Eamonn Holmes has hit again at critics after struggling backlash for treating his new girlfriend to a lavish abroad vacation inside months of ending his marriage to presenter Ruth Langsford.
The previous TV golden couple confirmed their marriage is over in Might, 14-years after exchanging vows at Grade II listed Elvetham Corridor in Hampshire.
Holmes, 64, has since launched into a brand new romance with the considerably youthful Katie Alexander, a 42-year outdated relationship counsellor.
Regardless of their generational variations, the 22-year age-gap didn’t seem like a difficulty throughout a current European cruise, with wheelchair-bound Holmes and his enticing girlfriend having fun with stop-offs in quite a lot of picturesque places, amongst them Barcelona.
The Irish presenter has since rubbed shoulders with actress Kate Beckinsale – daughter of late Porridge and Rising Damp star Richard Beckinsale – after assembly her for the primary time at an occasion in London on Monday night.
Eamonn Holmes has hit again at critics after struggling backlash for treating his new girlfriend to a lavish abroad vacation inside months of ending his marriage to presenter Ruth Langsford
Social media followers flooded his Instagram platform with feedback after he posed for a handful of images with actress Kate Beckinsale on Monday night
However Beckinsale’s determination to strike a sequence of suggestive poses whereas having her image taken alongside a receptive Holmes opened the floodgates on social media, with followers divided over his post-separation antics.
Returning to Instagram on Tuesday, Holmes weighed in by liking a handful of supportive messages, together with one which learn: ‘So many nasty feedback! If you cannot say something good do not say something in any respect…’
One other message favourited by the presenter learn: ‘Everybody study to be type with the feedback on right here. Simply depart him alone.’
‘Not within the silly feedback, lets bear in mind the wonderful Richard Beckinsale,’ learn a 3rd.
As solely revealed by the Each day Mail, Holmes’ current cruise was in reality a ‘freebie’ which he was given after signing a profitable deal to be ambassador for the large vacation firm Not Simply Journey.
In return for the perk, the tv anchor was obliged to movie content material for the agency’s social media platforms whereas having fun with the break courtesy of its cruise arm, Virgin Voyages, on a ship referred to as The Scarlet Woman.
‘Whereas it seemed like Eamonn had whisked Katie off on a no-expense-spared journey away, it didn’t truly price him a penny,’ explains a journey insider.
‘It was a part of his take care of Not Simply Journey so, if something, he was truly paid to go – which was very fortuitous certainly, particularly as a result of he may take a plus one with him.
Returning to Instagram on Tuesday, Holmes weighed in by responding to a handful of supportive messages with a love-heart image
Beckinsale’s determination to strike a sequence of suggestive poses whereas having her image taken alongside a receptive Holmes opened the floodgates on social media
Holmes and Langsford confirmed their marriage is over in Might, 14-years after exchanging vows at Grade II listed Elvetham Corridor in Hampshire
‘There was a component of labor,’ provides the supply. ‘Eamonn needed to movie some segments to advertise the corporate. However the truth he didn’t pay actually lessens the entire concept it was a romantic journey away.
‘Katie didn’t appear to thoughts although, it was a stunning, sunny break for her as they take pleasure in their first throes of affection.’
Certainly that was evident, significantly when Eamonn was seen cheekily touching Katie’s backside whereas sitting in his wheelchair in Ibiza.
They couple have been additionally pictured in Barcelona airport in addition to once they arrived again at Heathrow.
It was a seven-day getaway, marketed as a go to to the ‘Irresistible Med and Rome’ and beginning with Eamonn, 64, and Katie, 42, flying out to Barcelona the place they boarded the ship.
Regardless of their generational variations, the 22-year age-gap between Holmes and new girlfriend Alexander didn’t seem like a difficulty throughout their current European cruise
From there, they sailed to Toulon on southern France’s Mediterranean coast, then Marina di Carrara – a scenic spot between Tuscany and Liguria on Italy’s north coast.
After a stop-off there they sailed right down to Civitavecchia, 40 miles north of Rome which nonetheless has its outdated Roman dock, constructed within the second century.
Since Langsford introduced their cut up in Might, Alexander has been visiting Holmes at his residence in Kingston in Surrey the place he now lives after leaving the £2million marital residence he shared with Ruth some ten miles away.
Initially, the romance was stored a secret, however their cruise collectively has most positively put it on the map.
And nobody can have been extra happy on the flip of occasions than bosses at Not Simply Journey, who’re stated to be ‘thrilled’ that Alexander accompanied him.
‘The deal was Eamonn, however having his new girlfriend positively made the entire vacation way more fascinating from a advertising perspective,’ says an business insider.
‘Her being there can have raised the profile of the agency a lot – cash can’t purchase that form of publicity.
‘Signing Eamonn up and giving him this journey has been price each single penny.’
