Eamonn Holmes doesn't miss daytime TV "at all".

Eamonn Holmes doesn't miss daytime TV 'at all'

Eamonn Holmes doesn't miss daytime TV 'at all'

The former 'This Morning' presenter now co-hosts GB News show 'Breakfast with Eamonn and Isabel' alongside Isabel Webster, and he is relishing the opportunity to front breaking news coverage again.

When asked if he misses daytime TV, he said: "No, not at all. I really am excited with the whole breaking news environment and being involved in that. I think the first six, seven weeks now of GB News, goodness me there's been a lot going on between Partygate and the Ukraine situation.

"It just is always happening, you don't really have time to stop and think about it."

Eamonn also admitted it is "nice to be appreciated" on the channel with people who "want you to be there".

Speaking to Steph McGovern on 'Steph's Packed Lunch', he added: "It's just a tremendous privilege, Steph, to be involved in something that you want to do.

"They say if you do something you love you never work a day in your life, and it's nice to be appreciated. It's nice to be with people who want you to be there. It's nice to feel that you are contributing."

The 62-year-old star's comments come after he blasted ITV and Phillip Schofield last month, claiming he was "dropped" by the channel, but he says they tried to make it look as if he had quit for GB News.

He said: "No one explained anything to me. I'm 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.

"They're sly. They didn't want to announce that I'd been dropped because it would adversely affect audience figures, so they made it look as if I'd walked away from them rather than the other way round.

"They had a chat with my agent and announced that I was going to GB News when they'd done no more than ask if I'd be interested in joining them.

"I'm not going to have myself derided as some sort of has-been. I may be male and pale but I'm still at the top of my game."

Eamonn - who previously co-hosted ITV's Friday edition of 'This Morning' with his wife Ruth Langsford and covered for Phil and Holly Willoughby during their absences - also hit out at Phillip for interrupting Ruth on air back in 2019.

He said: "Phillip is renowned for snubbing people. He's very passive-aggressive. It's up to Ruth to say how she felt, but I was feeling hurt for her. No one would have snubbed me like that.

"I have a good Belfast street fighter in me … I would be direct. I don't go for presenters who think they have a special privilege or aura or influence."

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