Eamonn Holmes’ ‘shoulder to cry on’ is beautician who’s known Ruth ‘for years’

EAMONN Holmes is ‘crying on the shoulder’ of a friend from Surrey who’s known him and his wife Ruth Langsford ‘for years’.

We revealed last month that telly golden couple Eamonn and wife Ruth, both 64, were getting divorced after 14 years of marriage.

It’s now been claimed he’s seeking comfort from a longtime friend, skincare expert Lisa Harris, amid the shock breakup.

A friend of Eamonn’s told MailOnline: “Lisa has been there to support him during marriage problems in the past few years. They’ve even been out recently together.

“She’s grown close to him and been there to offer a shoulder to cry on during the past few years whilst his marriage to Ruth has fell apart.

“Lisa has been there to support him during marriage problems in the past few years. They’ve even been out recently together.

The insider added that he’s been a regular client at Lisa’s salon for years – and even attended a management party together in 2022.

Lisa congratulated Eamonn and Ruth on winning an NTA the year before too, in an Instagram post from her business page.

Alongside a picture of the pair, she wrote: “Well done for winning the NTA, very well deserved, see you both soon.”

And Lisa seems to be popular among some other celebs, with Gladiator Jenny Pacey and Dancing On Ice choreographer Jason Gardiner on her books too.

A source close to Eamonn tells The Sun that Lisa is a good friend of the TV star but nothing more.

The Sun previously told how Ruth found messages between him and another woman on a laptop computer.

Her shock discovery six weeks ago led to the announcement that they were splitting up after 14 years of marriage.

Despite this, she has so far refused to take off her wedding ring and was still wearing it in a social media post yesterday.

Her decision to keep her wedding ring firmly on comes after hers and Eamonn’s finances were revealed.

The pair co-own media firm Holmes & Away Ltd and documents posted at Companies House this month show they recently confirmed they will continue as co-directors of the firm for at least another year.

They founded Holmes & Away Ltd in 2009 and it has handed over Corporation Tax payments of £164,000 over the last two years, meaning it raked in around £1million in that time.

The nature of the firm is described as ‘radio broadcasting’ company and Eamonn is listed as Managing Director, with Ruth as Operations Director.

Ruth also runs a media firm called Hey Ho Ltd in her own right and it is worth £2m, according to books filed this year.

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 conjugal,” 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 debuted 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 a 27-year relationship.

Eamonn’s own broadcasting company, Red, White & Green Ltd, meanwhile, has a far more modest bottom line of £18,000.

The now separated couple, who previously co-hosted This Morning, confirmed they will divorce last month.

It has since been revealed that Eamonn has become close friends with a blonde divorcee who is in her 40s and who works as a relationship counsellor.

Broadcaster Eamonn has moved out of his and Ruth’s marital home in Surrey.

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