‘All good things come to an end’: Eamonn Holmes ‘QUITS This Morning after 15 years’

Eamonn Holmes is set to leave This Morning after a 15-year stint presenting the show alongside his wife Ruth Langsford.

The veteran presenter, 61, will ‘take up a role with GB News‘ that will see him ‘front his own show several times a week’.

Noting that ‘all good things come to an end’, a source told The Mirror that Eamonn’s departure ‘came at just the right moment for both him and ITV’.

The source added: ‘Eamonn’s move to GB News marks the end of an era. He’ll be missed by many ITV viewers.’

MailOnline has reached out to ITV and GB News for comment alongside a representative for Eamonn.

Upon GB News’ launch this year, Eamonn said he hoped the channel got a ‘decent chance’.

He tweeted at the time: ‘We need a shake-up on the news front. I have huge respect for TV news but this is a reminder news is not just Westminster or a constant woke agenda.’

Meanwhile, Eamonn’s move is likely to jeopardise 61-year-old Ruth’s This Morning slot.

The paper said she is ‘unlikely to remain on the show without him’ but ‘is expected to continue as a regular on Loose Women’.

In December, Eamonn and Ruth were replaced by Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary following a 14-year stint.

It was revealed on November 30 that Ruth and Eamonn, who fill in for Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on Fridays, had been cut from their weekly slot to be replaced with Alison and Dermot.

At the time, Eamonn and Ruth both sent out an identical statement which read: ‘It’s a changing of the guard on Fridays from January. We hope you make Alison and Dermot as welcome as you’ve made us over the years.

‘Have a Ball you two!… It’s not Goodbye from us, it’s simply Au Revoir until the next half term.’

Breaking her silence on the shake-up following weeks of speculation, Alison said in a statement: ‘I never dreamt that when I first joined This Morning – initially for a few months – that I would still be there 19 years later.

‘I genuinely care about the show and the viewers who watch, so it’s a huge privilege and honour to be hosting a show I adore so much. I’m just really excited to be doing even more of what I love alongside the lovely Dermot.’

Sharing his own statement, co-host Dermot said: ‘I’m deeply thrilled and honoured to be joining the This Morning team next year. We have huge shoes to fill and we are well aware what a privilege it is to be stepping into them.

‘Above all, we want to have fun and for you to be able to kick your weekend off with a smile, especially given the year we’ve all had.

‘So I’m delighted to be co-hosting with the living embodiment of sunshine on a rainy day. I can’t wait to get started.’

Eamonn is one of the most recognised and well-loved faces on British TV and his move represents a major coup for GB News.

The free-to-air news channel had a stuttering start after facing technical problems and the departure of its chairman Andrew Neil.

But it is now starting to find its feet after a series of star signings of which Eamonn is the latest.

He will line up alongside former BBC journalist Simon McCoy, ex-Sky broadcaster Kirsty Gallacher, politician Nigel Farage and former ITV News presenter Alastair Stewart on the new channel.

Eamonn, born in Belfast in 1959, has been a mainstay on This Morning alongside his partner Ruth since 2006.

He previously fronted ITV’s breakfast show GMTV, hosting its first ever broadcast in 1993.

He appeared alongside fellow ITV stalwarts Kate Garraway and Lorraine Kelly.

But he left the long-running show in 2005, stating it had become too celebrity focused and no longer covered important news.

The presenter then moved to Sky’s Sunrise which he hosted with Charlotte Hawkins, who also later defected to ITV.

The star also returned to the channel in 2006 with Ruth as This Morning’s Friday presenters.

Ruth had previously been a guest presenter on the show since 1999.

His latest departure comes just months after Eamonn was forced to apologise for saying it ‘suited the state narrative’ to dismiss bizarre theories that link 5G and the coronavirus.

A day after making the comments on This Morning, he clarified on air that ‘there is no connection between the present national health emergency and 5G and to suggest otherwise would be wrong and indeed it could be possibly dangerous’.

Eammon’s comments saw regulator OFCOM receive 419 complaints.

Earlier this year, the presenter said his biggest achievement in showbiz was ‘surviving’ for as long as he had.

The TV veteran, who started his career as a farming reporter on Ulster Television in 1979, said getting on the industry’s ‘conveyor belt’ was hard but staying on it is much harder.

According to the Mirror, he said on Eamonn Mallie: Face to Face with Eamonn Holmes on Wednesday: ‘The art of television is surviving. People say, “what’s your biggest achievement?” and it’s actually staying the course for 41 years.

‘It’s getting on the conveyor belt, that’s tough but staying on the conveyor belt is much tougher.

‘I still have the appetite, I still am as enthusiastic as I’ve ever been. I should have been warned it would all be over so quickly.’

Reflecting on his career which spans four decades, he also revealed his one regret, Eamonn said: ‘If I have one regret, I’ve always been very responsible.

‘When I joined UTV, the head of programmes Derek Murray said to me, “listen, keep your feet on the ground” and my parents said “keep your feet on the ground” everywhere I turn people in Northern Ireland say “don’t be getting too big for your boots”.

‘I think if I did it again I’d love to get too big for my boots and I’d love to really enjoy the ride much more. It’s all gone so quickly.’

Eamonn shares children Declan, 32, Rebecca, 30, Niall, 28, with his ex wife Gabrielle and son Jack, 18, with current wife Ruth.

‘She’s unlikely to remain on the show’: Ruth Langsford faces HUGE conundrum as husband Eamonn Holmes ‘quits This Morning after 15 years’

Ruth Langsford will likely be weighing up her options after it was reported that her husband Eamonn Holmes made the decision to ‘quit This Morning after 15 years’ on Thursday.

Ruth, 61, has presented the show alongside her husband, also 61, since 2006, but first appeared as a guest presenter in 1999. According to The Mirror, she is ‘unlikely to remain on the show without Eamonn’.

However, after breaking the news of Eamonn’s departure, the paper added that Ruth ‘is expected to continue as a regular on Loose Women‘.

MailOnline has reached out to ITV and Ruth’s representative for comment.

Ruth has been a Loose Women panellist on-and-off since 1999 and started her career at regional station Television South West in the early nineties.

This Morning and Loose Women aside, Ruth’s most recent presenting gig was Lose a Stone in Four Weeks for Summer, which she hosted alongside GP Amir Khan last year.

Outside of her impressive television career, Ruth has her own fashion line with QVC and often appears on the shopping channel to promote her collections.