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The 'Richard and Judy' of ITV were notoriously outspoken on screen - and that includes dishing out details about intimacy.
Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford sent shockwaves through the showbiz sphere when they announced their separation after 14 years of marriage on Saturday. Eamonn is said to be "angry" about the split, which he allegedly claims was "very much been orchestrated by Ruth" who was "determined" to move on. The duo have reportedly been secretly leading 'separate lives, professional and personally' for two years.
Eamonn broke his silence on the sensational split while presenting on GB News this morning, thanking fans for support and cryptically telling viewers 'what a weekend it was' before moving onto discussing the football. Meanwhile, Ruth is taking a break from her Loose Women duties amid the break-up.
Friends of the couple claim there are various factors which led to Ruth and Eamonn's marriage falling apart, including Eamonn's reported low moods during his struggles with chronic pain. The star has suffered with crippling health issues for years, and while Ruth has been by his side throughout, caring for him when he struggled with mobility, she previously admitted that Eamonn's injuries had been 'testing' on their marriage. Fractures in their physical spark were seemingly apparent before their public announcement, with the Mail claiming that Eamonn joked to friends about being 'touched' more by his physio than Ruth in recent years.
Ruth and Eamonn visited a sex dungeon (Channel 5)But before their marriage crumbled, the presenting duo were incredibly open about their sizzling sex life, famously treating viewers to cheeky innuendos whenever they had the chance. They even hosted Eamonn & Ruth's 7 Year Itch in 2017 - a show dedicated to injecting spice back into a marriage. And it wasn't for the faint of heart.
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The mini series saw Ruth and Eamonn visit a sex dungeon - complete with sex swings, a latex-clad dominatrix and whips - in a bid to inspire couples in the bedroom. The Beflast-born presenter got stuck right in as he brandished a whip, surrounded by scary-looking contraptions. He also admired a blow-up sex doll on the show.
A woman called Mistress Komakino joined the presenting duo in the underground sex cave to teach them how she helps couples find their spark again. Eamonn told the Mistress to spank a man in a leather bondage mask, but Ruth wasn't so keen as she winced: "Oh I don't like hurting people!"
Eamonn got stuck in with the toys (Channel 5)But Ruth has previously revealed what makes her tick. Just months before their split, she revealed the one thing Eamonn would do to ensure he got sex. She told her fellow Loose Women panelists: "You can have all the compliments and the flowers but then, if Eamonn comes home and has used my car and he goes, 'Filled the petrol up and did your water bottle', I'm like, 'Get upstairs right now'."
As the studio audience burst into fits of laughter, Ruth continued: "I hate doing it. Literally, I'll go round with my petrol light on red, the water bottle empty, smeared [windscreen], I'm like, 'Oh I can't stop and do that,' so he'll do it for me and he knows, he knows." She added with a smirk: "Everyone's got their little trick."
Meanwhile, Eamonn once joked about their active sex life, revealing: "I love Ruth deeply but also I fancy her. How could I resist? No wonder I look tired all the time - that woman has me run ragged. I go to work for a break."
And Ruth revealed her husband's unwavering obsession with her figure helped fan the fames in the bedroom. "Eamonn is my biggest fan and always makes me feel really sexy," she once told The Mirror. "When I think I'm at my slimmest he thinks I'm too thin. He likes me curvy - he loves boobs, bottoms and legs. I'm really lucky because it would be awful to have a man who commented on me piling on the pounds."