‘We have a perfect balance – we’re completely in tune’
Alongside Richard and Judy, Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford are one of the UK’s most famous presenting couples, who have been in a relationship for 25 years and began working together five years into it, co-presenting This Morning in 2000.
They’re still regular presenters on the
ITV show – as well as having co-presented shows Gift Wrapped and How The Other
Half Lives – and Ruth believes the secret to their harmonious working and personal relationship is being in tune with each other. She said, “Living and working together means we know each other inside out. Eamonn knows me better than anybody has ever known me in my whole life. He could tell you what I’m thinking about and 99 per cent of the time he’d be right.
“We actually have a perfect balance between us. He has his strengths and I have mine, and we absolutely share the same family values and goals.”
Ruth even asserts that being so close has helped them cope in tricky on-screen situations. During a difficult interview with David Cassidy in 2015 – in which David asked whether the pair were trying to “rubbish” him – Ruth and Eamonn encouraged each other through the interview.
She said, “We found out, during that ‘interesting’ interview, that we do have a sort of telepathy. I had my back to Eamonn the whole time, so I wasn’t even able to have any eye contact and yet we instinctively knew how we should cope with the situation and what we should each say. It’s about being in tune after years of living and working together.”