Eamonn slammed: ‘He’s fat and it’s Ruth’s fault!’
Fans were outraged after a diet guru was brutally honest about Eamonn Holmes on TV, then slammed wife Ruth for overfeeding him…
It was business as usual recently when Eamonn Holmes, 57, and his wife Ruth Langsford, 56, stepped in for This Morning’s usual hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby.
But when the couple welcomed controversial slimming guru Steve Miller on to the show to debate whether it’s ever OK to tell someone they’re ‘fat’, things went very rapidly downhill.
Outspoken Steve said, ‘People need to be told [they’re fat], but in a constructive way. I say that from the heart. Before you mention the F-word to someone, you suss it,’ he went on. ‘To our loved ones, if they’re fat we say it as it is, but we help them to lose weight.
‘I’m not going to make an apology for using the word fat,’ added Steve. ‘ When you’re fat, you’re carrying a duvet around you that’s hiding your beautiful features.’
Eamonn then challenged Steve directly, asking whether Steve would call him fat. And his guest wasn’t going to pull any punches with the Belfastborn presenter, even if it involved calling him out about his weight on national TV.
‘I would say, “Eamonn, I adore you, but you’re too fat,”’ Steve replied. ‘ You’ve got to be told, but at the same time you also need to be given some solutions to help you lose weight, such as me coming to live with you for a month.’
As if that wasn’t enough, the author – in response to Ruth’s admission that she does ‘overfeed’ her hubby – then pointed the finger at her, suggesting she ‘could be the reason he’s fat’!
Oh, dear. Both Ruth and Eamonn have spoken about their weight struggles, but many fans didn’t agree with Steve’s tough-love approach.
Taking to Twitter, one argued that Eamonn wasn’t ‘that big’. Another wrote, ‘People don’t need to be told they’re fat… they already know,’ while a third fumed, ‘Calling someone fat is appalling. What about people who genuinely can’t help it, such as those with medical conditions?’
You could argue that the expert’s comments are the short, sharp shock Eamonn might need (or an act of kindness, as Steve maintains). Or were they just an example of cruel ‘fat-shaming’?
‘I adore you, but you’ve got to be given some solutions to help you lose weight…’