EAMONN Holmes and Ruth Langsford are heading for a divorce – and haven’t been seen together for more than two years.

The couple announced via a spokesperson in a statement to The Sun on Sunday: “Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes have confirmed their marriage is over and they are in the process of divorcing.”

Eamonn and Ruth put a funny skit on their Instagram to promote her Feeling Fabulous eventCredit: Instagram

 

However, there were signs going back years that the couple, who first met in 1997, were hitting trouble.

One of the most clear signs was neither of them posting with each other on social media, or appearing at events together in over two years.

Their last social media post where they were seen together was in July 2022, with Ruth and Eamonn playing out a skit to promote her Feeling Fabulous event.

Ruth is seen creating a checklist for everything she needs before the event, before Eamonn pops up and asks, “Do you think you’re forgetting something? Or some one? Like, me?”

“You want to come?” she asks, before adding, “I hadn’t really thought about it.”

“I think they’ll want to see me more than that Anton [Du Beke] and that Rylan [Clark],” he responds.

While this is the last time they were seen on camera together, in September 2023 they were still together, with Eamonn filming Ruth steaming her face and asking her “What are you doing?”

Ruth, who was under the weather, wrote alongside the clip: “So day 3 of antibiotics and the doctor told me to steam twice a day….I try to do this in peace but @eamonnholmes decided to watch and offer helpful advice this morning!”

In January that year, as Eamonn recovered from surgery, he was also heard off camera joking with Rylan who was trying out their newly installed Stairmaster chair.

Following the operation in October 2022, Eamonn suffered a horrific fall at his home, which left him with a fractured shoulder and off work at the beginning of 2023.

In a further poignant sign of their plans to stay close, earlier this month Eamonn, 64, reposted a snap on Instagram of he and Ruth in happier times.

A photographer had previously shared a picture of the couple, calling them, ‘The best in the business’.

The much-loved presenting duo are negotiating a divorce in news which will devastate their millions of fans.

Pals told how the couple drifted apart in recent months.

Their work commitments “took them in different directions”, sources said.

But the pair were determined to stay friends and “keep things amicable”.

Ruth and Eamonn Relationship Timeline

Before the shock split announcement, Ruth and Eamonn seemed like one of the strongest couples on UK TV – even with their signature bickering style. Here’s how their romance played out

1997 – The couple first meet after being introduced by mutual friends, two years after Eamonn splits from his first wife, Gabrielle, with whom he has three children.

1997-2002 – To be respectful to Gabrielle, the couple kept their relationship out of the limelight. Ruth told Daily Mail: “I thought it spoke volumes about the sort of man he was, the sort of father he was and the integrity he had. It made me love him more, not less.”

2002 – Ruth and Eamonn welcome their son, Jack, to the family

2005 – Eamonn finalises his divorce with Gabrielle

2006 – The pair begin to host Friday episodes of This Morning together

2010 – Eamonn proposes to Ruth while at the Cheltenham Races, after asking Ruth’s mother for her hand

June 2010 – Eamonn and Ruth marry at Elvetham Hall, Hampshire

2016 – Eamonn undergoes a double hip replacement in the first of many health battles.

June 2019 – On This Morning, Ruth and Eamonn say the secret to their happy marriage. Eamonn credits “compromise, consideration and lots of conjugals,” while Ruth said it was “laughter and an equal marriage”

November 2020 – Ruth and Eamonn are replaced on their regular Friday slot by Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary in a ‘show shake-up’

December 2021 – After a year of being moved to the bank holiday presenting slot, both Eamonn and Ruth left This Morning

January 2022 – Eamonn makes his debut on GB News, while Ruth stayed with ITV in her long-standing role on Loose Women.

September 2022 – Eamonn undergoes spinal surgery after years of back issues including a trapped sciatic nerve.

November 2022 – Eamonn falls down the stairs of his Surrey home with Ruth and breaks his shoulder, requiring a new operation

September 2023 – Eamonn has a spine and neck stretching procedure as part of his year-long recovery

May 2024 – Ruth and Eamonn announce they have split after 14 years of marriage and 27 year relationship

Ruth and Eamonn have split after 14 years of marriageCredit: PA

Ruth and Eamonn confirmed they had split in a statementCredit: Instagram