Anna Williamson wants Ruth Langsford to do Celebs Go Dating
Anna Williamson would love to have Ruth Langsford on E4's Celebs Go Dating.
Anna Williamson wants Ruth Langsford to sign up for Celebs Go Dating.
The E4 show's dating expert would love to help the TV presenter find love again following her split from former This Morning co-host Eamonn Holmes, who announced their breakup in May 2024 after 14 years of marriage and 27 years together.
Revealing her dream Celebs Go Dating star exclusively to BANG Showbiz at the National Television Awards at London's The O2 arena on Tuesday night (08.09.26), Anna, 45, said: "I would love Ruth Langsford to come on."
Anna is hoping that Ruth, 66, will be tempted to give the show a go after her pal and fellow Loose Women star Coleen Nolan, 61, "spoke very highly of the show" when she took part earlier this year.
The TV presenter also teased that some "very good" names are already being lined up for a potential new series of Celebs Go Dating.
Anna said: "We're waiting to hear what the actual details are of it. We always wait every year for Channel 4 to figure out when they want to do it.
"But let's just say, we love Celebs Go Dating, and I know that we've got some very, very good names already in the mix, if and when we get the green light."
She is not the only person who thinks Ruth should do Celebs Go Dating.
In April, Loose Women panellists Coleen, Kelle Bryan, 51, and Brenda Edwards, 57, revealed they have been encouraging their friend to sign up for the show.
Coleen told Woman's Own magazine: "We've nominated her to do it."
Brenda agreed: "She should do it."
Kelle joked: "She'll be like, 'Why would you say that?!'"
Brenda added that she wants to see how Ruth would perform on dates.
She said: "I think she'd be very funny. I'd love to see all the questions she'd ask."
However, Ruth previously insisted that she is not currently looking for a new relationship.
Speaking on a March episode of 45-year-old Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast, the star 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 put off marriage.
"But am I looking, am I on the apps? Absolutely no."
Following the split, Eamonn, 66, went on to find love with counsellor Katie Alexander, 43, while Ruth has remained single.
She sought therapy after the breakup, admitting to having "cried so much".
Ruth explained: "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?'"
She declared the sessions as the "best thing" she has "ever done".
Ruth 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."
