Eamonn Holmes expressed how much he wanted ‘his life back’ after his co-host had to help him through the crowd during the Queen’s funeral.
The 62-year-old broadcaster has been open with fans about his health struggles and had been getting steroid injections in his spine after surgeons initially decided against operating on his back after a trapped sciatic nerve left him struggling to walk.
Eamonn, who is married to Ruth Langsford, admitted it made him ‘sad’ that so many people are experiencing a similar situation to his own, and how lonely the experience of chronic pain can be.
Praising his ‘dearest friend’ and GB News co-host Isabel Webster for supporting him throughout, the journalist explained how tough it was for him.
‘I mean it was humiliating for me,’ he told Isabel via video message.
‘You took me through that crowd. And I stumbled a few times, and my leg gave way a few times. And after that I was a bit humiliated really. You didn’t make any issue of it, but it was an issue for me.’
Addressing the frustration that he felt at the time, he added: It just got to the stage where I thought “I want my life back.”
‘But this isn’t so much about me. This is about people who have lower back injuries and who have chronic pain. I live with it.’
Last month, it was announced that Eamonn was taking a break from hosting GB News as he prepares to undergo back surgery for his chronic pain.
Having suffered for 18 months, he said: ‘I pray that God will guide my surgeon’s hand this week and help me get back to the man I used to be.’
Continuing to The Express, he said: ‘The thing is I might have a way out. So many others will never have that hope and that can be the most crushing pain of all.
‘I am hoping that this will be a Back to the Future procedure and that I go back to the way I was 18 months ago.’
Eamonn added that viewers won’t see him on GB News for a ‘wee while’ and the length of time he will be off-screen will be dependent on how long his recovery takes.
