Eamonn Holmes has cut up from his long-term expertise company after concluding that it was prioritising his daytime TV rival Phillip Schofield over him.
Mr Holmes is now not represented by YMU, which has sturdy hyperlinks with ITV – the broadcaster that axed him from This Morning final yr.
Sources near the 62-year-old say he felt that it was ‘all about Phillip Schofield’ – who can be represented by the London company – and after blunt conversations, it was agreed Mr Holmes’s relationship with YMU would finish.
A supply mentioned: ‘Phillip Schofield has a giant affect at YMU and it’s no secret that he and Eamonn didn’t see eye to eye at instances.
Sources near the 62-year-old say he felt that it was ‘all about Phillip Schofield’ – who can be represented by the London company – and after blunt conversations, it was agreed Mr Holmes’s relationship with YMU would finish
‘Phillip is a a lot greater star than Eamonn. It aggravated Eamonn, and there was additionally the problem of YMU and ITV being so shut.
‘When Eamonn misplaced his gig on This Morning, which was his solely job at ITV, the writing was on the wall then.’
The corporate helped to show Mr Holmes and his spouse Ruth Langsford right into a model and safe them numerous big-money offers to advertise merchandise geared toward older folks, together with blood circulation boosters, equity-release plans and bingo video games.
Ms Langsford, who nonetheless presents ITV programmes, stays with YMU, which additionally represents stars together with Ant McPartlin, Declan Donnelly, David Walliams and Amanda Holden.
Mr Holmes has signed with InterTalent, an company headed by Jonathan Shalit, whose purchasers embody Good Morning Britain weatherman Alex Beresford.
Final week, Mr Holmes started presenting his new morning present, GB Information Breakfast, alongside Isabel Webster, with whom he labored at Sky Information.
The corporate helped to show Mr Holmes and his spouse Ruth Langsford right into a model and safe them numerous big-money offers to advertise merchandise geared toward older folks, together with blood circulation boosters, equity-release plans and bingo video games