Eamonn Holmes has been very vocal when it comes to the drama surrounding Phillip Schofield’s affair with a much younger male colleague. Holmes claimed that Schofield was fired from This Morning and that he didn’t choose to step down.
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Eamonn Holmes also revealed the reason why he thinks he was fired from This Morning. Since leaving the show, he has been presenting GB News and his wife, Ruth Langsford has often featured on ITV’s Loose Women.
The couple has earned quite a lot in recent years despite leaving This Morning. Let’s have a look at their alleged salaries on This Morning and how much they are earning now.
Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford’s salary on This Morning
Ruth Langsford hosted ITV’s This Morningfor almost 20 years while Eamonn Holmes joined in 2006. According to Heart, Holmes earned around £2.8 million while hosting This Morning and Sunrise. The exact number has not been confirmed by Eamonn Holmes or Ruth Langsford.
In an interview with The Sun, Ruth revealed that she made sure she was earning the same amount as her husband:
I insist now on being paid the same.
The thing is you don’t normally discuss your pay when you’re a co-presenter, but obviously I do with my husband because he’s my husband.
Finally adding:
I basically wouldn’t work for them if they weren’t paying me the same if I’m doing the same job, whether I’m with my husband or any other male co-presenter.
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Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford’s net worth
Eamonn Holmes and his wife, Ruth Langsford reportedly have the same net worth of around £3 million.
For Ruth, her net worth comes from her various TV appearances, from This Morning to Strictly Come Dancing in 2017, where she earned £25,000.
She also has her own company Hey-Ho Ltd, which had a balance of £210,000 in 2018, as reported by Heart.
For Eamonn, his net worth also comes from a series of TV appearances. He first started out on GM: TV in 1993. From 2005 to 2016 he was part of Sky News’s Sunrise.
Holmes and Langsford also have a company together called Hlmes and Away which reportedly made £2 million in 2017.
Sources used:
Irish Mirror: ‘Inside Eamonn Holmes' million pound TV career as he quits This Morning for GB News’
The Sun: ‘MARRIAGE PAY ROW Ruth Langsford says she demanded same pay as husband Eamonn Holmes as ITV’s This Morning couple talks Strictly Come Dancing and sex’
Heart: ‘What is Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford's net worth? This Morning presenters' salary and earnings revealed’
Mirror: ‘Eamonn Holmes earns £1.3million in two years despite This Morning axe’
