Loose Women host Ruth Langsford can’t wait for her freedom as she divorces her husband Eamonn Homes, yet the presenter has made one huge decision for when the time comes

Ruth Langsford returns to Loose Women after 2024 split from Eamonn Holmes

Ruth Langsford has told friends she won’t start dating again until her divorce from Eamonn Holmes is finalised – but is desperate for her freedom, a source tells New. The pair were married for 14 years before announcing their shock split last year.

Our source says that despite 65-year-old Eamonn moving on with Katie Alexander, who is 22 years his junior, Loose Women panellist Ruth is not ready for a new relationship and “just wants out” of her marriage.

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“She’s still wearing her wedding ring because she’s coming to terms with a long relationship ending, and realising Eamonn maybe wasn’t the person she thought he was,” our source claimed. “And she’s also coming to terms with life being very, very different for her going forward.

“Ruth has been having fun going out with her girlfriends, and enjoying a little flirt, but that’s it. She really needs the Eamonn chapter to be fully closed before she can move on romantically, she needs her freedom.

“She really isn’t dating, it’s the last thing she wants to do,” our source continued. “She just wants to get the divorce over and done with. Her friends would love to see her happy with someone else, but she needs to get the divorce over with first before she can properly move on.”

Ruth Langsford has made a bold decision following her split from Eamonn Holmes(Image: Getty Images)

The former This Morning power couple, who have a son, Jack, 22, released a rather blunt statement last May, which said: “Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes have confirmed their marriage is over and they are in the process of divorcing,” but didn’t elaborate on what prompted the decision.

However, last week a source claimed that Ruth, 65, was “totally horrified” when she discovered Eamonn had been “sharing intimate chats with another woman” when they were still married and living together in their London home.

The source also told The Sun On Sunday that Ruth went on to find incriminating messages on her husband’s personal laptop. The source claimed they were “the straw that broke the camel’s back” and prompted the break-up a short time later.

Last September, Eamonn was spotted boarding a Mediterranean cruise with relationship counsellor Katie, before they stepped out together at a major awards bash two months later, in what was viewed by some as a soft launch of their relationship.

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“They’re both hoping the divorce goes smoothly and quickly, but they’ve been together a long time so there’s a lot of finances to work out,” they told us. “Ruth just wants a fair split and for it to be done with. She just wants out.”

Ruth, who’s had something of a makeover since the breakdown of her marriage, hit back at a follower on her social media last year who queried why she was still wearing her wedding ring.

Ruth has continued to wear her wedding ring(Image: Getty Images)

After she posted a video of herself whipping up a green smoothie, a fan wrote, “Why has she still got her wedding rings on?” to which Ruth replied, “Because I’m still married.”

The couple, who presented This Morning together on Fridays for 14 years until 2020, first started dating in 1997. By that point Eamonn had split from his first wife Gabrielle, with whom he has three children.

Their son Jack was born in 2002 and they married in June 2010, just a few months after Eamonn proposed. Given how much history they share, it’s not surprising that Ruth admitted recently she was still coming to terms with what happened.

“I’m not delighted my marriage is over but I’ve accepted that my marriage is over, so I am trying to now embrace the fact that I’m single and can make choices that are just about me,” she told Woman & Home.

Judging by Ruth’s socials, she has certainly been making the most of her me-time. Last month, Ruth celebrated her 65th birthday with two girlfriends at a swanky all-inclusive resort on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Posting a montage of holiday snaps with her pals, including A Place In The Sun presenter Lucy Alexander, Ruth wrote: “Sun, sea, sand, MANY cocktails and laughing until we cried! Perfect. Wonderful accommodation, beautiful beaches, fabulous restaurants, great spa and, as much as I love them, no children!!”

According to our source though, the one thing that won’t be on the horizon for Ruth until the ink is dry on the divorce papers is a new man.