Eamonn Holmes has blasted ‘Googlebox’ over how he was edited on the show.
The ‘This Morning’ presenter appeared on Friday’s (05.06.20) episode of the Channel 4 programme alongside his wife Ruth Langsford but Eamonn was horrified when, in response to a scene where a child gives his father CPR, producers used a story Eamonn told about driving Ruth to hospital when she was in labour, rather than footage of him discussing his own father’s death from a heart attack.
Eamonn, 60, had been criticised by viewers for appearing to make light of the serious story onscreen, with his own account of being an "ambulance driver" to get Ruth,60, to hospital when she went into labour.
However, he insisted that he also spoke about the tragic circumstances surrounding his late father’s death from a heart attack at the side of the road and he wishes they had used that footage instead.
He fumed: "In reply to a number of complaints ….I am hurt beyond belief that @C4Gogglebox chose not to use me talking about my Father dying from a Heart Attack at the side of a road and replace it with a funny story following a young lad giving his Father CPR . Idiotic and cruel edit.
"So following a tragedy that has forever haunted my family, I am in no mood for criticising holier than thou mouthpieces on here who haven’t gone through what we did. I had nothing but praise and emotion for the Ambulance control room TV programme. An atrocious edit @StudioLambert.
"How my Father died was a particularly horrible experience for my Mother , my younger brother and his friend who were all in the car . The resuscitation in The BBC Ambulance programme was as close as could be to my Dad’s passing.Yet I am the one edited to make it look like a laugh (sic)."
In response to support online, he later added: "Thank you everyone for seeing what happened tonight. Just awful that it did and that I have had to explain.
"Anyone who works in The Ambulance Service or who has experienced the impact of Sudden Death will understand. I now need to put my phone down. Goodnight."