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Eamonn Holmes -reap what you sow

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RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 11:29

Just want to say that I love Eamonn Holmes so it's not a bashing thread. Just an observation.

I was thinking about his ex wife and children. He left his young family as his career was more important.
He met (allegedly after they split) this beautiful younger attractive exciting Ruth. Got with her.
But now what does he have? He has ailing health and no wife to be with him in sickness and in health?
Who knows if he had made an effort and put his first family first rather than his career he could have been with someone who would have loved and cared for him in his old age.

It's quite sad.

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BirthdayRainbow · 31/05/2024 15:10

Summertimer · 31/05/2024 14:24

She’s not much younger, even though she’s the second wife.

They are both 64 so if she is younger it is only by months.

Blueberrycreampie · 31/05/2024 15:00

Inlimboin50s · 31/05/2024 11:44

I always saw him as friendly and empathetic with people. But then there was something going on years ago with Anthea Turner I think,where he didn't seem to be kind. Who knows. She probably wasn't that easy going.

With Ruth being his carer,she probably just fell in to that role over the years.
I wish them both well.

It's a load of nonsense this carer crap. They can well afford whatever care is needed. Thousands of couples pay for care and just carry on being a couple!

WhereIsMyLight · 31/05/2024 14:57

RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 14:41

@Myblindsaredown bitter and bazaar?
Not at all.
The situation is sad. But I look at lots of men who grow apart from their wives and leave young families because ambition/career is more important.

It's sad because now he has ill health the first wife would would have probably been there for him and looked after him.
It's just life I guess.

Would she? They divorced almost 20 years ago. He could have resented her for not moving and him staying. She could have felt he was never really there. One of them could have battled with addiction or mental health problems. One of them could have the not-completely unusual mid-forties slump and have an affair. They could have stayed until the kids were grown and realised they had nothing in common any more. One of them could have realised in their fifties that they were gay.

There’s a whole host of reasons why couples divorce and absolutely no guarantee that they would have not encountered any of those reasons. It’s utterly bizarre you’ve concocted this fantasy that he’d still be being taken off by his first wife if he hadn’t been ambitious.

SalmonAndHorseradish · 31/05/2024 14:55

No-one knows what goes on in a relationship behind closed doors. Who knows why his first marriage failed, there were probably many factors. Perhaps Ruth has decided she isn't up for 'in sickness and in health', or perhaps there were already issues in the relationship before he became unwell. They aren't going to share the gritty details with the general public, particularly anything which would paint either of them in a bad light.

'In sickness and in health' assumes the relationship is otherwise happy and healthy. If there were already cracks in their relationship, I don't think she should have to stay just because he has health issues. We see plenty of women on here trapped in unhappy relationships who feel unable to leave because they are carers for their partner. They are always told that they should leave, that they can't give up their lives to stay in a miserable situation for a partner just because he is ill. I'm not saying that is the case here, but that's the point, none of us, unless you know Ruth and Eamonn personally (and perhaps not even then), know the ins and outs of their relationship, and everyone knows the tabloids will write any old nonsense if it gets them clicks. No-one knows what either of them are like in real life - TV presenting is a type of acting, they put on a persona. Speculating is pointless.

BirthdayRainbow · 31/05/2024 14:46

I dread to think what you'd say about those you don't like.

It's not allegedly. They did meet after he split from his wife. The wife who didn't want to move the UK.

Phantasmagorically · 31/05/2024 14:45

He seems such a grumpy sod. I don't blame Ruth for cutting him loose.

Myblindsaredown · 31/05/2024 14:43

RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 14:41

@Myblindsaredown bitter and bazaar?
Not at all.
The situation is sad. But I look at lots of men who grow apart from their wives and leave young families because ambition/career is more important.

It's sad because now he has ill health the first wife would would have probably been there for him and looked after him.
It's just life I guess.

This is just ridiculous. I’m cringing for you. The first wife and him grew apart as it was effectively long distance.

im sorry for whatever has happened in your life, but stop projecting into random celebs marriages.

