Eamonn Holmes has revealed that where he grew up, in war-torn Belfast during the infamous era of the Troubles, cancel culture "was a bullet in the head".
However, the former This Morning presenter has revealed he admires Piers Morgan for his fighting spirit during his own cancel culture scandal, when he clashed with ITV over his Meghan Markle comments.Praising Piers for standing up for his beliefs, he exclaimed: "He saved ITV Breakfast!"Without him, the viewing figures will probably slump because he brought a different way of doing it," he added."You have to evolve or die."He also related to the host's refusal to suck up to people in the industry, admitting that he and his wife Ruth Langsford are also "not good at kissing bottoms"."Sometimes it is really quite pathetic the way some people suck up to influential people," he continued."Ruth and I have to genuinely like people to socialise with them."Despite this, he also told the Daily Mail's Weekend Magazine that he can't quite match Piers' outspoken tendencies explaining: "Piers is much braver than I am.
I have absolutely no desire to put my neck on the block and not be liked."I don't care about anything – outside my family and football team as much as he does."Eamonn is certainly passionate about his family, after appearing to ignite a feud with his ex co-host Phillip Schofield over him seemingly cutting his wife Ruth Langsford off mid-sentence during a TV broadcast.Fuming that he had a "Belfast street fighter" spirit when it came to his desire to defend her, he added: "Phillip is renowned for snubbing people.
He's very passive-aggressive [but] no-one would have snubbed me like that."Eamonn then claimed he was axed after almost 15 years of service to ITV and that he.
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