The sad truth about Eamonn Holmes & Katie Alexander’s ‘unbreakable relationship’ by friend who knows him best

Eamonn Holmes and his caller woman Katie Alexander are sitting connected a array successful the Grosvenor House ballroom.

They are alone, surrounded by a oversea of bare tables, the remainder of the guests hovering connected the balcony above.

Eamonn puts his limb astir Katie. She smiles and kisses him connected the cheek.

It's a heartwarming show and I'm relieved to spot Eamonn looking truthful blessed aft a twelvemonth of wellness woes and idiosyncratic torment.

A "troublemaker" connected TV bosses' z list

I met GB News presenter Eamonn astir a decennary agone aft moving with him connected ITV's This Morning wherever I provided their play showbiz round-up.

He has ever been incredibly generous and encouraging, 1 of the nicest men successful showbusiness, mentoring maine arsenic I moved from newsman to showbiz exertion astatine a nationalist newspaper.

Which is wherefore I was profoundly saddened to spot Eamonn endure a twelvemonth of hellhole successful 2024 arsenic his health deteriorated pursuing 3 slipped discs, spinal surgery, a atrocious lawsuit of shingles and aggregate falls.

One which pb to a bony sticking retired of his enarthrosis and forcing him to heartbreakingly miss his ain mother's funeral.

And of people helium divided from agelong word woman Ruth Langsford.

His satellite was genuinely falling apart.

A fewer months aboriginal it emerged helium was successful a narration with counsellor Katie Alexander - a mum-of-three who had besides endured a recent, achy break-up.

The brace were villainised and hounded by net trolls.

Most precocious Eamonn was declared a "troublemaker" who is present connected TV executives z database aft helium spoke retired against Phillip Schofield's behaviour with an younger ITV employee.

There person been chaotic stories astir the brace moving successful unneurotic and wanting to flaunt their romance successful beforehand of Loose Woman Ruth, arsenic if they are surviving immoderate benignant of opulent, self-indulgent teenage romance.

Well, I tin uncover that couldn't beryllium further from the truth.

When I bent retired with the mates astatine the Irish Post Awards successful November it's wide the scrutiny their narration has faced has taken its toll - Katie is adjacent to tears arsenic she tells maine astir the decease threats she has suffered aft quality astir their narration was made public.

Eamonn puts connected a brave look but I tin archer he's not his accustomed self.
A antheral who is usually cheeky and afloat of banter is withdrawn and cautious.

'Katie wheeled maine in'

"We came successful the backmost door," helium says, fractional smiling, "to debar having our photograph taken. Katie wheeled maine in."

When I guarantee them our speech is disconnected record, the temper lightens and we laughter astir however ridiculous the showbiz satellite tin be, however divorced from world everything is, however cruel strangers tin beryllium astir a concern they cognize thing about.

He tells me: "It’s been a pugnacious twelvemonth and I’ll beryllium gladsome to spot the backmost of it.

"But determination are tons of things to beryllium grateful for and I anticipation that my wellness improves adjacent year."

Up until this constituent the mates person stayed distant from showbiz parties not wanting to beryllium disrespectful to Ruth. And that is inactive cardinal to the mode they pb their lives.

Eamonn has immense respect for Ruth - the parent of his 22-year-old lad Jack - and hopes and believes that they tin 1 time beryllium friends.

The erstwhile powerfulness mates of daytime tv announced they would beryllium divorcing aft 14 years of matrimony successful May - with friends of Ruth telling maine that connection betwixt the brace had stooped to an each clip low.

She excessively has not spoken astir the matrimony breakdown, maintaining a dignified soundlessness portion being supported by pals including Coleen Nolan and Rylan.

The mates archetypal met successful 1996 earlier marrying successful 2010 and going connected to beforehand a drawstring of shows including This Morning.

When I was moving connected This Morning delivering their showbiz round-up - Eamonn was ever connected manus to springiness maine tips and told maine to support going contempt my panic of unrecorded TV.

Secret idiosyncratic heartache

Yes helium could and inactive does person an opinion, but that's what makes him truthful entertaining.

In a clip erstwhile radical person to ticker what they say, helium is simply a enactment of caller air.

And connected this cold, wintertime nighttime astatine the Irish Post Awards I spot a mates who are precise comfy together, and person fixed each different immense enactment implicit the past year, arsenic they some flooded break-ups and effort to forge caller beingness paths.

Katie suffered her ain idiosyncratic heartache arsenic she divided from her hubby and begetter of her 2 children successful 2022.

Last year, reports claimed that Eamonn and Katie were moving successful together.

But the information is simply a sadder, much solitary matter - particularly for Eamonn, who lives unsocial successful South West London - 200 miles distant from Katie who is based successful the tiny West Yorkshire municipality of Mirfield.

The mates marque definite to spot each different each mates of weeks - which is conscionable not capable for either of them.

Katie has children of secondary school property and she people is devoted to them and their needs arsenic teenagers.

She besides has her afloat clip counselling vocation which is demanding connected her time.

Add to each that Eamonn's disablement means helium conscionable can’t hop connected a train.

They enjoyed a cruise astir the Mediterranean successful May wherever Katie was seen wheeling Eamonn connected and disconnected a ferry.

Katie's vow of silence

But aboriginal holidays are connected clasp due to the fact that it is excessively hard for the GB News presenter successful his condition.

The 65-year-old's wellness is truthful dire helium "can nary longer locomotion oregon look aft himself".

Having country backmost successful 2022 for a slipped disc and a treble hip-replacement successful 2016 means helium is incapable to locomotion unaided.

He present relies progressively connected his wheelchair and admitted astatine the commencement of the twelvemonth that helium whitethorn ne'er locomotion again.

Still, the mates stay optimistic, and portion their clip unneurotic is constricted they some judge that the clip they bash person unneurotic is valued and precious.

Having been approached galore times to bash an interview, with large wage cheques offered, Katie refuses to talk astir beingness with Eamonn.

After the maltreatment she has received astir women would tally a mile, but Katie has stuck by her man.

That is thing that Eamonn volition ne'er hide and is 1 of the galore reasons wherefore I deliberation they are some successful it for the agelong haul.