Ruth Langsford opens up on therapy after Eamonn Holmes split: 'I was crying so much'
Loose Women anchor Ruth Langsford has opened up on her post-marriage split therapy, admitting she "cried so much", but the sessions have been the "best thing" she has "ever done".
Ruth Langsford's therapist didn't see her face for three sessions because she was "crying so much" following her split from Eamonn Holmes.
The 66-year-old TV presenter and fellow star Eamonn went their separate ways in 2024 after 27 years together and 14 years of marriage, and Ruth has told how a "blunt" statement from her therapist helped her to move on.
She said on Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast: "She said, 'I only saw the top of your head for the first three sessions,' because I was crying so much.
"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?' "
Loose Women anchor Ruth says therapy is the "best thing" she has "ever done".
She added: "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."
Following her and Eamonn's split, Ruth insisted she has not been "put off men", but she is not currently looking for love.
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."
Earlier this year, Ruth told how she struggled to cope with the breakdown of her relationship, because she didn't see it coming.
She told the Daily Mail newspaper’s Weekend magazine: "It’s been almost two years since we announced our separation, but it feels like two months to me.
"In my opinion, I had a very happy marriage. Of course you question yourself: did I miss something, was I not aware, was I too busy? But there’s no point playing the blame game.
"I just didn’t think I’d find myself here, and I wasn’t strong at the start. I was broken. Broken heart. Broken dreams. We all have an image of how we think our life and future is going to be. This wasn’t mine. I was devastated. We had gone from being a couple, traversing the usual ups and downs of a marriage, to an abrupt end. It was a huge shock."
