‘You don’t want to watch Loose Women all day’ Eamonn Holmes makes cheeky dig

Eammon Holmes said he has no plans to retire any time soon as he made a joke about having to sit around and watch Loose Women on GB News. 

Speaking to his co-star Isabel Webster while joking about his age, he said: “You see, I have no desire to be retired.

“But then, the more you see, there is a change in attitude when people look at you…’You’re how old?’

“You know, they think you shouldn’t be working. A lot of people my age, 47, would just feel they are active.

“Well, I’m not physically active but I’m compos mentis and you want to be involved. 

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“You are defined by what you do, you don’t want to be sitting there at home all day watching Loose Women, do you?”

His co-star Isabel replied: “No, but I do look back to the days of my grandparents who had a terrible war. 

“A difficult period in the aftermath of that, and they were never better off than when they were retired at 60.

“They had a wonderful retirement, they were in their gardens, they were in societies…”

Eamonn jumped in: “They must have planned well…” although Isabel claimed: “They lived modestly.”

She then joked how she would still be “working when she was 100”, to which Eamonn sighed and agreed. 

“These are terrible, terrible times and my heart genuinely goes out to people who find themselves on a fixed budget. 

“They have saved up and got themselves a mortgage which may be increasing by hundreds of pounds per month come Thursday.

“Where do you get this money from? It’s incredible.” 

This comes after he addressed his ageing appearance, responding to viewer comments that he used ‘fillers’. 

On the same programme earlier this year he said: “I do look like I am sort of puffy, I have got big hamster cheeks and slitty eyes.”