AMANDA PLATELL: My sympathy is with poor Eamonn. Ruth should have stuck by him, not kicked him in the guts when he needs her most

After the shock announcement about Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford divorcing, we learn that it has 'very much been orchestrated by Ruth' - and that Eamonn is devastated. On his GB News show this morning, Eamonn appeared calm and dignified as he broached the sad situation still wearing his wedding ring, and generously included Ruth in his comment. But while his career has become dogged by ill-health in recent years, hers has taken off on TV and with other lucrative projects On his GB News show this morning, Eamonn appeared calm and dignified as he broached the subject still wearing his wedding ring A friend of Ruth only added insult to injury when she declared his wife 'is still a woman with a real zest for life and in the end it just started to get her down. 'She needs her own life, to get out and enjoy herself, to have some fun,' the friend added, before condemning him still further: 'Ruth has become more his carer than his wife', and has 'struggled to cope' with Eamonn's agonising back pain which 'may never be 100 per cent right'. Eamonn is crippled with pain after back and shoulder surgery, he is forced to endure hours of gruelling physio each week, and is now reduced to walking with a stick or using a wheelchair Perhaps the cracks were showing six months ago when, as the Mail revealed today, he said: 'The problem with Ruth is she cannot separate professional from private life.