Eamonn Holmes SLAMS follower who criticises him for joining the Holly and Phil ‘witch hunt’
Eamonn Holmes hit back at a fan after they accused him of joining a ‘witch hunt’ against Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on Tuesday.
It comes in the middle claims of a behind-the-scenes ‘feud’ and the collapse of the This Morning harbors long-standing friendship.
Eamonn, 63, took to his Instagram to share a photo of himself in an airport discussing his “additional needs” following his recent health issues.
Underneath the photo, one follower wrote, “I’m a huge fan of yours Eamonn and will continue to be. I wish you hadn’t been involved in the Phil and Holly witch hunt. Maybe I don’t know it all, but I hate it when you exchange insults.”
Only for Eamonn to snap back: ‘I think I have a lot more insight than you Lorraine’
Clapping back: Eamonn Holmes, 63, hit back at a fan after they accused him of taking part in a ‘witch hunt’ against Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on Tuesday
‘Feud’: It comes amid claims of a behind-the-scenes ‘feud’ and the collapse of This Morning hosts’ longtime friendship
Fuming: Eamonn lashed out at a fan who wrote: ‘I think I have a lot more insight than you Lorraine’
It comes after Eamonn launched a blistering attack on his former This Morning co-stars on Monday morning.
Amid crisis talks at ITV over the future of its two top stars, Eammon called the partnership “heartbroken” when he discussed the fallout on his GB News show.
Referring to Sunday night’s BAFTA TV Awards, where neither Phil nor Holly attended, Eammon joked, “I think there should have been a special award for Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby for best actors.”
“They may or may not be on television together today. He brought in lawyers, she brought in a PR team. The audience will surely think there’s no chemistry, that it’s a broken bond between the two and that This Morning doesn’t depend on who’s hosting it.’
The ex-This Morning star continued, “It’s an institution, it will continue no matter who presents it and anyone can check the ratings, there’s no difference between them presenting it or anyone else.”
Eamonn co-hosted the ITV daytime show with his wife Ruth from 2006 until August 2021, until he was ‘dropped’ by ITV and replaced by Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary.
Ruth also seemed to dig into the highly publicized feud on Tuesday’s episode of Loose Women.
The presenter, 63, led the panel alongside Kéllé Bryan, Coleen Nolan and Janet Street-Porter.
Attack: It comes after Eamonn launched a blistering attack on his former This Morning co-stars on Monday morning
Ex-colleagues: Eamonn co-hosted the ITV daytime show with his wife Ruth Langsford from 2006 to August 2021 until he was ‘dropped’ by ITV
The show came shortly after Phillip, 61, and Holly, 42, returned to ITV’s This Morning again on Tuesday amid claims of a behind-the-scenes breakdown in the duo’s friendship.
As the Loose Women team discussed blind dates, Ruth asked the others, “Would you trust your friends to set you up on a blind date?”
Coleen was quick to respond, saying, “I trust you all choose a blind date. Well, would I? Yes. I would! I would actually.’
Ruth apparently couldn’t resist the chance to reference Phillip and Holly’s ongoing fallout.
She joked, “Well, we could argue at that point, so…”
Her comment made the rest of the panel and studio audience burst into laughter.
Ruth went on to joke, “If we have a fight, we might pick a really horrible one!”
Uh oh: Ruth also seemed to dig into the highly publicized feud on Tuesday’s episode of Loose Wome
Phillip and Holly have yet to discuss their on-air feud and have continued to air their show as usual – despite losing 170,000 viewers in a week.
Figures showed that Monday’s episode was watched by an average of 726,720 people, compared to 894,000 on the same day last week. Peak viewership was also significantly down to 914,000 compared to 1.058 million on May 8.
The duo, on the other hand, attracted 1.3 million viewers for their Christmas show in 2022 and averaged 1.4 million in the first four weeks of 2021.
Viewers watching today’s episode described the atmosphere as “awkward,” with one tweeting, “Haven’t seen the show in months. I thought I’d watch today’s, but it’s clear the collaboration is tense.’
Insiders have described Phil as “increasingly withdrawn” on set, with one telling The mirror: ‘He seems down and spends a lot of time in his dressing room. We’re worried about him.’
He also appeared to be ‘quitting’ social media amid the fallout – as his last post appeared on May 7, where he shared a video while on a trip to Paris.