Eamonn Holmes failed to hide his true feelings live on air on Wednesday after it was announced Phillip Schofield is set to make his TV comeback next week.
The presenter, 64, was hosting GB News as usual during the news bulletin and while the Irish broadcaster didn’t speak on the matter, his reaction said it all as he scoffed at the announcement.
His co-host Isabel Webster introduced the segment to an incredibly negative reception from the panel as GP Dr Renee Hoenderkamp fumed: ‘Is this not just the chance for a narcissist to have more me time on screen?
‘I don’t want to know his story, I’m not interested in it. I know that he’s a celeb and people do seem to lap up any news, whether it’s good or bad but I think it’s time maybe he stayed on the island.’
Agreeing, former Home Office Minister Norman Baker argued: ‘So what? I don’t want to know about it, I’m not interested in it.
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Eamonn Holmes reaction said it all as he responded to the news of Phillip Schofield’s shock TV comeback live on GB News on Wednesday amid the pair’s long-running bitter feud (stock image)
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‘Why is The Sun giving two pages to it? I suppose it sells papers but really, is that the most important thing in the papers?’
Attempting to provide some balance to the discussion, while Eamonn remained silent, Isabel continued: ‘Well, he was one of our most high-profile presenters in the country, he was married and he had two children when the scandal emerged.
‘He lost all of his TV work including Dancing On Ice, he fell out with his one time best friend and co-host Holly Willoughby, who also quite frankly, didn’t she lose her job off the back of it all?’
As Norman sarcastically hit back: ‘My heart bleeds’, Eamonn couldn’t help but let out a laugh as he poked fun at Phillip Schofield’s plight.
The broadcaster was then heard adding: ‘Very good’ before the conversation was steered elsewhere.
Eamonn’s reaction will come as no surprise to the public after the pair’s long-running bitter feud.
Phillip left ITV‘s This Morning in May 2023 after admitting to having a relationship with a much younger male colleague.
And at the time Eamonn described his colleague as a ‘chief narcissist’ who didn’t know the names of any of his staff.
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The presenter, 64, was hosting GB News as usual and while he didn’t speak on the matter, he scoffed at the announcement (pictured together on This Morning in 2013)
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As former Home Office Minister Norman Baker sarcastically hit back: ‘My heart bleeds’, Eamonn couldn’t help but let out a laugh as he poked fun at Phillip Schofield’s plight
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The broadcaster was then heard adding: ‘Very good’ before the conversation was steered elsewhere
He also called him ‘delusional’ and ‘a liar’ after the under-fire host issued a statement insisting there had been ‘no toxicity’ at the daytime show.
Phillip’s new Channel 5 show Cast Away will air across three nights from Monday September 30 to Wednesday October 2, in three 60 minute installments.
In a newly released trailer the broadcaster is seen breaking down in tears as he says the scandal around his departure from This Morning ‘destroyed’ him in a newly released trailer.
It will be the first time Schofield has been on TV since leaving This Morning amid a scandal, which dominated the headlines for months, led to the breakdown of his friendship with co-presenter Holly Willoughby and ‘devastated’ his wife Steph.
Eamonn – a broadcasting institution of over five decades – has known Phillip for most of his professional life. They began working together on This Morning in 2006 when Eamonn joined the programme four years after his rival.
The men were never close, but appreciated each other’s broadcasting styles and worked professionally alongside each other, according to insiders.
But all that changed in 2019, when Eamonn’s now estranged wife and This Morning co-host Ruth Langsford filed an official complaint against Phillip.
While working on Loose Women, Ruth was snubbed by Phillip when she was cut off mid-link while explaining what was coming up on the show during a mini-segment on This Morning.
Later in November 2021, Eamonn and Ruth were controversially axed from the show after 15 years and replaced on the Friday show by Dermot O’Leary and Alison Hammond.
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Eamonn Holmes, Ruth Langsford, Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield used to be the faces of This Morning (pictured in 2020) before relations turned sour
Eamonn later described the statement as ‘delusional’, adding: ‘Believe me Pip if ur looking for a fight u have picked on the wrong person’
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Eamonn was particularly aggrieved about being let go by ITV, claiming he was never given an accurate reason.
His culling was made even more frustrating by his belief Phillip had been given unwavering support by ITV, despite his behaviour off set, a belief shared by Phillip’s former co-host Fern Britton and Amanda Holden, who briefly hosted This Morning alongside him in 2015, while Holly was on maternity leave.
The incident confirmed Eamonn’s belief that Phillip had constantly been feted despite his poor behaviour behind the scenes, sources claimed.
Following his move to GB News, Eamonn appeared less restrained in his public criticism of Phillip and Holly, with the star liking a meme that mocked the pair for ‘jumping the queue’ at the Queen’s lying in state last year.
