GB News has launched an investigation after Eamonn Holmes’ wheelchair ‘knocked into a young female producer’, according to reports.
The news channel is said to have received a complaint from his colleague after she was ‘bruised’ in the alleged incident.
The Mail On Sunday claims Eamonn’s chair knocked into the producer after she told the employee pushing him that he could not return to the set.
Eamonn, 65, is said to have taken a toilet break but that the cameras for his breakfast show were rolling when he came back.
A source told the publication there were “frustrations”; during the conversation between the producer and the person pushing Eamonn, but that Eamonn did not do anything wrong.
“[Eamonn] is really struggling to move around these days so, as part of the care that are giving him, he will need to be wheeled to the loo if he needs to go during the programme,”; the source said.
“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 source added: “There were frustrations over it from some involved and the next thing the woman gets hit and she got a bruise on her leg.”;
The Mail On Sunday reports that GB News’ HR department is “looking into the incident”;.
The Sun has contacted Eamonn’s rep and GB News for comment.
with his telly star wife in 2024, has been battling a chronic health condition for four years.
The former presenter is now confined to a wheelchair due to .
His chronic condition began unexpectedly in 2021 and he was rushed to hospital after“.
Soon, Eamonn was unable to walk without a stick to help him and a spinal operation in 2022 provided little relief.
The pain was caused by a, which later resulted in Eamonn sustaining three slipped disks.
While recovering from surgery, hein Weybridge, Surrey, and broke his shoulder.
A further spine and neck procedure in 2023 also did little to alleviate Eamonn’s pain.
Last month, Eamonn suffered another nasty injury when live on his GB News breakfast show.
on set and it came just two weeks after he was rushed to hospital in another fall.
Incredibly, Eamonn – who is now in a relationship – managed to carry on with the rest of the programme and was described as a “trooper”; by his concerned colleagues.
At the end of the show, he told viewers: “The chair gave way and I was lying flat on my back with my head hanging off the set.
“The first hour or so I was OK because the adrenaline kicked in, but then as the morning went on I felt the aches and pains.
“The worst thing is that two weeks ago I was hospitalised for a similar fall in the same area, back of my neck, head and shoulders and that’s all come back.”;
He added: “We’re going to have to replace the chairs because I’m not the only one to have fallen.”;
to walk again in a heartbreaking social media post.
