THE ex-husband of Eamonn Holmes’s new girlfriend has declared he feels “a lot of sympathy” for the TV star’s estranged wife Ruth Langsford.

George Alexander has spoken for the first time, exclusively to The Sun on Sunday, since his former love Katie Alexander, 42, started dating the presenter, 64.

The ex-husband of Eamonn Holmes’s new girlfriend has declared he feels ‘a lot of sympathy’ for the TV star’s estranged wife Ruth LangsfordCredit: PA

George and ex Katie, who is now dating Eamonn

George, 53, was married to Katie from 2010 to 2022Credit: NB PRESS LTD
Ruth, also 64, announced in May she and her former This Morning co-host Eamonn were separating and heading for divorce after she found messages between him and another woman on a laptop.

George, 53, who was married to Katie from 2010 to 2022, said: “I have a lot of sympathy for Ruth.

“I have had my heart broken when my marriage to Katie ended.

“It took me a couple of years to recover. I know how distraught Ruth must be feeling. She’s going through what I did after our marriage ended.”

And he added: “Katie has a heart so will feel bad about Ruth.”

Businessman George said Katie and Eamonn first made contact as friends on social media while they were still married.

He went on: “She was not swooning over him like he was George Clooney.

“But she liked being on social media and one day she said she’d had a reply from him.

“She’d commented on one of his posts (on social media) and Eamonn got in touch. I must admit I laughed it off.”