Ruth Langsford, 66, reveals she spent weeks 'crying so much' to a therapist following her split from husband Eamonn Holmes but says she has 'not been put off' marrying again

Ruth Langsford has revealed how she turned to therapy and spent weeks 'crying so much' during sessions following her split from ex-husband Eamonn Holmes. 

The Loose Women star, 66, separated from the GB News host, 66, in May 2024 after 27 years together and 14 years of marriage.

Ruth, who shares son Jack, 24, with her ex, said seeking help was the 'best thing' she could have done and even helped her refrain from ruling out marriage in the future. 

Speaking on Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast she said: 'It was the best thing I've ever done. The thing with therapy is that she doesn't know us. Yes, she's seen Eamonn and I on the TV but she doesn't know us, at all. She doesn't take sides at all, she just lets me talk and leads you in certain directions.

'I was doing it once a week, sometimes twice a week and now it's much less but still there. She says I can call her anytime and I always have her words, these little mantras in.'

Ruth said the therapist didn't see her face for the first three sessions due to her 'crying so much' into her hands. 

'But one of the first things she said to me was: "Your marriage is over" it was quite blunt. I said "I know" and she said "Well, until you accept that, you're not going to find it easy to move on." 

'That stuck with me. Once you accept it, and go: "The fight's over, isn't it?"'

Ruth went on to discuss the possibility of finding love again and while not ruling it out, dating was not currently at the forefront of her mind.

Meanwhile Eamonn didn't take any time to move on, striking up a relationship with relationship counsellor Katie Alexander, 44, who is 22 years his junior.

She said: 'Everyone's obsessed with: "Well have you been dating? Have you got friends to set you up?" Literally no, I don't mind saying,'.

'I haven't been put off by men, haven't been put off love, haven't been out off marriage. But am I looking, am I on the apps? Absolutely no'. 

Elsewhere in the interview a tearful Ruth Langsford opened up about her beloved sister Julia's tragic suicide and its devastating impact as she shared insight into her grief. 

The TV star said she continues to miss her sibling 'so much' but after years of trying to desperately understand, has come to the sad realisation that she will never know why she took her life.

Ruth's sister Julia Johnson, who had battled depression for years, was found dead at the age of 62 by her husband Paul at their home in Lingfield, Surrey, in June 2019.

'I think suicide is just, it’s such a tragedy and the people left behind are just left not knowing why. And your question is just: "Why? Why? Why? Why?"

'And then, as time has gone on, I’ve accepted that I’ll never know why and nothing will bring her back.'

She went on: 'The only way that I can make any sense of it and stop it hurting is to just know she didn’t want to be here and nothing I could have done could have changed that really'.

'You just think you could have done something. Why didn’t we see it? How could we not have seen it? Why didn’t she talk to us? Why? Why? Why? And there are no answers because she’ll never be able to tell us why.'

Crediting work for helping her through her grief, she said: 'I just miss her so much but I know she would not want me to have sad life and I did a lot crying I did a lot of time off work.'

'Then I thought [my sister] doesn’t want this for you, you need to get back out there. And work has always been my saviour actually.' 

Ruth previously described 2019 as the 'hardest year' of her life following Julia's death and thanked her then-husband for his 'amazing support'.