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Ulrika Jonsson insists Ruth Langsford wants to 'crack on with life' by splitting from 'old misery' Eamonn Holmes after she began to feel more like 'his carer than his wife'


Ruth and Eamonn, both 64, shocked the industry when, in May, they announced their plans to divorce after 14 years of marriage and 27 years together.

In her column for The Sun, Ulrika, 56, hit back at criticism of Ruth for leaving Eamonn in his darkest hour, after it was revealed the star had begun to feel more like 'his carer than his wife' in the wake of his recent health woes. The GB News host has endured a difficult period in recent years that has seen him lose his mother, job, his beloved Belfast home, and now his wife Ruth. The GB News host has endured a difficult period in recent years that has seen him lose his mother, job, his beloved Belfast home, and now his wife Ruth (pictured in 2022)

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