EAMONN Holmes has defended pal Rylan Clark after a nasty troll accused the host of "pulling sickies" after he was hospitalised following a mystery illness.
The 62-year-old replied to a tweet originally shared by a nasty Twitter user, which has since been deleted, that claimed they were growing "weary" of Rylan's sick leave.
The tweet read: "Never been a fan of @EamonnHolmes but sadly our TV and radio shows are loaded with presenters like him, who openly admit to having no talent or opinions and wonder why they're in their well-paid jobs. "At least @piersmorgan has an opinion.
Also growing weary of @Rylan's 'sickies.'" At first, Rylan, 33, responded to the tweet and wrote: "Sickies? I was ill?" then Eamonn jumped to his friend's defence.
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