Eamonn Holmes is currently recovering from back surgery (Picture: GB News / PA)
Eamonn Holmes updated his followers over his return to GB News after he underwent back surgery on his back after suffering with chronic pain for the past 18 months.
The broadcaster, 62, announced that he’ll be taking a break from the Breakfast Show last month.
Since then he has been open with fans about his health struggles and had been getting steroid injections in his spine after surgeons initially decided against operating on his back after a trapped sciatic nerve left him struggling to walk.
Concerned about how he was doing, a fan penned: ‘How’s your recovery going? Wishing you all the very best and hope to see you back on @GBNEWS very soon – it’s been far too long without your refreshing honesty!
Eamonn replied: ‘It might be a while I’m afraid.’
Earlier this morning, the former This Morning host took to social media writing: ‘An extra hour in bed ? Have it back if it just means an extra hour of Pain.
‘Long night for many of us. #ChronicPain.’
Eamonn, who is married to Ruth Langsford, recently praised his GB News co-host Isabel Webster for guiding him through the crowd during the Queen’s funeral.
‘I mean it was humiliating for me,’ he told Isabel via video message.
Eamonn addressed he won’t be back on GB News until he makes full recovery (Picture: PA)
‘You took me through that crowd. And I stumbled a few times, and my leg gave way a few times. And after that I was a bit humiliated really. You didn’t make any issue of it, but it was an issue for me.’
Addressing the frustration that he felt at the time, he added: It just got to the stage where I thought “I want my life back.”
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‘But this isn’t so much about me. This is about people who have lower back injuries and who have chronic pain. I live with it.’
Eamonn added that viewers won’t see him on GB News for a ‘wee while’ and the length of time he will be off-screen will be dependent on how long his recovery takes.
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‘It might be a while I’m afraid,’ he shared.