Eamonn Holmes and his girlfriend Katie Alexander enjoyed a touch of the old razzle dazzle in London’s West End to celebrate her 43rd birthday.
The GB News presenter, 65, and Katie had a date night watching comedy play The Last Laugh at the Noel Coward Theatre last night to mark the occasion.
The couple put their glad rags on for the show, with Eamonn wearing a navy suit and a diamond-patterned sparkly tie, while Katie looked glam in a chic black dress.
Eamonn started dating counsellor Katie months after his split from his wife of 14 years, Loose Women panellist Ruth Langsford, 64.
Not long into their new relationship, a source claimed that Katie was telling’everyone she is totally smitten and in love’ and was ‘in it for the long haul.’
However, the couple are private about their new romance and are not often pictured together in public.
Last summer, though, they were seen embarking on a luxury Mediterranean cruise and reportedly also enjoyed a trip to Ireland.
Eamonn and Kate’s first official debut as a couple was in December at the TRIC (Television and Radio Industries Club) Christmas lunch at The Londoner hotel.
Earlier this month, it was claimed that Eamonn and Katie want to move in together in his hometown of Belfast as they currently live hundreds of miles apart.
She is said to be living in a town in West Yorkshire – 200 miles away from Eamonn’s South West London home, where he lives alone after moving out of the Surrey mansion he shared with Ruth.
The couple reportedly try to see each other every couple of weeks but it does not always go to plan as Eamonn’s health prevents him from being able to take the train to meet her and Katie’s responsibilities as a mother of teenage children and in her counselling work make it more difficult for her to spend time away from home.
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Eamonn slipped three discs in his back in 2021, losing ‘full mobility’, and has spoken about his chronic pain and difficulty walking.
He then underwent spinal surgery the following year, which left him off air for almost four months as he recovered and then suffered a major setback when he fell down the stairs, later saying he ‘smashed’ his shoulder.
Last year, he heartbreakingly said he was on ‘borrowed time’ and ‘not OK’, and has been pictured in public using crutches and in a wheelchair.
He recently said on GB News: ‘I have been basically disabled for a year and a half or so, and it’s horrendous.
‘I have to have carers to do the smallest, simplest thing.
‘It’s humiliating, it’s humbling, and thank goodness that the carers are available.’
‘It’s been a tough year and I’ll be glad to see the back of it,’ Eamonn told The Sun.
‘But there are lots of things to be grateful for and I hope that my health improves next year.’
Ruth and Eamonn announced their split in May 2024 after 14 years of marriage, with reports at the time stating work commitments had resulted in them drifting in ‘different directions’.
The ITV star has kept a dignified silence on her marriage coming to an end, and only recently said she’s ’embracing’ being single and ‘moving on’ after her ‘very painful’ split.
She said: ‘You can either let yourself crumble or you pick yourself up and get on with life. It’s a choice.’
Ruth added to Women&Home: ‘I’m not delighted my marriage is over but I’ve accepted that my marriage is over, so I am trying to now embrace the fact that I’m single and can make choices that are just about me.’
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