Outspoken presenter Eamonn Holmes is in one in all his playful moods when HELLO! catches up with him and his ‘work wife’, his TV co-host Isabel Webster, for our exclusive interview and photoshoot.
“While I’m trying to read the newspapers before we go on air, she never shuts up,” he teases as unruffled Isabel smiles wryly and rolls her eyes.
“She and my wife are incredibly alike,” he continues, referring to his former This Morning co-star, Ruth Langsford. “They’re both creatures of habit, like routine and do things the same way every day – and they both get on my nerves!
“Isabel’s the most intelligent person I know, especially about politics, but she knows eff-all about anything else. And she’s developed this habit of kicking me on the shins,” he complains in mock indignation.
“I do that at least once in every show,” Isabel confirms. “I try to rein him in when he goes rogue.”
What Eamonn’s wife Ruth Langsford thinks of their friendship
The entertaining double act, who are now hurtling in the direction of their two-12 months anniversary as hosts of GB News’ Breakfast with Eamonn and Isabel, are well-known for his or her on-display banter, which spills over into actual life as soon as the cameras have stopped rolling.
So it comes as no shock that Isabel and Eamonn’s wife Ruth have created an alliance and fashioned a WhatsApp group to debate Eamonn when he is stay on air.
“Ruth and I have similar personalities and we gang up on him – for his own good,” admits Isabel. “She sends me messages while we’re on air, saying things like, ‘Tell him his tie’s not straight.’ And when he revealed how Ruth snores, she shot back, ‘Don’t get me started on his faults!'”
Isabel’s affect on Eamonn
But the duo, who first labored collectively on Sky News 12 years in the past earlier than fronting Sky’s early morning present Sunrise in 2014, are actually the very best of pals.
After Eamonn was unceremoniously dropped by ITV, having been a key a part of the presenting staff on This Morning, it was Isabel who instigated their co-internet hosting comeback.
“I didn’t know what to do or where to go,” recollects Eamonn, 63. “Then Isabel called me and said, ‘Why don’t you come to GB News?'”
Though cautious of engaged on one other morning present after his expertise with ITV, it was their friendship that satisfied him to simply accept. “We’re like family,” says Eamonn. “I can’t ever imagine us arguing or not having her in my life. In this business, no one else will fight your corner. But if anyone had a go at Isabel, I might punch them.”
That fierce loyalty is mutual. “I’m allowed to be rude about Eamonn but no one else is,” says 40-12 months-previous mum of two Isabel, who has supported him via months of debilitating well being issues.
Eamonn’s well being struggles
In September 2022 the TV host underwent surgical procedure, earlier than struggling horrible accidents when he fell downstairs at his Surrey dwelling, and his actions stay restricted. He recollects how his caring co-host helped him via a bodily difficult 4 days whereas reporting from outdoors Buckingham Palace after Queen Elizabeth died.
“There was scaffolding everywhere. On the long route back to the car, Isabel took my weight and steered me.”
“I went into nurse mode,” remembers Isabel. With a smile, Eamonn provides: “After everything we’ve been through together, it feels like we’ve been through a war.”
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