This Morning’s Emma Kenny recalls Eamonn Holmes’ blunder that led to live legal mix-up

EXCLUSIVE: Former This Morning resident psychologist Emma Kenny has spoken about a time when she was forced into giving legal advice live on ITV thanks to a blunder by Eamonn Holmes

In an exclusive interview with The Mirror, psychologist and broadcaster Emma Kenny looked back on one of her funniest moments on This Morning where a mix-up Eamonn Holmes made resulted in her giving legal advice live on air.

Emma said that the segment was meant to be about family and relationship tensions caused by inheritance disputes, but Eamonn’s on-air introduction left viewers thinking it was a legal phone-in instead.

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“I think one of the funniest highlights of my time, which is hilarious looking back. Eamonn Holmes was on. I loved Eamonn, got really well with him,” she said.

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The mental health expert was forced to blag her way through explanations on probate(Image: @emmakennytv/Instagram)

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“Basically, I was meant to be doing a phone-in on difficulties in relationships and families if there was a will issue… Brilliant, not a problem, that’s me, I can do relationships.”

But when the segment began, Emma realised the audience had completely misunderstood what it was about. “He [Eamonn Holmes] advertised it wrong. And people thought it was a legal one, and I literally had to go up, and I sat there, and I had to give advice on probate,” she laughed.

“I don’t know how I did it, but I’d been through probate with somebody I loved very much and I was, basically, the power of attorney. Fortunately, all the questions that came in were about things like power of attorney,” she explained.

“Honestly, I got off and somebody said, are you a solicitor? I was like, no, I have no idea what I’m doing, but that was the funniest experience.”

Despite the on-air mishap, Emma described her time on This Morning as “life-changing”, adding that the show gave her a chance to connect with audiences beyond her usual work in crime psychology.

She shared: “This Morning changed my life because I went from crime, which I’d always been doing, [into] light entertainment and mental health,” she said. “It was great fun back then. I really enjoyed every minute of it. I never had a bad experience with any of it — it was just lovely.”

Recently the former presenter has been busy with a very different kind of challenge — raising two kids under the age of two, while 52 years old herself.

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Emma recently gave birth to her fourth child at the age of 52(Image: emmakennytv /Instagram)

She welcomed her fourth child, Ella-Grey, into the world in July 2025. Her other young daughter Etta-Blue is now nearly two. Although some might assume that it is quite overwhelming parenting two little ones at Emma’s stage in life, she actually gushed that it has been “a complete blessing”.

The TV personality told The Mirror : “I feel like I’m just doing life all over again. My whole experience of being a mum has just always been the best thing I ever did… Having the girls has been a complete blessing, and I feel like I’m doing youth all over again.”

Although her daughters are filling up most of her time now, Emma has managed to maintain her career in psychology, and just recently partnered with lastminute.com in a campaign to understand why the average Brit spends over two days per month procrastinating.

The travel operator’s research revealed that 32 per cent of people in the UK avoid doing tasks they don’t want to face for several months or even years.

These can include anything from updating their CV to backing up devices or replying to texts. Meanwhile, 70 per cent of the population even think they are “good” at leaving their to-do list ’til the last minute.

Emma spoke about what she thinks might cause this behaviour, explaining: “Procrastination isn’t simply about laziness, it’s often a coping mechanism for feeling overwhelmed.

“But while chronic procrastination can increase stress, the 14 per cent who report better results under pressure may actually be leveraging their natural work rhythms. The key is distinguishing between productive delay and avoidance that creates genuine problems.”