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Eamonn Holmes and his new girlfriend enjoying a mini break in the City of Love this week

December, 21, 2024-04:58

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Eamonn Holmes and his new girlfriend enjoying a mini break in the City of Love this week

When paparazzi photographs emerged of and his new girlfriend enjoying a mini break in the City of Love this week, gossip ran rife about their relationship among the presenter's closest friends.While a miserable looking Eamonn, 65, shuffled around in an electronic mobility chair - which he uses due to a crippling back problem - Katie Alexander, who is 21 years his junior, was alongside, sporting a £1,000 Hermes scarf, a £139.99 Mango faux leather coat with a £1,600 Louis Vuitton handbag as they left the Louvre museum in Paris.

What puzzled Eamonn's friends was the dazzling ring on psychotherapist Katie's wedding finger - given that the Good Morning presenter's divorce from his ex-wife and co-host  is nowhere near complete, and that his agent had insisted the pair were only in Paris to 'visit art and museums'.It's all a bit weird,' said one. 'Eamonn and Katie spend a lot of time together and he definitely makes murmurs that things are of a romantic nature.

'Eamonn loves a pretty woman and he has always been a big flirt. He and Katie spend a lot of time together now and they do, despite what the photographs imply, have quite a giggle together.'Plus, she is a psychotherapist and he loves a chat, so they have a bond there, but I can't see them getting married anytime soon.'Friends say that Eamonn and Ruth, who have 22-year-old son Jack together, had initially struggled to remain amicable during their divorce proceedings but things have 'thawed' recently.

Ruth is said to be 'worried' for Holmes since their split and wants to ensure 'he looks after himself' as he embarks on a new romance.At work too, it has been a colourful week for Holmes. His GB news co-host, Isabel Webster, who Eamonn has called his 'work wife', was sacked from their breakfast show with immediate effect on Wednesday.But despite reports that Eamonn was left 'reeling' by the news of Isabel's shock exit, sources tell me he is 'relieved'. Perhaps because, I'm told, she is a close friend of Ruth's.The two women always got on 'extraordinarily well' before she and Holmes split.'Isabel and Ruth were close,' says a well-placed source. 'And that was always going to cause some issues between Isabel and Eamonn.

'They had a lot of shared friends who had to pick sides, Isabel didn't do that as such but the split got messy. Eamonn and Isabel would argue a bit. Not huge rows - just bickering - but it put added pressure on him at a difficult time and he didn't always enjoy working with her.'He is in pain at work so he just needs to get in and get out without any aggravation.''Eamonn looks depressed when he's at work,' said a GB News insider. 'He just sits there looking miserable.'Bosses hope he will be cheery about Webster's replacement Ellie Costello who, aged 31, is ten years younger than her predecessor.

'She's bubbly and fun, something that Eamonn really does need right now,' added the source.Indeed, Eamonn and Katie have been dating since the Mail revealed that he and his wife of 14 years had parted. He and Ruth, who met in 1996, initially kept their relationship secret so as not to upset Eamonn's first wife, Gabriella - with whom Eamonn has three children.Eamonn met Katie on X (formerly Twitter) in 2015 after she commented on a post and it sparked a conversation. And then, last October - nine months before Eamonn and Ruth confirmed they had separated - they met at a fundraising event in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, for a charity of which Eamonn was a patron and that Katie had worked for.