Ruth Langsford has touched upon the comments made by her husband Eamonn Holmes, who recently suggested their marriage was under "strain" due to his battle with chronic pain.
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Appearing on Tuesday's Loose Women, Ruth clarified his remark as she asked viewers whether chronic pains and illnesses can impact relationships.
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Speaking about her own experience, she explained: "People have asked about his health because he's had a really rough year this year. Bulging discs in his back, he hasn't been able to walk properly, it's transferred down his leg and he's really finding it hard to walk.
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"He said in this interview, which actually made me feel a bit sad, he said, 'I think my family are a bit fed up with me now.' He said, 'The kids are a bit embarrassed about how I move around or don't move around, and Ruth's getting a bit fed up with me.'"
Discussing the comment, Ruth said: "I thought, well, I am and I'm not. Do you know what I mean? It's human. You can't help, but when you're helping someone all the time and they’re very incapacitated it’s hard to be Florence Nightingale all the time."
© Photo: RexRuth and Eamonn have been married since 2010
She added: "I think you feel that maybe you're a bit of an inconvenience or burden… You know, a lot of people don’t want to be a burden on anybody."
Eamonn, who made his GB News debut on Monday morning, has been very open about his struggle with a trapped sciatic nerve.
Of Eamonn’s health challenges impacting their relationship, Ruth said: "I can tell when Eamonn's not fine. It might be something really small like he might just drop his glasses or something and I see it out of the corner of my eye and I see him trying."
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