Eamonn Holmes drags arch-enemies Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield into Strictly stars’ Wynne Evans and Katya Jones’ ‘wandering hand’ drama

Eamonn Holmes has as soon as once more taken the chance to hit out at his arch-enemies Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, as he mentioned Strictly Come Dancing’s newest drama.

The broadcaster, 64, has overtly shared his dislike of his former This Morning co-stars, notably Phillip, with the 2 males’s warring phrases sparking a feud that is been dubbed one of many largest in showbusiness. 

And by no means shying away from a possibility to assault the presenter, Eamonn could not resist taking yet one more a sly dig at Phil, 62, and Holly, 43, on Monday throughout his present on GB News.

He and his co-host Isabel Webster had been discussing the much-talked about awkward second between Wynne Evans and Katya Jones on Saturday’s Strictly dwell present.

As host Claudia Winkleman introduced the opening of voting traces, eagle-eyed viewers observed Wynne, 52, sliding his arm round Katya’s waist just for her to knock his hand away.

While a second awkward interplay noticed the professional dancer, 35, seem to shun her movie star companion’s makes an attempt at a excessive 5, intentionally turning her again to her companion as he held up his arms.

After followers expressed concern on social media, the pair took to Instagram to deal with the state of affairs, insisting it had been an inside joke.

Appearing a video collectively, Katya started: ‘Hello everyone it is Wynne and Katya right here. We simply needed to say we had been simply messing round within the Clauditorium on Saturday evening and simply wish to make an apology. It was a foolish joke’.

Wynne chimed in: ‘Yes sorry,’ and added within the caption: ‘Apologies for this tonight we had been simply messing round. We actually are wonderful associates. The excessive 5’s is a operating joke. Have a terrific night @katyajones’.

While Katya was pressured to dismiss rising rumours of a feud as soon as once more, calling hypothesis about Wynne’s wandering arms ‘absurd’ and reassured followers to not fear. 

In one other video the next day, seemingly filmed at her home, she stated: ‘Happy Sunday everybody. Now I must make one thing crystal clear.

‘The hand incident that occurred on Saturday evening was an a really foolish, very foolish inside joke between Wynne and I so even the concept it made me really feel uncomfortable or offended me in any means its full nonsense.

‘It’s fairly absurd really. Can we  deal with how brilliantly he is doing and what an incredible dancer he is develop into?’

During a dialogue of the incident on his breakfast present, Eamonn modified the subject to hit out at each the BBC and Holly and Phillip.

Speaking in regards to the apology video, he stated: ‘[Katya’s] exhibiting she’s in management. The BBC is uncontrolled in fact. 

‘Anything in any respect that occurs, they are going to interrupt and apologise as a result of they hear an excessive amount of to what individuals should say at house, which you must simply ignore.

‘However, having stated that each one the discuss with contestants and dancers is that could be a sizzling home of ardour in there and all the time has been. 

‘And if you take a look at how intimate you’ll really get, touching, feeling and no matter else you do. The Strictly curse undoubtedly is a factor. So it ain’t going to go away.’

Eamonn then pointed to his co-host Isabel and stated they ensured their relationship was not intimate, as he claimed most breakfast presenters ‘hate’ one another.

He stated: ‘You take the comparability of being nearer to a companion, in my case having a TV spouse right here [Isabel]. That’s why we strictly apply a type of turgid relationship and don’t have anything intimate or good between us. 

‘When you take a look at all these breakfast presenters and you may undergo and say he hates her, she hates him, and they do. And I used to say it about Phil and Holly however no one would consider me. False, false, false.’

Rumours about animosity between Phillip and Eamonn had circulated for months, with the pair recognized to 1 one other for about three ­a long time.

While Eamonn hosted GMTV, Phillip offered This Morning earlier than Eamonn joined him on the ­daytime present in 2006.

In a bid to maintain the peace on the much-loved ITV daytime programme, the pair had tried to maintain their mutual resentment to themselves. 

When Phillip got here out as homosexual dwell on This Morning again in February 2020, Eamonn was an image of ethical assist – though sources say he was ­livid about being pressured to again the person he so disliked.

Nowdays, each have given up on such pretences and overtly despise each other a lot that ‘they’d cross the highway to keep away from having to even take a look at one another’, in keeping with a supply who spoke to The Daily Mail.

They stated: ‘It’s often girls who fall out in showbusiness however Eamonn and Phil’s is by far the b*******t, most vicious fallout in tv.

‘They hate each other. Eamonn can not stand Phil, and whereas he by no means used to speak about it, now he simply does not care. He thinks Phil is a shame and a liar. Phil retains quiet about all of it however the feeling is mutual.’

The pair’s feud started with an incident involving Eamonn’s former spouse Ruth Langsford in 2019.

While engaged on Loose Women, Ruth was snubbed by Phillip when she was lower off mid-link whereas explaining what was arising on the present throughout a mini-segment on This Morning. 

Later in November 2021, Eamonn and Ruth had been controversially axed from the present after 15 years and changed on the Friday present by Dermot O’Leary and Alison Hammond.

Eamonn was notably aggrieved about being let go by ITV, claiming he was by no means given an correct motive.

His culling was made much more irritating by his perception Phillip had been given unwavering assist by ITV, regardless of his behaviour off set, a perception shared by Phillip’s former co-host Fern Britton and Amanda Holden, who briefly hosted This Morning alongside him in 2015, whereas Holly was on maternity go away.

The incident confirmed Eamonn’s perception that Phillip had continuously been feted regardless of his poor behaviour behind the scenes, sources claimed.

Following his transfer to GB News, Eamonn appeared much less restrained in his public criticism of Phillip and Holly, with the star liking a meme that mocked the pair for ‘leaping the queue’ on the Queen’s mendacity in state final 12 months.

And after Phillip left ITV in May 2023 after admitting to having a relationship with a a lot youthful male colleague, Eamonn gleefully aired his dislike of the star. 

At he time he described his former colleague as a ‘chief narcissist’ who did not know the names of any of his employees.

He additionally referred to as him ‘delusional’ and ‘a liar’ after the under-fire host issued an announcement insisting there had been ‘no toxicity’ on the daytime present.

And final month, Eamonn furiously hit out at Phillip forward of his TV comeback, saying he’s ‘very proud to have thrown him underneath the bus‘ and that he ‘deserves to be in exile’.

During his much-criticised tv comeback on Channel 5 present Cast Away, Phillip opened up on his disgraceful ITV exit final 12 months claimed he was ‘thrown underneath the bus’.

On his present, Eamonn was fast to answer: ‘Well if I’m one of many individuals who threw him underneath the bus I’m very proud to have performed it… This man is hooked on fame, completely hooked on fame.’