Eamonn Holmes gave a heartbreaking health update during a GB News broadcast on Wednesday morning.
The presenter, 65, was discussing the Christmas travel warning on his Breakfast show, with motorists told to avoid the M25 for a six-hour period this weekend.
With the trains being pushed as an alternative for those trying to make their way home over the festive period, Eamonn made a sad admission.
He said: ‘The train definitely could be a dream, but I’m now sort of wheelchair laden… you rely on a lot of people to get you on and off. It’s very, very difficult doing that.’
‘I just threw that in… it’s not a concern to anybody, but there we go,’ he confessed.
Sympathising with his situation, his co-host Isabel Webster acknowledged: ‘Well, it’s a consideration for lots people in the same position as you, Eamonn.’
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Eamonn Holmes has admitted that life in a wheelchair is ‘very, very difficult’ in a rare health update on Wednesday’s episode of GB News
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Eamonn Holmes has been reliant on a wheelchair since back surgery
Back in September, the former This Morning star revealed he ‘can no longer walk or look after himself’ in a frank video.
After surgery on his back in 2022 for a slipped disc, he has not been able to walk unaided and often relies on a wheelchair.
Speaking in January he said the ‘harsh reality’ could be that he may never be able to walk unaided again.
In 2016, Eamonn underwent a double-hip replacement operation lasting three-and-a-quarter hours after living with acute pain for many years.
It comes after Eamonn extended an olive branch of sorts on Monday evening after his estranged wife Ruth Langsford visited her ailing mother in hospital.
The couple confirmed their 14-year marriage was over in June and are understood to be keen on ushering in a speedy divorce once Christmas and New Year are out of the way.
Eamonn has already moved on with dating counsellor Katie Alexander, at 43 some 22-years the veteran presenter’s junior.
But he was among well-wishers on Wednesday evening after Ruth, 64, shared a photo from her 93-year old mother Joan’s hospital bed – his first notable contact with his former wife since their separation.
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Eamonn extended an olive branch of sorts on Monday evening after his estranged wife Ruth Langsford visited her ailing mother in hospital
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Eamonn reached out to estranged wife Ruth on Monday after she shared a post from her ailing mother Joan’s hospital bed on Instagram
Captioning her post, she wrote: ‘Hospital visit….thank you all so much for your lovely messages and well wishes for my darling Mum. She’ll be in hospital for a bit longer yet, but she’s in pretty good spirits considering and I hope she’ll be home for Christmas.’
The post was met with numerous likes from her celebrity friends, including one from Eamonn.
Joan was rushed to hospital in December after breaking her pelvis during a fall, with Ruth later confirming the news in an Instagram post on Sunday.
She wrote: ‘No dancing in my kitchen peeling the veg for my darling mum this Christmas….she’s had a fall and fractured her pelvis!
‘She’s okay…ish, no surgery required thank goodness but she needs rest and time to heal now.
‘She’s in hospital at the moment but I’m hoping to get her home soon.
‘This time last year she fell and broke her hip but recovered well…she’s a very strong woman so I’m sure she’ll recover from this too.
‘Puts life and what’s important into perspective eh? Happy Christmas!’
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Eamonn and Loose Women star Ruth announced their plans to divorce in June after 14 years of marriage and 27 years together
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Eamonn has already moved on with dating counsellor Katie Alexander, at 43 some 22-years the veteran presenter’s junior
It’s understood that Eamonn and Ruth are hoping to settle their divorce imminently – with Ruth to keep their £3.5million Surrey mansion
‘The aim is for Eamonn and Ruth to resolve their divorce as quickly as possible in the New Year,’ a source told The Sun.
‘Ruth is keen to stay in their marital home as it is where she is settled, Eamonn on the other hand wants to get out and make a fresh start.
‘They aren’t dragging their heels and want this settled and done as quickly as possible.’
Eamonn recently sparked speculation that he is engaged to Ms Alexander after she was spotted wearing a large ring on her engagement finger during a romantic getaway to Paris last week.
‘Eamonn has been talking openly about his plans to marry Katie and has made it clear he wants to spend the rest of his life with her,’ a source told The Sun.
‘They’re already living together and he knows it feels right. They have a very strong connection and get on very well.
‘She has given him a real lust for life and she looks after him.’
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Eamonn and Ruth split after 27-years together (pictured 2009) and they are parents to son Jack, 22
In pictures obtained by the publication, the couple headed to the Louvre, with Ms Alexander wearing a gold diamond ring on her engagement finger.
The counsellor was not pictured wearing the band at a Christmas carol concert in West London on December 5.
She has reportedly told friends she is in for ‘the long haul’ with the GB News host.
She has been helping Eamonn through the split from Ruth, with the couple heading on holiday together in recent months.
But her friends say she is at pains to point out that their friendship has only grown close once the marriage was over in May.
An onlooker said at the time: ‘Katie certainly seems to be able to put a smile back on Eamonn’s face. They seem genuinely besotted with each other.’
The getaway reportedly left Eamonn’s estranged wife shocked, with the Ibiza holiday occurring just four months after the former golden couple announced they were divorcing.
