He scuttled off in the middle of our dispute. Now the TV presenter is back in hot water, will he do the same again?
Tuesday brought cruel disappointment for Lost in Showbiz, which for the briefest of interludes fancied itself to be involved in a Twitter dispute with television's Eamonn Holmes (pictured). My dear, the glamma of it ... Eamonn is currently standing in for Pip Schofield on This Morning, and the encounter was precipitated by his decision to inquire of a sex addict he was interviewing: "Have you never thought about making a business out of it? Charging for it?"
What a mind he is. Alas, many Twitter users appeared to think otherwise, causing Eamonn to mount a frantic rearguard action defending it as "a question that needed to be asked", and decrying those who want their journalism "sugar-coated". After a good hour of watching him make like Woodward and Bernstein, Lost in Showbiz ventured to point out that Eamonn's defence of free speech would hold more water had he not threatened to sue the BBC for John Culshaw's jokes about his appetite.
Quick as a flash, Eamonn stepped up to the plate. (Can I say "stepped up to the plate" without his lordship calling for the lawyers? If it helps, Holmes, it's a baseball metaphor and nothing to do with an all-you-can-eat deal.) "Gosh Marina," Eamonn tweeted. "Reminds me of all those jokes that used to do the rounds about u. But better not in case u sue."
Oooh, Eamonn! Naturally, I replied immediately saying that I never sued, and urging him to knock himself out as he was clearly on a roll. But would you believe that was the last I heard of him?
Ever since, I have been raking through the Holmes archives for an indication of what precise character trait would cause such a sudden retreat. The clue didn't seem to be there in his last piece of This Morning-related controversy, when he sweetly told a rape victim: "I hope you take taxis now." Nor could enlightenment be found in his thunderous condemnation of Wayne Rooney's contract brinkmanship, written a mere few months before Eamonn appeared to indulge in the same thing himself with his employers Sky News.
Then all of a sudden I stumbled upon it. Do take a moment to enjoy the majestic footage of the time Fathers 4 Justice invaded the live National Lottery Jet Set show, which Eamonn co-presented with Sarah Cawood. I say "co-presented", but you will note TV's highest-paid poltroon scuttling to hide behind the five foot one inch Cawood ? who, like the pro she is, continues to broadcast even as he slinks offstage. If there is a TV moment more redolent of an elephant trying to conceal itself by placing a lampshade on its head, I should very much like to see it.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2012/feb/02/twitter-spat-with-eamonn-holmes
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