Gogglebox apologises to Eamonn Holmes for 'idiotic and cruel' edit in latest episode
This Morning host was left 'hurt beyond belief' after appearance on popular series
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Your support makes all the difference.Gogglebox has issued an apology to Eamonn Holmes after he called producers ”idiotic and cruel” for editing out a story he shared about the tragic death of his father.
The host of This Morning, who appeared on the most recent episode of Celebrity Gogglebox, said he was “hurt beyond belief” that the C4 entertainment series “chose” to use “a funny story” in place of the one he told about his father, who died after having a heart attack at the side of a road.
“In reply to a number of complaints .... I am hurt beyond belief that @C4Gogglebox chose not to use me talking about my Father dying from a heart attack at the side of a road and replace it with a funny story following a young lad giving his father CPR,” he wrote, adding: “Idiotic and cruel edit.”
Holmes continued: “So following a tragedy that has forever haunted my family, I am in no mood for criticising holier than thou mouthpieces on here who haven’t gone through what we did. An atrocious edit @StudioLambert ”.
Gogglebox has now apologised to Holmes, telling The Independent: “We have apologised to Eamonn over what happened in this week’s episode. We understand and respect Eamonn’s feelings on such a deeply personal story.
“We have taken the decision to edit the episode for future repeats and All 4. We look forward to working with Eamonn and Ruth [Langsford] for the rest of the series.”
Holmes and his wife Langsford were seen watching a documentary about a 10-year-old, who bravely resuscitated his dad back to life after he had a heart attack.
Instead of broadcasting the story about Holmes’ father, though, they showed the presenter joking about how he managed to get Langsford to the hospital “in the nick of time” when they were having their son, Jack, in 2002.
Holmes was prompted to criticise the show after he was called out for being insensitive to the documentary they were watching.
“Only Eamonn Holmes can turn a child saving his own father into a story about how great he is for driving his wife to hospital,” one person wrote on Twitter.
Holmes demanded an apology, writing: “I had nothing but praise and emotion for the ambulance control room TV programme.”
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