GB News reported that Holmes has asked for privacy as he focuses on getting better. He has been absent from his GB News Breakfast Show in recent weeks. According to Daily Express - Showbiz, Eamonn Holmes described being in a wheelchair for two years.
He also said he had an operation a year and a half ago where two things went wrong, leaving him with two things in his back he does not want. Holmes has a history of health issues, including a shingles diagnosis. The exact date of his stroke has not been disclosed.
I wasn't going to come, but I've got this new chair with all these gadgets. I had an operation a year and a half ago, and two things went wrong so I have two things in my back I don't want. So I'll happily accept this.
The specifics of the items in his back are unknown. The current status of his shingles condition is unclear. The specific treatment he is receiving for the stroke and his prognosis for recovery have not been confirmed.
I’m sick. I’m in a wheelchair. That’s been horrendous to deal with for two years. Certainly I don’t think TV wants to know you when, I mean there’s nothing – you and I are talking and no one can tell there’s anything wrong, but I can’t get up.
They're all standing and I'm sitting there like an old man in the sturdy folding picnic chair.