Ruth Langsford shows ex Eamonn Holmes what he’s missing with very glam makeover
RUTH Langsford showed her ex-husband Eamonn Holmes what he’s missing with a very glam makeover.
The presenter, 64, took to her Instagram Story yesterday with a gorgeous mirror selfie from the QVC studios.
Ruth, whose divorce from Eamonn, also 64, was revealed by The Sun in May, pouted for the camera as she snapped a quick shot in her dressing room.
Looking smart in a navy coat and with her blonde locks perfectly coiffed, she joked in her caption: “I definitely didn’t look like this when I arrived!”
The former This Morning host went on to thank her make-up artists for their work while tagging the shopping channel.
Just this week, Ruth was still wearing her wedding ring as she appeared on QVC to promote her fashion range.
Also wearing a ring on her finger is Eamonn’s girlfriend Katie Alexander appeared to spark engagement rumours to the star.
Katie was seen running errands near the TV star’s home showing off a sparkling ring.
The wrap-around gold and silver ring dazzled in the bright sunshine and was matched only by the marriage counsellor’s blinding smile.
A source said: “Katie looked radiant and like the cat that got the cream.”
She leaves her home in Huddersfield, West Yorks, to drive to Eamonn’s luxury pad in Kingston, South West London, virtually every weekend.
And it was no different as she made the 4.5-hour trek last Thursday to snuggle up the presenter in the bolthole on a luxury private estate near leafy Richmond Park.
The Sun has told how Katie has lifted the ailing 64-year-old TV star’s spirits at his £2m bachelor pad.
And the 42-year-old has excitedly shared with friends that she and Eamonn are “planning a future together”.
However, fans hoping for a showbiz wedding look set to be disappointed as a source close to Katie admitted the ring was a piece of costume jewellery.
We previously revealed how Eamonn had become intimate with the counsellor specialising in ‘affairs and betrayals’ months before his marriage split.
In the last year, he grew close with Katie behind the back of his devastated wife and co-presenter Ruth.
Eamonn, beset by mobility issues, has showered Katie with gifts and trips and befriended her kids as their close relationship developed further.
Ruth and Eamonn Relationship Timeline
Before the shock split announcement, Ruth and Eamonn seemed like one of the strongest couples on UK TV – even with their signature bickering style.
Here’s how their romance played out…
1997 – The couple first meet after being introduced by mutual friends, two years after Eamonn splits from his first wife, Gabrielle, with whom he has three children.
1997-2002 – To be respectful to Gabrielle, the couple kept their relationship out of the limelight. Ruth told Daily Mail: “I thought it spoke volumes about the sort of man he was, the sort of father he was and the integrity he had. It made me love him more, not less.”
2002 – Ruth and Eamonn welcome their son, Jack, to the family.
2005 – Eamonn finalises his divorce with Gabrielle.
2006 – The pair begin to host Friday episodes of This Morning together.
2010 – Eamonn proposes to Ruth while at the Cheltenham Races, after asking Ruth’s mother for her hand.
June 2010 – Eamonn and Ruth marry at Elvetham Hall, Hampshire.
2016 – Eamonn undergoes a double hip replacement in the first of many health battles.
June 2019 – On This Morning, Ruth and Eamonn say the secret to their happy marriage. Eamonn credits “compromise, consideration and lots of conjugal,” while Ruth said it was “laughter and an equal marriage”.
November 2020 – Ruth and Eamonn are replaced on their regular Friday slot by Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary in a ‘show shake-up’.
December 2021 – After a year of being moved to the bank holiday presenting slot, both Eamonn and Ruth left This Morning.
January 2022 – Eamonn debuted on GB News, while Ruth stayed with ITV in her long-standing role on Loose Women.
September 2022 – Eamonn undergoes spinal surgery after years of back issues including a trapped sciatic nerve.
November 2022 – Eamonn falls down the stairs of his Surrey home with Ruth and breaks his shoulder, requiring a new operation.
September 2023 – Eamonn has a spine and neck stretching procedure as part of his year-long recovery.
May 2024 – Ruth and Eamonn announce they have split after 14 years of marriage and a 27-year relationship.
