Eamonn Holmes shared a ‘horrendous’ health update – and has claimed that the ‘ageist’ TV industry ‘doesn’t want to know him’ now that he is older and in a wheelchair. 

The 66-year-old has had a number of health battles over the years, but it his mobility issues which have left him using a walker or wheelchair. 

Back in 2016, the broadcaster underwent a double hip replacement, but in 2021 he suffered three slipped discs and a dislocated pelvis. 

He then had major spinal surgery the following year, and has had various other health issues over the past few years. 

During a recent appearance on Scott Wright’s podcast, Session7, the journalist shared how he is doing right now – and opened up the daily struggles he faces in and outside of work. 

Host Scott asked him: ‘What does the future hold for Eamonn Holmes?’

Eamonn Holmes has shared a ‘horrendous’ health update – claiming the ‘ageist’ TV industry ‘doesn’t want to know him’ now that he is older and in a wheelchair

The 66-year-old, pictured in January 2025 alongside Tania Bryer, has had a number of health battles over the years, but it his his mobility issues which have left him needing help to walk with either a walker or using a wheelchair

GB News presenter Eamonn, who is currently in a relationship with Katie Alexander, 43, said: ‘I don’t know, society’s ageist, I’m sick, I’m in a wheelchair, that’s been horrendous to deal with for two years. 

‘Certainly, I don’t think TV wants to know you. I can’t get up. I need help getting out of this chair. 

‘I have to have carers throughout the day.

‘But once I’m sitting down, I can do everything. I understand my job, I understand what I’m supposed to do. 

‘But I understand it’s tough for people to deal with you.’

He added in the podcast: ‘When you’re disabled, it’s unbelievable how society… whether it’s a theatre, a restaurant or a cinema.

‘The cinema never ceases to amaze me. I love the cinema, but when you go to the cinema and you’re disabled, you get two choices: you’re either at the very, very, very back and beyond of the cinema, or you’re right at the very front.

‘And you think to yourself, why is this? Why does it have to be one or the other like that?’

Eamonn, pictured in December 2024, said of the industry: ‘I don’t think TV wants to know you. I can’t get up. I need help getting out of this chair. I have to have carers throughout the day’

Eamonn has been a huge name in the TV and showbiz industry for a number of years. 

He has presented various television shows including GMTV, Open Air, Jet Set, TV Scrabble and How Do They Do That?

The journalist also co-presented This Morning alongside ex-wife Ruth Langsford between 2006 and 2021.

The pair announced their split in in 2024 after 14 years of marriage. 

Eamonn has hosted Breakfast with Eamonn and Isabel on GB News since 2022.

Back in October Eamonn raged that ‘nobody cares’ about his ‘special needs’ in a rant live on GB News.   

During his appearance on TV, he lifted the lid on the complications he faces with his disability when booking hotel rooms.  

Eamonn fumed: ‘Do you know what? You can’t even phone a hotel anymore. 

‘You’ve got to go to a website, but I don’t want to go to a website. 

‘I want to talk to people and explain I’ve got special needs.

‘I need a bathroom with bars so I can hold and stand up in the shower with or whatever, but you just cannot speak to anybody. But nobody cares.’