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RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 14:41

@Myblindsaredown bitter and bazaar?
Not at all.
The situation is sad. But I look at lots of men who grow apart from their wives and leave young families because ambition/career is more important.

It's sad because now he has ill health the first wife would would have probably been there for him and looked after him.
It's just life I guess.

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Cattery · 31/05/2024 14:40

purepoison · 31/05/2024 11:34

I always remember him hiding behind a woman when an intruder came on some lottery show, what a big man🙄

Really? Just about sums him up. This with the second wife abandoning him is karma in action. As for her…

Myblindsaredown · 31/05/2024 14:39

She’s the same age, wouldn’t meet the defintiin of beautiful by most folks standards, or exciting, and they started dating two years after he separated. No idea why you said allegedly, or that he was reaping what he sowed, he sowed nothing.

him and Ruth had a long and happy marriage, it is not related to his first marriage, it has now sadly ended, as many marriages do. Nothing to see here or attack over.

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RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 14:37

KreedKafer · 31/05/2024 14:26

What a genuinely odd post.

Yes your comment is rather odd.

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Floogal · 31/05/2024 14:37

Vile oestrogen fuelled bully (much like Piers Morgan).
I used to read his column in the Sun. It would make me laugh he would preach Stoicism in his articles and criticise snowflake generations. Yet he hid behind a female co host when some MRA jumped the stage. Also happy to use the R word to refer to people with ASD.

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RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 14:36

I didn't realise she was same age. I always thought she was younger from the way she looked.

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RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 14:35

Myblindsaredown · 31/05/2024 14:32

She also met eamon two years after his marriage ended. No idea why the op is trying to allude to an affair.

Not trying to allude at all. There was always speculation that they met before.

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Myblindsaredown · 31/05/2024 14:32

She also met eamon two years after his marriage ended. No idea why the op is trying to allude to an affair.

peakygold · 31/05/2024 14:32

He was ruthless, now he Ruth-less 😂

Myblindsaredown · 31/05/2024 14:31

Summertimer · 31/05/2024 14:24

She’s not much younger, even though she’s the second wife.

They are the same age, both 64.

Myblindsaredown · 31/05/2024 14:30

RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 14:23

Also the point I'm making is that maybe it's not 'bad luck'.
It's a bit like the book 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'. Is it character or fate?

As I said I do really like him and feel sad for the situation he is in.

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Do yi7 feel sorry for Ruth, there are two parties here.

you seem to be posting that as his first marriage ended, this is some form of karma, which is the most bitter and bizzare thing I’ve read on here,

KreedKafer · 31/05/2024 14:26

What a genuinely odd post.

Summertimer · 31/05/2024 14:24

She’s not much younger, even though she’s the second wife.

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RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 14:23

AnneLovesGilbert · 31/05/2024 11:34

No evidence from that post that you “love” him. You seem to be gleeful at his bad luck.

Also the point I'm making is that maybe it's not 'bad luck'.
It's a bit like the book 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'. Is it character or fate?

As I said I do really like him and feel sad for the situation he is in.

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AIstolemylunch · 31/05/2024 14:22

Also, arent they both the same age, 64? Which isnt v old for people withbaccess to private helathcare etc.

Myblindsaredown · 31/05/2024 14:20

RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 14:18

Not at all. I do really like him. I lthink he is a great presenter/journalist. You can still like someone and not agree with their behaviour. That is why I think the situation is sad.

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What are you doing op, what is this, you think because his first marriage ended he some how deserves this?

AIstolemylunch · 31/05/2024 14:20

RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 14:18

Not at all. I do really like him. I lthink he is a great presenter/journalist. You can still like someone and not agree with their behaviour. That is why I think the situation is sad.

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Have they split up?

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RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 14:18

AnneLovesGilbert · 31/05/2024 11:34

No evidence from that post that you “love” him. You seem to be gleeful at his bad luck.

Not at all. I do really like him. I lthink he is a great presenter/journalist. You can still like someone and not agree with their behaviour. That is why I think the situation is sad.

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