Eamonn Holmes to ‘leave This Morning for GB News’

Eamonn Holmes is reportedly set to quit This Morning to join GB News.

The host’s decision to join the news network has reportedly infuriated ITV bosses and comes after he branded Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, “woke and weak” and refused to dismiss a 5G conspiracy on the show.

Weeks later the 61-year-old, and his wife Ruth Langsford, were dropped from their prime Friday slot and replaced by Dermot O’Leary and Alison Hammond - but the couple often covered holidays.

A source reportedly told The Mirror on Friday: “Eamonn’s move to GB News marks the end of an era.

“He’ll be missed by many ITV viewers but, the truth is, this job offer probably came at just the right moment for both him and ITV. All good things come to an end.”

Holmes will be offered his own show appearing several times a week starting in the New Year, according to the source.

When GB News launched in June, Eamonn said: “We need a shake-up on the news front. I have huge respect for TV news but this is a reminder news is not just Westminster or a constant woke agenda.”

He is the latest big-name signing for the troubled GB News after Nigel Farage joined and chairman Andrew Neil stepped down, saying he will never again appear on the network.

The network has struggled to attract audiences with regular slots ranking too low to appear on official ratings.

Holmes attracted the kind of controversy that GB News thrives on when he ranted about Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, telling journalist Dawn Neesom on Talk Radio: “She is playing the role of her life. I just find her incredibly irritating.”

Ms Neesom said she’d never met Meghan, before Holmes replied: “I’ve never met her - but I look at her and I think ‘I don’t think I’d like you in real life.’”

He went on to describe Meghan, and said: “You’re just that awful, woke, weak, manipulative, spoilt... what I have met is lots of people in TV series and movie stars from America who are mollycoddled beyond belief with PR people around them, and maybe she is just somewhat spoilt.”