Eamonn Holmes ‘feels like he’s married to Victoria Beckham’ as he praises Ruth’s career change

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Eamonn Holmes has praised wife Ruth Langsford for her role on QVC after the pair left their presenting roles on This Morning

Eamonn Holmes has heaped the praise on wife Ruth Langsford as he opened up on life after This Morning.

The Northern Irish presenter, 62, spent 15 years on the popular ITV show - many of which were shared alongside Ruth, also 62.

And while he's moved on to pastures new at GB News, wife Ruth is finding huge success in her role as a fashion designer for QVC.

When asked about any future working plans the pair may hold, Eamonn praised his wife and said: "Ruth is now phenomenally successful as a fashion designer for QVC.

"She is the second highest selling clothing brand on QVC internationally.

"She spends her time agonising over detail and plans and designs – it must be like being married to Victoria Beckham, you know? It’s all-consuming really."

Eamonn Holmes praised his wife Ruth Langsford

Eamonn admitted he was also taken aback by his reception to the GB News newsroom following his move and praised the team for their efforts in growing the channel.

"The first day I walked in, the newsroom stood up and applauded me and I was very taken aback by that," he said.

"It meant something to them that I was there.

"In six months the audience has gone up sixfold, I’ve got two award nominations, so that hasn’t been too bad for someone that’s male, pale and stale."

He then joked: "For the record, Eamonn doesn’t feel any of those things."

As well as his new breakfast time slot, Eamonn has launched a BBC cookery programme, Farm to Feast: Best Menu Wins.

It hasn't been an easy ride for the presenter off-screen either, and he confessed he was scheduled to have emergency surgery on a back problem he's had for 18 months.

Eamonn continued: "The problem I’ve had for the last 18 months is discs that have dislocated in my back and protruded on both sides.

"On my right they killed my sciatic nerve in my leg. Then they dislodged on my left side, so last month it was an unexpected hospital admission in Belfast."

"Your spine is a very delicate thing and if there’s any chance it could go wrong, they shy away. I was scheduled for emergency surgery but in the operating theatre the surgeon thought again, and said, ‘I’m not going to do this’."

Instead, he's revealed how he now gets a steroid injection to help keep the problem at bay.

While future surgery hasn't been ruled out, he confessed: "I’m walking about better than I have in ages. I’m not using a crutch or a stick. And I genuinely feel good."

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