Eamonn Holmes, 65, issues worrying health update revealing he’s ‘wheelchair laden’
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. Eamonn Holmes has shared a worrying health update, revealing he is ‘wheelchair laden’. The GB News presenter, 65, has faced mobility issues in recent years, and has been pictured in public using crutches, a walking frame, or in a wheelchair.
![[Mandatory Credit: Photo by Mark Large/ANL/Shutterstock (8546362a) Eamonn Holmes At The King Edward Vii Hospital London Days After Eamonn Underwent Surgery For A Double Hip Replacement Operation. Eamonn Holmes At The King Edward Vii Hospital London Days After Eamonn Underwent Surgery For A Double Hip Replacement Operation.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_206342862-adf2-e1734513532637.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Earlier this year, he claimed he was on ‘borrowed time’ and ‘not OK’, before heartbreakingly sharing that he is unable to look after himself anymore. He has now shared an update, saying he has to ‘rely’ on other people, and is finding it ‘difficult’.
![[LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Eamonn Holmes attends The TRIC Awards 2024 at The Grosvenor House Hotel on June 25, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Dave Benett/Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_210353773-0c58.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
The former This Morning star was talking about Christmas travel issues alongside his GB News co-host Isabel Walker, amid warnings from AA to drivers to expect long traffic jams over the festive period. At one point, Eamonn addressed people seeking alternative ways to get home for Christmas, when he said: ‘The train definitely could be a dream, but I’m now sort of wheelchair laden, and you rely on a lot of people to get you on and off.
![[LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 06: Ruth Langsford (L) and Eamonn Holmes attend The TRIC Awards 2022 at The Grosvenor House Hotel on July 06, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SEI_206053450-1077.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
‘It’s very, very difficult doing that, I just threw that in, it’s not a concern to anybody, but there we go.’. Isabel replied: ‘Well, it’s a consideration lots of people in the same position as you, Eamonn.’. It’s been a difficult year for Eamonn, who split from his wife Ruth Langsford in May after 14 years of marriage.
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He’s since been open about his new relationship with Katie Alexander, 42, who reportedly ‘wants to love and care for him – especially as he’s in such a bad way with his legs and back, and can’t walk properly without assistance’, it was claimed earlier this year.
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