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Sunday World
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
Eamonn Holmes booed as he collects GB News award in his wheelchair
The 65-year-old was told to 'get off' the stage by one heckler TV presenter Eamonn Holmes was booed last night as he collected an award for his breakfast show on GB News in his wheelchair. The 65-year-old was shunned by the crowd as he accepted an award at the Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) Awards, MailOnline has reported. Holmes appeared on stage at London's Grosvenor House in a wheelchair as he accepted the gong on behalf of the GB News Breakfast team. As he shared his thanks with the crew and his viewers, the audience booed, with one person heckling him during his speech. 'After it was announced that GB News Breakfast had won, there were a few boos around the room. Due to his wheelchair, Eamonn needed a ramp to get up on the stage,' a source told MailOnline. 'He gave a moving speech about the work of colleague Charli Peters, who had earlier won News Presenter for his work on exposing grooming gangs in Britain. 'It was a nice moment seeing Eamonn pay tribute to a fellow news presenter, but it seemed someone in the audience didn't agree.' One person heckled the Belfast-born broadcaster, egging him to 'get off' the stage. Holmes began using the mobility aid to assist with chronic back pain. The condition began in 2021, after he dislocated his pelvis, resulting in three slipped discs. While recovering from surgery, he fell down the stairs at his home, and broke his shoulder. He went on to have further surgery on his spine and neck in 2023, but it didn't relieve his pain. This week, The Mail on Sunday have reported that bosses at GB News launched an investigation after a young producer was left with a bruise after she was hit by Holmes' wheelchair. The alleged incident occurred earlier this month when she tried to explain to the person pushing the chair that the presenter could not return to the set to continue hosting the show following a bathroom break, as the cameras were rolling. 'Eamonn gets wheeled on and off the set because his mobility is so bad,' a source told the publication. 'He is really struggling to move around these days so, as part of the care that GB News are giving him, he will be wheeled to the loo if he needs to go during the programme. Eamonn Holmes News in 90 Seconds - June 25th 'Only this time there was some confusion over whether or not he could go back to his seat as the cameras were going and the show was being aired live. 'The poor young woman was doing her job and saying that it wasn't possible for him to go back on. 'There were frustrations over it from some involved and the next thing the woman gets hit and she got a bruise on her leg. It has been the talk of the studio ever since.' While there is no suggestion of any wrongdoing on Holmes' part, the HR department at GB News are reviewing the incident.
Daily Mail
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Eamonn Holmes faces chorus of boos as he accepts the accolade for GB News at the TRIC Awards in his wheelchair
Eamonn Holmes faced a chorus of boos as he accepted the accolade for GB news at the Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) awards on Tuesday evening. The TV presenter, 65, entered the stage via a wheelchair ramp before he accepted the gong on behalf of the team. However while Eamonn thanked the crew and viewers at home boos could be heard in the audience. A source for MailOnline at the awards said: 'After it was announced that GB News Breakfast had won, there were a few boos around the room. Due to his wheelchair, Eamonn needed a ramp to get up on the stage.' 'He gave a moving speech about the work of colleague Charli Peters, who had earlier won News Presenter for his work on exposing grooming gangs in Britain. 'It was a nice moment seeing Eamonn pay tribute to a fellow news presenter, but it seemed someone in the audience didn't agree. 'They heckled for Eamonn to "get off," and it was an awkward end to his speech.' It was unclear whether the star heard the heckler as he gushed: 'For the thousands of people who voted, that is brilliant for us so we say thank you, thank you, thank you, to anyone who did bothered to vote.' It marks the second year in the row Eamonn has accepted the award in the News category at the viewer voted awards show. Last year he accepted the award aided by his walker as he in inferred that he had been stabbed in the back, as he told the audience: 'So I got two things in my back that I didn't want,' seemingly referring to both his operation and his split from Ruth Langsford. Meanwhile Stacey Solomon lost out on a career accolade once again after she missed out on the award for Social Media Broadcaster at awards. The TV presenter was nominated alongside Eddie Hall (The Beast), Rob Beckett and LadBaby and it was the latter who received the honour. The loss comes just months after Stacey, 35, was left disappointed when her show Sort Your Life Out lost out on the Factual Entertainment prize at the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards. At the time the star let rip at the BAFTA judges in an online rant as she said her team were 'robbed' of the accolade, prompting backlash from fans who branded her a 'bad loser'. A source for MailOnline said: 'After it was announced that GB News Breakfast had won, there were a few boos around the room' Meanwhile Stacey Solomon once again lost out on a career accolade once again after she missed out on the award for Social Media Broadcaster at awards And once again Stacey lost out on an accolade after this year's TRIC winners were decided by a million votes from the British Public from a list of pre-established nominations. Taking to the stage to accept the award Ladbaby, whose real name is Alex, was joined by his wife Roxanne as he began: 'Thank you so much. 'We started in social media 10 years ago when we were in a very difficult place in life, we were struggling to pay our mortgage we had just had a kid, we were living on about £20 a week and it really changed our lives.' Elsewhere Clarkson's Farm, which has just seen season four released, grabbed the gong in the Entertainment category over Gavin And Stacey, I'm A Celebrity.... Get Me Out Of Here! and The Traitors. While Strictly Come Dancing and Loose Women were dealt a brutal blow, with both shows among a series of high profile snubs to not even be nominated. In the Daytime category, A Place In The Sun secured the win as it triumphed over Escape To The Country, Richard Osman's House Of Games and This Morning. Best Drama went to Call The Midwife as it won over All Creatures Great And Small, Baby Reindeer and Bridgerton. 24 Hours In Police Custody beat Freddie Flintoff's Field Of Dreams On Tour, The Martin Lewis Money Show Live and The Repair Shop in the Factual category. It was a day to celebrate for Sam Thompson and Pete Wicks after their podcast Staying Relevant triumphed against Begin Again with Davina McCall, Sh**ged. Married. Annoyed, and That Peter Crouch Podcast. While in the Food category fan favourite The Great British Bake Off came out on top in a strong category with Great British Menu, James Martin Saturday Morning and MasterChef. As for the Game Show award, there's Ant & Dec's Limitless Win, Michael McIntyre's The Wheel, The 1% Club and The Chase were nominated and it was Lee Mack's The 1% Club which grabbed the gong. Six Nations Rugby won best Live Sport and GB News Breakfast took home the prize in the news category. Charlie Peters took home best News presenter as he went head to head with Dan Walker, Fiona Bruce and Susanna Reid. As for the Radio Presenter award Jordan North was named number one against Ally McCoist, Simon Mayo and Vernon Kay. The Radio Show category featured Capital Breakfast with Jordan North, Chris Stark & Sian Welby, Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden, Rylan on Sunday and White & Jordan. But it was Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden that won the award. The Soap Actor award went to EastEnders' Steve McFadden who plays Phil Mitchell while EastEnders also received the honour of Soap Of The Year. He beat other nominees Barney Walsh who stars as Cam Mickelthwaite in Casualty, Beth Cordingly who plays Ruby Fox-Milligan in Emmerdale and Jack P Shepherd who portrays David Platt in Coronation Street. TV Personality went to Bradley Walsh as he pipped Alison Hammond, Ant & Dec and Martin Lewis to the post. As the stars gathered at London's Grosvenor House, the event was hosted by TRIC President Dan Walker and welcomed close to 1,000 guests and featured a show-stopping live performance by Magic Radio's Lemar.
