Eamonn Holmes is joining GB News for a new show “to give a voice and respect to strangers” after leaving ITV’s This Morning where he had spent 15 years.
The veteran television presenter and journalist, 62, will host a show in the new year, GB News has reported.
He said: “I’ve spent my career broadcasting premieres and start-ups and GB News is one of the most exciting to date. It’s exactly the kind of upheaval the industry needs.
“I have admired GB News from the start for its clever mix of hard-hitting but delivered with warmth and even a little fun.
“For me, journalism’s greatest honor is giving a voice and respect to those who are not heard, and that is exactly what GB News is.”
He also tweeted: “Here is the news… I am joining GB News from the New Years. I hope you come with me and wish me good luck.
“In the meantime, congratulations to you all season and thank you for your support, folks.”
Alongside his wife Ruth Langsford, Eamonn has been a regular on This Morning for 15 years.
Veteran TV presenter Eamonn Holmes (pictured above), 62, will host a show “to give strangers a voice and respect” in the new year, GB News has reported
Alongside his wife Ruth Langsford (both pictured in 2007), Eamonn has been a regular on This Morning for 15 years.
He tweeted: “Here is the news… I am joining GB News from the New Years. I hope you come with me and wish me good luck. Until then season’s congratulations to you and thanks for your support folks”
In November of last year, ITV confirmed that Eamonn and Ruth would be leaving the Friday show, with Dermot O’Leary and Alison Hammond taking their places.
They continued to run the day program during the holidays.
Prior to This Morning, Holmes presented GMTV and also worked in radio, with slots on stations such as Radio 5 Live, Magic, BBC Radio 2 and talkRadio.
When GB News launched earlier this year, Eamonn said he hoped the channel would have a “decent chance”.
He previously tweeted: “We need a reshuffle on the news front. I have immense respect for the news on TV, but this is a reminder that the news is not just Westminster or a constantly waking agenda. .
It was revealed on November 30 that Ruth and Eamonn, who replace Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on Friday, had been removed from their weekly slot to be replaced by Alison and Dermot.
In November of last year, ITV confirmed that Eamonn and Ruth would be leaving the Friday show, with Dermot O’Leary and Alison Hammond taking their places.
Eamonn (pictured in 1998) previously ran ITV’s GMTV breakfast show, hosting its very first broadcast in 1993. He appeared alongside Kate Garraway and Lorraine Kelly
At the time, Eamonn and Ruth both sent an identical statement that said, “This is a changing of the guard on Fridays starting in January. We hope you make Alison and Dermot as welcoming as you have made us over the years.
“Have a nice ball to you two! … It’s not goodbye from us, it’s just Goodbye until the next mid-term.”
Eamonn, born in Belfast in 1959, is the newest recruit of the young channel GB News.
He shares children Declan, 32, Rebecca, 30, Niall, 28, with ex-wife Gabrielle and son Jack, 19, with current wife Ruth.
This year, the journalist also became a grandfather for the first time after his son Declan welcomed a baby girl with his wife Jenny.
He said at the time: “My son Declan and his wife Jenny are the happy couple. Jenny gave birth to Emelia, who is 7 lbs 6 ounces.
He previously ran the ITV breakfast show GMTV, hosting his very first show in 1993. He has appeared alongside fellow ITV pillars Kate Garraway and Lorraine Kelly.
But he left the long-running show in 2005, saying it had become too celebrity-centric and no longer covered important news.
The presenter then moved on 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 anchor.
Ruth had previously been a guest presenter on the show since 1999.
Eamonn’s latest departure comes just months after he was forced to apologize for saying it “suited the state narrative” to dismiss bizarre theories that link 5G and the coronavirus.
A day after commenting on This Morning, he clarified on air that “there is no connection between the current national health emergency and 5G and to suggest otherwise would be wrong and indeed it could be. potentially dangerous”.
Eamonn is pictured receiving an honorary doctorate at Queens University Belfast for services rendered to the broadcast alongside Ruth in 2006
Eamonn shares children Declan, 32, Rebecca, 30, Niall, 28, with ex-wife Gabrielle and son Jack, 19, with current wife Ruth (both pictured after announcing they were expecting a child)
Ruth Langsford will likely weigh her options after her husband Eamonn made the decision to quit This Morning after 15 years (pictured from This Morning in 2013)
Eamonn will join on-air talent including former Sky presenter Colin Brazier, ITV News reporter Alastair Stewart, BBC reporter Simon McCoy and former Labor MP Gloria De Piero.
In November, broadcaster Stephen Dixon announced he was also joining the channel after nearly 22 years with Sky.
Eamonn’s move represents a major blow to GB News – the free news channel that got off to a choppy start after former BBC political broadcaster Andrew Neil resigned as chairman and host of a TV show. prime time.
The 72-year-old had been away from the channel since announcing a hiatus two weeks after its launch and later said he was “close to failure” after suffering stress from technical glitches. the station.
