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Eamonn Holmes fights back tears as he remembers his late father during emotional podcast chat - hours after tumbling from his chair on live TV
Holmes was hosting the second instalment of his Things We Like podcast when an anecdote about McGuigan's own father, Pat - who passed away at the age of 52, left him visibly moved.
Eamonn Holmes was reduced to tears as he remembered his late father during a podcast interview with former boxer Barry McGuigan on Thursday - hours after tumbling from his chair on live TV. Holmes was hosting the second instalment of his Things We Like podcast with GB News colleague Paul Coyte when an anecdote about McGuigan's own father, Pat - who passed away at the age of 52, left him visibly moved. Discussing the former boxer's extraordinary rise to lineal heavyweight champion, Holmes - whose dad Leonard died aged 64 in 1990 - recalled how Pat would sing the anthemic Danny Boy from the ring before many of his son's fights.
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