Ruth Langsford breaks silence on ‘difficult and painful’ split from Eamonn Holmes and reveals she is back on the market
TV’S Ruth Langsford has bounced back from her marriage split — saying: “You can crumble or pick yourself up.”
She was speaking publicly for the first time about her split with telly host Eamonn Holmes.
And it has not put her off finding love again.
Loose Women star Ruth said: “I’m quite fine being on my own, but not forever.”
She and Eamonn, 65, who co-hosted ITV’s This Morning for 15 years, broke up last May.
Ruth, 64, told Woman & Home magazine: “Relationship breakdowns are very difficult, but you deal with it and have to move on.”
“You can let yourself crumble or you pick yourself up and get on with life. It’s a choice.”
Eamonn moved on quickly and went public with his girlfriend, relationship counsellor Katie Alexander, 42, in October. Friends say he may soon propose.
He has been seen using a wheelchair due to mobility issues.
Ruth, who was with Eamonn for 27 years, said: “I’m not delighted my marriage is over, but I’ve accepted it.
“I’m trying to now embrace the fact I’m single and can make choices that are just about me.
“Divorce is very painful. Most don’t do it in the public eye, with everybody having an opinion. But that’s the nature of my job.
“I’ve always had that and if you can’t cope, you shouldn’t be doing this job.”
She revealed she had also lost weight. Ruth said: “Divorce obviously has something to do with it, but I also went for a hormone rebalance, which helped.”
Ruth hosts Loose Women twice a week and covers Thursday on shopping channel QVC, banking £2.5million last year. She said: “People ask, ‘What’s next?’ I go, ‘What else do you want me to do?’
“Honestly, I’m not looking for more big projects.”
March’s issue of Woman & Home is out next Thursday.
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