Eamonn Holmes breaks his silence with cryptic post after rival Phillip Schofield quits This Morning
EAMONN Holmes has broken his silence after rival Phillip Schofield was axed from This Morning.
The former ITV star has made several digs at his former colleague amid the ongoing behind-the-scenes feud.
Eamonn, 63, has now broken his silence as he praised today as a “good day,” following the axing of Phillip, 61.
He tweeted a picture of himself beaming as his granddaughter planted a kiss on his cheek.
He wrote: “Pappa got a smacker Thank u Emilia.”
Ominously he added: “All in all that rounded off what turned out to be a good day,” alongside a face with hearts emoji.
This comes as the former GMTV anchor made several digs at his former colleague this week.
The presenter previously liked a post on Twitter shared by a fan which showed himself and wife Ruth Langsford dancing around the This Morning studio.
The video, shared on Tuesday amid pressure on Phil to quit This Morning, was captioned: “Absolute scenes round at @RuthieeL ’s and @EamonnHolmes’ house #ThisMorning” alongside a laughing and winking emoji.
He also liked a tweet where someone said the show/ channel ‘shafted’ him and wife Ruth Langsford, 63.
The tweet read: “IMO one of the worst things they did was to shaft Ruth and Eamonn so that’s a drama alone.”
Earlier this week he again waded in on the This Morning feud as he called Holly Willoughby, 42, and Phillip Schofield “a broken fit”.
Eamonn has been very open about his feelings towards Phillip in recent years and his latest social media activity suggests he has been enjoying the drama.
On Monday, he didn’t hold back his opinions on Holly and Phil, whose friendship is said to be on the rocks.
Speaking about the pair missing the BAFTA TV Awards, he said: “I think there should have been a special award for Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby for best actors.”
He later hit back at a fan who accused him of joining the Holly and Phil ‘witch-hunt’.
The concerned person wrote: “I am a huge fan of you Eamonn and will continue to be. I just wish you hadn’t jumped in on the Phil and Holly witch-hunt. Maybe I don’t know it all, but I hate to see you trading insults.”
He replied to the comment: “I think I have a lot more insight than u Lorraine,” with a tick emoji.
Eamonn was a presenter on This Morning from 2006 to 2021.
Tensions soared between Phil and Eamonn’s wife and fellow presenter Ruth Langsford, when Phil cut her off during a segment on Loose Women.
Furious, Ruth launched an official complaint to ITV over his behaviour, and eight other employees told us that the host was “toxic”.