Eamonn Holmes admits he thought wife Ruth Langsford ‘was a bit weird’ on uncomfortable first date
The pair have been happily married since 2010 - but they got off to an awkward start
MARRIED couple Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford might seem like TV’s golden Mr and Mrs but it turns out it wasn’t always that way.
In fact, the road to love got off to a rocky start – with Northern Irish Eamonn confessing he was unimpressed by Singapore-born Ruth, both 57, when they first met.
The pair tied-the-knot in 2010, but it sounds like it is a miracle they ever said “I do” in the first place as Eamonn explains that he thought Ruth was “weird” when they first met.
Appearing together on Ireland’s The Late Late Show, Eamonn revealed all about his wife of seven years.
Or more specifically, the occasional This Morning host explained that he and Ruth didn’t exactly hit it off upon their first meeting.
"Ruth has a condition called misophonia, which - in case you've never heard of it - is an irritation to any form of noise. Especially if it comes form me,” Eamonn explained.
"These can include something as simple as breathing or eating soup..." the upbeat Northern Irishman continued.
"When I first started dating Ruth there was a glass table in my apartment in London,” he explained.
“I'd made her a meal and, as we sat down to start, she suddenly put her hands over hear ears and said 'I can't eat here - not on this surface',” he revealed.
"My first thought was 'hmm, she's a bit weird', but I shrugged it off. Then, I took her to the cinema and she did it there. And in the lift, the car..." he detailed.
Far from refuting the tale, Ruth backed up the story and insisted it is a very real phobia.
"It's a genuine problem," she explained.
"Somebody biting an apple is particularly bad - that makes me want to throttle people," she added.
However the two managed to work beyond the setback and married in 2010 – and welcomed a son named Jack in 2009.
Eamonn and Ruth also co-host This Morning every Friday after Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby only work Monday to Thursday.
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