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Eamonn Holmes would ‘work for ITV again’ but demands ‘apology and a couple of resignations’ first-Stella Akinwumi-Entertainment – Metro
Eamonn left the broadcaster last year.
Eamonn left This Morning late last year (PIcture: REX)
Eamonn Holmes revealed he would consider returning to ITV following his exit from the broadcaster in November 2021.
Last year, the 62-year-old presenter and his wife Ruth Langsford, 61, were axed from their usual Friday This Morning spot and replaced by Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary.
While Ruth has her regular spot on the Loose Women panel, Eamonn made the switch from his mid-morning role to breakfast news on GB News, which he announced in November.
Since leaving This Morning, Eamonn has branded the network ‘sly’ and said he wasn’t treated with ‘respect’ during his time on the show.
Despite having his own slot on GB News, the host admitted he wouldn’t turn down a possible return, under one condition.
‘I’d work for ITV again. There would have to be an apology and a couple of resignations,’ he told The Daily Star.
Eamonn quit This Morning last year after 15 years (Picture: ITV)
Eamonn joined GB News at the beginning of the year (Picture: PA)
‘I’m not stupid. I know that in this industry it’s not about what I want to do,’ he added.
‘None of us have a right to be in a job. It’s about what the channels want to do.’
While the broadcaster seems happy in his new gig, he previously alleged that show bosses made it look as if he walked away from This Morning, but he insisted that he simply had ‘no idea’.
’No one explained anything to me,’ he told The Daily Mail’s Weekend magazine.
Eamonn has been vocal over his feelings towards the broadcaster following his exit (Picture: ITV)
‘I’m all for TV companies being able to choose who works for them, but it would be nice if you were told why you were going,’ he added.
In response, a spokesperson for ITV said in a statement sent to Metro.co.uk: ‘This isn’t a version of events that we recognise and as we have said before we wish Eamonn all of the very best.’
During Wednesday’s Tric Awards 2022, Eamonn told Metro.co.uk and other media in the winners’ room that in his view, ‘ITV have been telling lies about me’, and he was ‘just putting the record straight’.
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Dubbing ITV’s press office ‘the ministry of lies’, he emphasised: ‘I did not resign from ITV, ITV resigned from me,’ adding that he reportedly ‘never received a single explanation once of why they wanted to get rid of me’.
‘So that was that, no matter what you’ve been told. Also, the sort of stuff that comes out – “Eamonn believes he’s male, pale and stale.” Doesn’t look like it, does it? Eamonn never once said that, ITV press office said that,’ he stated.
Metro.co.uk has reached out to ITV for comment.
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