Ruth Langsford is reportedly losing her patience with her estranged husband Eamonn Holmes after he failed to reach out to their son Jack over Christmas’ amid their divorce battle.
The TV presenters, who had been together for 27 years but married for 14, ended their relationship in June 2024.
Eamonn, 66, quickly moved on to date relationship counsellor Katie Alexander, who is 22 years his junior.
The former couple and co-stars have largely avoided speaking about each other following their split.
Now Bella Magazine reports that Eamonn made little effort to reach out to their son Jack, 23, over the festive period.
A source told the publication: ‘Ruth is furious that Eamonn made no attempt to reach out to his son Jack to offer an olive branch and try to build bridges over Christmas and New Year.
Ruth Langsford is reportedly losing her patience with her estranged husband Eamonn Holmes after he failed to reach out to their son Jack over Christmas’ amid their divorce battle
Bella Magazine reports that Eamonn made little effort to reach out to their son Jack, 23, over the festive period (Eamonn and Jack seen in 2021)
‘She says the least Eamonn could have done was to reach out and wish him good tidings and keep the door open. She won’t forgive him.’
The publication goes on to claim that he also gave his son Niall and daughter Rebecca – who he shares with an ex Gabrielle – ‘the cold shoulder’ over Christmas.
A representative for Eamonn has been contacted by The Daily Mail for comment.
It was previously reported by The Daily Mail that Jack has very much sided with his mother Ruth amid the divorce.
A source told us last July: ‘Things remain strained between him and his father.’
Ruth shares son Jack with the GB News presenter, who has three older children from his first marriage.
In December Eamonn told The Sun: ‘I’m going to be with Katie this Christmas.
‘I’ve never not been in the UK for Christmas, but maybe one year I’ll go away abroad.’
Loose Women star Ruth has remained single and recently revealed she has been seeing a therapist since their marriage breakdown.
Eamonn, 66, quickly moved on to date relationship counsellor Katie Alexander, who is 22 years his junior (seen together)
The TV presenters, who had been together for 27 years but married for 14, ended their relationship in June 2024
She told woman&home: ‘I started counselling when Eamonn and I separated, and I’m still having it. It is very powerful and very useful. It gives me tools to deal with things.
‘My counsellor has probably seen us on TV, but she doesn’t know either of us so doesn’t get involved and doesn’t judge. She just listens and says, ‘Have you thought about this?’ or ‘Why did you feel like that?’
‘I think I know myself very well, so it has just been calming. It makes me question how I’m feeling. When my sister died, friends suggested counselling and I said, ‘I don’t [want] just [for someone] to tell me that I’m really sad,’ and I still feel like that.
‘The end of a very long relationship takes a lot of unravelling. Counselling helps you move on from it, to not be held back.’
Ruth is also not ruling out finding love again, sharing: ‘I definitely see light in the future where I didn’t before.
‘Before, I saw darkness and was thinking, ‘Oh my God, what’s going to happen?’ but now the fear [has] gone, because what do you do? Do you crumble? Do you lay down and die? Oh no, not I. I will survive.’
Ruth shares son Jack (pictured left) with the GB News presenter, who has three older children from his first marriage (his daughter Rebecca seen right)
Some close to Ruth say that she was fed up with caring for Eamonn following his hip operation but it later emerged that he was in a relationship with Katie – who he had met several years before.
There is no suggestion that Eamonn cheated on Ruth, who appeared as anchors on ITV’s This Morning for a decade before they were axed in 2021.
They are yet to officially divorce and are currently at war over their money, with Ruth apparently upset that they will have to sell the marital home.
Meanwhile, Eamonn says he has been ‘ruined’ by HMRC after he became embroiled in a row with them over whether he was self-employed freelancer or a ‘disguised employee’ of ITV when presenting This Morning between 2011 and 2015.
