Eamonn Holmes ‘had a typewriter thrown at him’ by TV boss in heated attack
GB News star Eamonn Holmes has revealed he once had a typewriter chucked at him by a disgruntled boss in the early throes of his journalism career.
Speaking on the People’s Channel, Eamonn recalled angering his editor after presenting him with a script.
Eamonn said he was confused as he was probed about what he had done wrong with the script.
“When I was a young reporter, I had a typewriter thrown at me by the editor”, he said.
“He asked me, ‘what’s wrong with the script?’, I said that I don’t know, so he asked again, ‘what’s wrong with the script?’
“So I said, ‘I don’t know’. And then he lifted his typewriter and threw it at my ankles. Happy days.”
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Eamonn’s co-host Ellie Costello was perplexed by Eamonn’s anecdote, as was sports broadcaster Paul Coyte.
They went on to contrast the modern day working environment with what Eamonn had to experience as a young reporter.
“Throw a bad word at somebody and you’re out”, the GB News star said as he discussed modern-day practices.
Earlier in the show, Eamonn had been hitting out at the BBC and Channel 4 for their response to Keir Starmer’s foreign aid announcement.
He accused them of “hand-wringing” after the prime minister announced plans to cut foreign aid by £6bn.
“The Prime Minister has announced plans to cut foreign aid by £6bn. I have to admit, I had to smile while watching the news coverage on this”, he said.
“BBC and Channel 4 were hand-wringing on everything. ‘My goodness me, it’s the end of the world. What are we going to do?’
“I take the view that this is our country and our money. It’s up to us to decide what we want to do. If we want to spend it on foreign aid, fine. Nobody has asked me.
“Like me, no one has had a say on where this money goes but BBC and Channel 4 are wringing their hands with the whole thing.
“There’s only so much we can do. There’s people sleeping on the streets, people starving, we have people who can’t pay their heating bills and we’re complaining about everything else in the world.
“We cannot solve the world’s problems, so why are we trying?”