Eamonn Holmes in major move after GB News host ‘forced’ to sell home and marriage split
The former This Morning couple shocked fans in May last year when it was revealed that they had split after 14 years of marriage
Eamonn Holmes in major move after GB News host ‘forced’ to sell home (Image: ITV)
Eamonn Holmes is reportedly determined to get his finances in order amid his costly divorce from Ruth Langsford. It comes months after the 65-year-old revealed he had to sell his home in the Belmont area of Belfast after losing two appeals against HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), costing him “hundreds of thousands of pounds in legal fees”. It has now been reported his new girlfriend Katie Alexander, 43, is pushing for him to get his financial ducks in a row. A source told Woman magazine: “Katie’s been a rock to Eamonn throughout his ongoing divorce. She knew the kind of life he was accustomed to before moving out of the house he shared with Ruth and has encouraged him to fight for what he deserves.”
Eamonn and his girlfriend recently returned from a “luxurious Greek getaway”. The GB News host and the blonde, 43, were joined by her three grown up children for the sun-soaked trip. Insiders have also suggested Eamonn is “keen to give Katie the lifestyle he and Ruth enjoyed”.
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Eamonn Holmes has been open about his health woes (Image: Getty)
The source added: “She’s her own woman, but Eamonn wants to be able to provide the kind of lifestyle she deserves. He doesn’t want to lose her.”
Express.co.uk have approached Eamonn Holmes’ representatives for comment.
It comes several months after it was ruled that Eamonn needed to pay 10 years of backdated National Insurance and tax payments, leaving him with a bill reported to be around £250,000.
The GB News presenter said that the only way he could pay the bill was by selling his Belfast home.
Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford split last year (Image: Getty)
In January 2024, he told his former UTV co-star Gerry Kelly: “I had a house here until six weeks ago when I was forced to sell it by the Inland Revenue,” referring to HMRC.
“It’s something I’m very bitter about … because people think you earn lots of money and therefore you have to pay. It’s like they have taken away everything I ever worked for.
“People think it’s only the Eamonn Holmeses of this world that they’re after. But it’s not. The country is broken.”
Ruth and Eamonn announced a year ago that they were to part after 27 years as a couple, and 14 years of marriage. At the time of their split, he moved out of the Surrey home they shared.
