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Ruth & Eamonn’s SHOCK DIVORCE
The couple announce their split after living increasingly separate lives
They’ve long been considered one of showbiz’s strongest couples. But last week, Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford shocked us all by announcing their split, confirming in a statement that “their marriage is over and they are in the process of divorcing”.
It’s certainly dropped a bombshell in the world of entertainment, putting an end to a partnership that, after 27 years together and 14 years of marriage, seemed unbreakable. But as the dust settled on their sad news, and Eamonn thanked fans for their support on his GB News breakfast show days later, it soon became clear that the writing had been on the wall for a while, with sources saying they’ve been leading “separate lives, personally and professionally” for two years now.
Apparently, diverging priorities, health complications and careers that quickly moved in different directions all played key roles in tearing them apart. And while Eamonn was reportedly “in denial” and “devastated” by Ruth’s decision to make their split official, the fact that he himself was the first to address it personally, thanking his GB News viewers, “for your support for Ruth and I over the last few days as to the news of our separation”, was his way of acknowledging that things are over for good.
A source has said, “This could all get very, very tricky. You’re dealing with Eamonn, who didn’t really want to end things, and Ruth, who did. At the very heart of that is a disagreement. How they manage to split their millions remains to be seen, but when it comes to money things are never easy. They’ve been together for a long time, but Eamonn was undeniably more famous when they got together.”
Rewinding three decades, both Ruth and Eamonn, both 64, were successful broadcasters when they met through mutual friends in 1997, two years after Eamonn split from his first wife, Gabrielle. The spark was immediate, but they kept their relationship out of the limelight out of respect for Gabrielle, with whom he shares three children – Declan, 35, Rebecca, 33, and Niall, 31. “I thought it spoke volumes about the sort of man he was, the sort of father he was and the integrity he had,” Ruth later reflected. “It made me love him more, not less.”
In 2002, the couple welcomed their son, Jack, now 21, and started to work together more on TV. But it was in 2006 that they cemented themselves as a formidable partnership on and off screen – becoming co-hosts of Friday episodes of This Morning together and drawing favourable comparisons with Richard and Judy in the process. They married in 2010 and, for the next decade, seemed rock-solid in both their professional and personal lives. The fact that that they p
