Ruth Langsford opens up on 'difficult' divorce for the first time
PUBLISHED: 1 February 2025
Ruth Langsford has opened up on her divorce from Eamonn Holmes in a new interview for the first time since they announced their shock split last year.
The Loose Women star, 64, discussed their 'difficult' break up after 14 years of marriage and 27 years together and how she has picked herself up and moved on.
Shortly after their separation, Eamonn went public with his new relationship with dating counsellor Katie Alexander, 43, while Ruth remains publicly single.
Speaking to woman&home about their divorce, Ruth is determined to look ahead and feels an enthusiasm for what's next, including meeting someone new.
When asked how she is feeling now, Ruth said: 'I'm alright. Relationship breakdowns are very difficult – marriage, friendship, whatever it is – but you just deal with it and you have to move on. You can either let yourself crumble or you pick yourself up and get on with life. It's a choice.'
Ruth, who shares son Jack, 22, with Eamonn, added: 'I'm not delighted my marriage is over but I've accepted that my marriage is over, so I am trying to now embrace the fact that I'm single and can make choices that are just about me.'
The former This Morning host, who co-presented the Friday show with her ex-husband Eamonn, went on to discuss navigating a break-up in the public eye.
She said: 'A break-up of a relationship is hard enough for anybody to deal with. A divorce is very difficult and it's very painful, but most people don't have to do it in the public eye, with everybody having an opinion about you and writing things about you and commenting things about you.
'But that's the nature of my job. I've always had that and if you can't cope with that, you shouldn't be doing this job.'
Discussing being on her own again after the split, she said: I'm quite fine being on my own, but not forever.
'When you're in a relationship, it's easy to say, "Great, I've got a weekend to myself," but when you think that might be every weekend, it's a different story.'
Ruth revealed that the toll of the situation has caused her to lose weight, while she also revealed a hormone check and the end of the menopause may have also been affected.
She said: 'I have lost weight. Divorce obviously has something to do with it but I also went for a hormone check and rebalance, which helped. It could also hopefully mean that I'm coming to the end of menopause.'
Ruth also admitted that throwing herself into work over the past year has proved a welcome distraction from the heartache of her marriage ending.