{"id":11362,"date":"2022-02-19T12:45:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T11:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1588266"},"modified":"2022-02-19T13:04:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T12:04:08","slug":"this-morning-responds-after-eamonn-holmes-brands-itv-sly-over-exit","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/this-morning-responds-after-eamonn-holmes-brands-itv-sly-over-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"This Morning responds after Eamonn Holmes brands ITV \u201csly\u201d over exit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Minnie Wright\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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In a new interview, Eamonn Holmes, who announced his departure from his long-standing role as This Morning host late last year and has since joined the breakfast team at GB News, claimed ITV \u201cmade it look as if I\u2019d walked away from them rather than the other way round\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNo one explained anything to me,\u201d he told the Daily Mail\u2019s Weekend<\/a> magazine. \u201cI\u2019m all for TV companies being able to choose who works for them, but it would be nice if you were told why you were going.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re sly,\u201d the GB News presenter continued. \u201cThey didn\u2019t want to announce that I\u2019d been dropped because it would adversely affect audience figures, so they made it look as if I\u2019d walked away from them rather than the other way round.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey had a chat with my agent and announced that I was going to GB News when they\u2019d done no more than ask if I\u2019d be interested in joining them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

However, ITV has responded to Holmes\u2019 account, with a spokesperson telling RadioTimes.com<\/a>: \u201cThis isn\u2019t a version of events that we recognise and as we have said before we wish Eamonn all of the very best.\u201d<\/p>\n

Holmes hosted Friday instalments of This Morning alongside his wife Ruth Langsford for 15 years before his departure.<\/p>\n

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Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford<\/span><\/figcaption> Getty<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Following his latest comments about his exit, a source told RadioTimes.com <\/strong>Holmes and Langsford as a duo were still part of the This Morning team after it was announced last year that Dermot O\u2019Leary and Alison Hammond would be taking over the Friday slot, adding that it was Holmes\u2019 choice to leave for a new job.<\/p>\n

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