Eamonn Holmes ‘really sore’ after TV show fall
GB News presenter Eamonn Holmes has said he is feeling “really sore” after falling from his chair live on-air.
The Northern Irish broadcaster, 65, added that it was “a bit of a shock” considering he had been taken to hospital earlier in the month after he had a fall at his home.
During yesterday’s show, with his co-host Ellie Costello, a crash could be heard while the camera was focused on their guest, commentator Charlie Rowley.
Costello could be heard saying “oh my gosh” off-screen, and Holmes pleaded with Rowley to “carry on” before the presenter returned to the show following a break.
Holmes said: “Welcome back. Good to see you again. Especially good for me to see you again. I am still alive, yes.
“And they're very wonky wheels on chairs that we've got here, and matter of fact, we don't really like the chairs full stop, do we? They're a bit slippy and slidey and I've slipped and slid off mine there.
“Not the first guest to have done so, we've had a few, they have to remain nameless because they're well known people, but they've hit the floor really badly, quite frightening.
“And it was a bit of a shock for me because I've had a fall in my bathroom two weeks ago, which hospitalised me, and that hit me again right in the back. (I'm) really, really sore. Really sore.”
He later said the chair "gave way" which meant he was lying flat on his back.
He added: “As the morning goes on, you feel aches and pains. The worst thing about this, of course, this was at a time when I was hospitalised two weeks ago for a very similar fall in the same area, back of the head, my neck, my shoulders. So it all came back, as it were.”