Eamonn Holmes can be seen taking a while to ascend a relatively shallow ramp to get on stage as he accepted an award for his broadcasting work.
One friend of the star tells KATIE HIND 'It's all a rather sorry affair'. Read her exclusive reportTelevision presenters are normally a glossy lot — all smiles and unmistakable vigour.
For a once so vital individual, it was a truly sad sight. His changed appearance seemed to extend to his personality, too. Usually a larger-than-life character who revels in chatting to journalists and making general mischief, Eamonn instead was snuck quietly into Mayfair's Grosvenor House Hotel for the Television and Radio Industries Club awards, where he could be seen at his table nibbling on a fillet beef lunch.
Eamonn avoided the red carpet, but did later confess in one candid interview that he was 'not OK' and it is 'not a good time at all'.This particular confession is one which will trouble his friends, who have grown increasingly worried for both his physical and mental state since divorce proceedings began last month.
When it was announced that his show had won, guests were then even more shocked to watch Eamonn's struggle to collect his award, firmly relying on his walker, and aided by his co-star Isabel Webster.There were flashes of the formerly gregarious Eamonn, who did his best to appear pleased that he had beaten off competition from his former employers ITV to pick up the gong.
A flat near a roundabout perhaps wouldn't lift the spirits after a hard day onscreen. And it's notable that Eamonn lives there alone. One friend of the star tells me: 'It's all a rather sorry affair. It was only a few months ago he was living in his lovely family home with Ruth.'Now, he is alone in a flat living a pretty solitary existence. His marriage ending after such a long time has been something he has found difficult to accept.
Meanwhile, his current co-star Isabel, 41, told the Mail: 'Obviously he has gone through a lot and we are all behind him. I'm looking out for him. It's hard for anyone to do television if they are going through something.' His troubles began in 2016 when he endured a double-hip replacement operation after living with acute pain for many years.
'Not one nerve or palpitation. Exactly the way I am presenting a live programme — never a nerve in my body. In December of that same year, he told how his struggles with his 'trapped sciatic nerve' had impacted on his family who had to help him with everyday tasks. After that operation, he revealed that, despite intense physiotherapy, his continued lack of mobility prevented him from doing simple things. He described it as 'soul destroying' to have to rely so heavily on others.
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