The Northern Irish journalist Eamonn Holmes shocked his colleagues at GB News when he fell out of his chair live on air. This happened two weeks after the presenter fell in the bathroom of his home.
The incident occurred on Wednesday morning (May 21) while commentator Charlie Rowley was in focus on the camera. A loud noise can be heard off-screen as Eamonn Holmes falls out of his chair.
Charlie made a surprised expression, while co-presenter Ellie Costello screamed: “My God!” Holmes tried to continue the show, repeatedly saying that he was fine and that they should carry on.
The commentator attempted to continue with his speech, but GB News quickly went to commercials. The break lasted six minutes until the situation was normalized.
“I’m still alive,” joked Eamonn Holmes, who blamed the “wonky” wheels of the chair. “It was a shock for me because I fell in the bathroom two weeks ago, which sent me to the hospital and really hit my back,” he commented.
“And now it hit again, right on the back. It really hurts,” he added.
Eamonn Holmes had to be taken to the hospital after falling on the bathroom floor in his home earlier in May. He has been facing a series of health issues since undergoing back surgery in 2022.
The journalist has been using a walker or wheelchair to move around. “Life is not easy these days,” he wrote in a post.
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