Eamonn Holmes stranded by Storm Kathleen!

8 April 2024

Eamonn Holmes was late for his morning presenting job after being stranded by Storm Kathleen.

Eamonn Holmes was late for his morning presenting job after being stranded by Storm Kathleen

The 64-year-old broadcaster was replaced by Tom Harwood, 27, for the first 75 minutes of Monday (08.04.24) morning’s GB News breakfast show after he was unable to make it to the network’s London studio on time for its 6am start.

Tom appeared alongside Isabel Webster, 41, who told viewers: “It’s a bit different this morning. Eamonn is on his way in but he’s been caught up in Storm Kathleen. More on that a little bit later.”

Eamonn made it into the studio by 7.15am and joined Tom and Isabel on the show as he patted Tom on the back for stepping in for him.

Isabel asked the Northern Irish former Sky News anchor: “What a shocker, Eamonn, so what happened?

“You were at the airport by 11am yesterday morning.. .”

Eamonn said he didn’t get home until 11.30am on Sunday, adding: “It’s just one of those things.

“The weather situation... a lot of people in the further north would have been through it as they were more likely to be affected.

“So Edinburgh, Newcastle, Glasgow, Aberdeen – they were all affected by it. But we are here.”

He then jokingly tugged Tom’s arm and told him to “get out” of his seat.

Isabel had told her Instagram followers in a video about Eamonn’s absence she had “cut him some slack” for not being punctual.

Eamonn – who has suffered a string of health woes linked to his double hip replacement surgery – added he was feeling a bit hoarse.

He went on to say his landing at Heathrow Airport, London, was turbulent.

Eamonn had taken to his social media on Sunday (07.04.24) to update his fans about being hit by flight days as Storm Kathleen battered Britain – grounding more than 100 flights across the nation.

He captioned a selfie snapped at Heathrow: “Huge winds playing havoc with flights today. Not sure you’ll be seeing me on @GBNews Breakfast tomorrow the way things are going? Been in Glasgow airport since 11am.”