As Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes navigate their increasingly messy divorce, the pair are preparing to spend their first Christmas apart after 14 years of marriage

As Loose Women star Ruth Langsford prepares for her first Christmas without ex Eamonn Holmes, she’s likely to remember one particularly memorable festive moment between the pair.

After the seemingly solid couple announced their separation after 14 years of marriage, Eamonn has already moved on with Katie Alexander, who is 21 years his junior. But Christmas 2019 will go down as one of the pair’s unhappiest, after Ruth, 64, threw Eamonn’s turkey over him, after his lacklustre attempt at gifting.

With Ruth’s former This Morning co-host Eamonn ignoring the usual exchange of gifts between spouses, he was “too busy” to get her a present, instead offering her cash. Speaking on Loose Women previously, Ruth told the panellists: “He bought me nothing, literally nothing! The dinner went down his chest!”

Although she acknowledged Eamonn could be a thoughtful gift-giver – which Eamonn proved when he showered his now-girlfriend Katie with presents including Beyonce tickets and a trip to a safari park – he fell short that year. The GB News host also recalled the incident in 2019, giving his side of the story.

Ruth Langsford previously revealed she once gave Eamonn Holmes 44 Christmas presents ( 
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He recalled at the time: “I said ‘I am so busy I will buy you anything you want but the return receipt is about five days, so shall I give you money?’ She said just come home and as long as I’ve got Christmas with you, that is the important thing.”

He then revealed: “She put it all on a plate and then fired it at my chest. It went all over and down me and that was a pretty bad Christmas.”

In the lead up to the festive season, it’s been reported that Ruth is not looking forward to it – especially with their son Jack caught between both of his parents. A source told OK! in October: “Ruth is dreading Christmas coming up, because it will be her first one apart from Eamonn – who could be spending it with his new partner.”

The insider explained that Ruth will be focused on “creating different memories”, adding that she is also ‘worried’ that their 22-year-old son might want to spend the season away from her, because of his age.

“He’s no doubt hurting too, seeing his mum and dad go through this,” the source added. “However, Ruth knows people will be looking up to her and feel inspired about how strong she appears on the outside.”

Although they went public with their separation in May, reports suggest that they had been in the process of breaking up for up to a year before officially announcing it. Since the split, Eamonn has been photographed at events with his girlfriend, while Ruth has put all her effort into work and healing, having shared pamper sessions and nights out on social media.

She’s also revealed this week how she’s keeping busy. Ruth shared that she’s headed out to Australia to support Loose Women pal Jane Moore on I’m A Celeb and is expected to appear on spin-off show Unpacked.