Ruth Langsford reveals she cried in shower after Eamonn Holmes breakup
Loose Women star Ruth Langsford has opened up about the immense pain she felt after her breakup from husband Eamonn Holmes.
The split, after 14 years of marriage, was acrimonious and Eamonn went on to date Katie Alexander (who is 22 years his junior) soon after they parted ways.
In her new book, Langsford revealed that she would often start her mornings after her marriage ended by crying in the shower before work.
Loose Women star Ruth Langsford has opened up about the immense pain she felt after her breakup from husband Eamonn Holmes Pic: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock
‘The biggest emotion that threatened to swallow me up in the early days was sadness,’ she wrote in Feeling Fabulous, as revealed by The Mirror.
‘When you have been with somebody for a long time – 26 years in our case – and had imagined what your future would look like, there is a sense of deep loss.’
Ruth wrote about the immense pain of her marriage ending in her new book Pic: by Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock
She added that she expected to be with Holmes ‘forever’ and found the split ‘incredibly hard to come to terms with’.
‘Suddenly, life was different, with no clue what the months and years ahead would look like,’ she added.
‘I am not happy my marriage is over, but I have accepted it. I think this has been the biggest turning point for me because fighting against the inevitable is exhausting and pointless.’
Langsford, 65, and Holmes, 66, began dating 30 years ago before welcoming their son Jack in 2002. They went on to host This Morning together, regularly presenting the show from 1999 until 2022.
Appearing on This Morning earlier this month, Langsford admitted that the ‘hardest’ part of the break-up was having it play out in public.
‘That goes with the territory, that goes with the job – I accept that,’ she said.
‘I don’t discuss our divorce or our relationship break-up [in the book]. What I discuss is picking yourself up, dusting yourself off and starting all over again.’
Previously, Langsford said that she felt blindsided and ‘broken’ when her marriage to Holmes ended.
‘I just didn’t think I’d find myself here, and I wasn’t strong at the start,’ she said.
‘I was broken. Broken heart. Broken dreams. We all have an image of how we think our life and future is going to be. This wasn’t mine.’
