Eamonn criticising ITV," they claimed.

The insider past went connected to allege that Eamonn harbours beardown antagonistic feelings towards Phillip Schofield and stands by his actions. "He doesn't regret immoderate of his behaviour. He believes helium [Phil] is addicted to fame and helium can't judge he's attempted to relaunch himself with his documentary past week."