Eamonn Holmes has spoken out over his departure from ITV in December last year.
Sitting down with the Mirror for an interview, the television presenter spoke candidly on the fallout following his departure from the morning chat show, This Morning. The 62-year-old dealt with multiple rumours about his departure including accusations it was due to comments suggesting 5G caused coronavirus. Ofcom deemed the comments "ambiguous" and "ill-judged and risked undermining viewers' trust in advice from public authorities and scientific evidence."
When asked what went wrong at ITV, Eamonn said: "It’s never been mentioned to me. If that was the case, at least that would be a reason. And if Dame EasyJet [ITV boss Dame Carolyn McCall, ex-chief exec of EasyJet] had wanted an apology or some sort of explanation, fine. But she never picked up the phone and asked me.
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"I’ve never had any communication with Dame Carolyn McCall. And I still stand by those remarks because not once did I say 5G spreads coronavirus. I said that as reporters, we should always question the narrative."
Eamonn went on to declare ITV is creating lies about him when asked if he quit for GB News. He said: "The department of disinformation at ITV can put out all the lies they want. I wish somebody would show me the email or the letter or that I was sent to say, ‘Eamonn, this is why this is coming to an end’.
"But to tell lies, that I left them to go to GB News...I didn’t – they left me. Let’s get it straight. They left me. I don’t care, because our audience is only up."
A spokesperson for ITV said: “This isn’t a version of events that we recognise and as we have said before we wish Eamonn all of the very best.”
Eammonn added the team at GB News has been extremely supportive and welcoming, claiming they gave him a standing ovation when he first entered their newsroom. Despite being on the This Morning team for over 15 years, he mentioned it's now too difficult to watch the show anymore.
He said: "It would be too... sensitive. I mean, I spend every day going out on the street and people saying, ‘Why are you and Ruth not on anymore?’"
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