Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Not nowYes please Swipe for next article Eamonn Holmes (https://www.the-independent.com/topic/eamonn-holmes) has said that he is focusing on recovery after suffering a stroke two months back (https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/eamonn-holmes-hospital-stroke-gb-news-b2955795.html), with the presenter being forced to miss the TRIC Awards this week. The 66-year-old announced in April that he had been rushed to hospital following a stroke but was “responding well to treatment”. While the host said he was “doing OK” at the time, he is still yet to return to the spotlight. Earlier this week, Holmes missed out on GB News Breakfast winning at the TRIC Awards. In a statement shared by the GB News team, Holmes thanked the show’s viewers who “took the time and trouble to vote” and celebrated its fourth consecutive win. Eamonn Holmes at last year’s TRIC Awards open image in gallery Eamonn Holmes at last year’s TRIC Awards(Getty) “I'd dearly wished I could have been there to celebrate with the team, but for now my focus has to be on making a full recovery and getting back to my best,” he said. “I'd also like to thank everyone who has sent their kind get-well messages. They really do mean the world to me.” In Holmes’ absence, the award was collected by his co-presenter Ellie Costello and GB News broadcaster Alex Armstrong. “We've got the best viewers in the world, haven't we?” Armstrong said. “The most loyal viewers, the best viewers and we can't do it without them.” Costello added: “I think we are unique at GB News in the way that our viewers are really central to everything that we do.” In April, GB News announced that Holmes had been taken to hospital after suffering a stroke, with the broadcaster writing: “Eamonn was taken ill last week and it was later confirmed he had suffered a stroke.” They added that his “colleagues and everyone at GB News wish him a speedy recovery”, with CEO Angelos Frangopoulos describing Holmes as a “loved member of the GB News family”. A few days later, Holmes’ son Declan told fans that the presenter was “doing OK”, as Holmes himself shared a photo of his two granddaughters holding up a sign reading: “Get well soom [sic].” Eamonn Holmes with now-ex-wife Ruth Langsford open image in gallery Eamonn Holmes with now-ex-wife Ruth Langsford(PA) Noting the spelling error, Holmes wrote on Instagram: “Got this first thing this morning, from my two lovely granddaughters, so now doing my best to get well SOOM!!” Holmes joined GB News in 2022 to present its breakfast programme, having left ITV’s This Morning the year before. He has spent almost five decades in television, having presented GMTV, Sky News’ Sunrise, and This Morning with his now ex-wife Ruth Langsford. The TV presenting couple split in 2024, with Langsford later admitting that she felt blindsided and “broken” (https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/ruth-langsford-eamonn-holmes-marriage-split-b2924532.html) by their separation. Holmes began dating relationship counsellor Katie Alexander shortly after the end of his marriage. In the last few years, Holmes has struggled with a number of health issues (https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/eamonn-holmes-health-wheelchair-b2932746.html) after dislodging discs in his back, which he said previously impinged on his sciatic nerve and affected the mobility of his right leg. After undergoing spinal surgery and a double hip replacement, the presenter began using a mobility scooter and suffered two falls in May last year – the second of which happened while on air when Holmes fell from his chair on GB News. 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