Poor old Eamonn Holmes hasn’t had the best couple of weeks, has he?
The Northern Irish TV presenter was forced to miss last week’s This Morning and a week of talkRADIO shows after losing his voice through illness.
And as if that wasn’t bad enough, the recovering star, 58, had to issue a plea on Twitter last night after a candle wax mishap at home.
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Posting a picture showing a clear stain spreading across his fireplace hearth, Eamonn asked his fans: “Candle wax stain on a porous Sandstone hearth. Can such a stain be successfully removed ? Advice welcome but unless you live in N.I don’t say you you’ll call round.”
Well, plenty of people were eager to help, offering the telly favourite some choice home remedies for tackling the unsightly stain.
There’s no update yet from Eamonn on whether he managed to remove the stain, but fingers crossed he did and the hearth is looking good as new again!
Eamonn returned to work at This Morning on Friday following more than a week of illness, but told viewers he still wasn’t back to full strength yet.
He’s been suffering from a heavy cold, cough and sore throat that left him unable to speak – not so useful when you’re a TV presenter, voiceover artist and radio talkshow host…
Sounding croaky, he said on Friday’s episode of This Morning: “It was a Herculean effort on my behalf to be here today.”
Eamonn went on to thank everyone who had sent him support, saying: “Could I just say, I got so many letters of well-wishes and get well soon.”
He then read out a letter, from a Rosemary in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, which said: “I thoroughly look forward to Fridays when the pair of you are presenting. Your sense of humour reminds me of my husband.”
Fans were happy to see Eamonn back on screen, taking to social media to wish him well.
Poor Eamonn fell ill two weeks ago and was forced to skip Friday’s episode of This Morning and his hosting duties on talkRADIO on Monday, Tuesday and Friday.
It meant he was too unwell to go to the NTAs on Tuesday night, where This Morning picked up the Best Daytime programme award.
Posting a sorry looking photo to Instagram before Ruth left for the event, he told fans: “One of us is off to The NTA Showbiz Ceremony and the other is staying at home poorly, uncared for abandoned, coughing endlessly. Can u guess which of us is doing what?”
Bless him!
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He then shared a video which saw Ruth saying: “My little sickly husband. This will be the first time I have been to the NTAs without you. You can’t even speak can you?”
Shaking his head, Eamonn managed to croak out: “You better not speak, you’re looking far too gorgeous!”
We agree!