Ruth Langsford has spoken candidly about the challenges of her divorce from Eamonn Holmes, describing the public scrutiny as the 'hardest thing' to navigate. The 65-year-old presenter returned to ITV's This Morning on Monday, where she and Holmes co-hosted from 2006 to 2021, to promote her new memoir, Feeling Fabulous.
During the interview with host Ben Shephard, Langsford reflected on the emotional difficulty of the split, which was announced in 2024 after 27 years together. 'The hardest thing is having everything play out in the public domain, and that just goes with the territory,' she said. 'I don't discuss our divorce. What I discuss is picking yourself up, dusting yourself off and starting again.'
Langsford revealed that the end of her marriage came as a 'huge shock' and left her feeling 'broken'. She sought therapy after Holmes moved out of their £2.5 million family home in Weybridge and began dating relationship therapist Katie Alexander, 22 years his junior. 'Girlfriends are there for you come what may, but I needed a trained counsellor,' she told the Daily Mail.
The Loose Women star said she spent the first three Zoom counselling sessions crying, with her therapist telling her: 'Ruth, this is grief. This is trauma and you are in shock. Let it all out.' After several months, she now only attends therapy when she feels she needs it, and feels more able to cope and move on.
Holmes, 66, offered a Christmas message of goodwill to Langsford in December, saying: 'I wish Ruth all the best, she deserves it.' The pair share a 23-year-old son, Jack, and were married for 14 years.
