Eamonn Holmes battles chronic pain as he returns to This Morning and admits 'things have got worse'; Eamonn Holmes joined wife Ruth Langsford to host This Morning on Monday and admitted his pain had left him unable to sleep.

Byline: By, Simon Duke

Eamonn Holmes battled chronic pain as he returned to This Morning on Monday, telling viewers his condition had left him unable to sleep.

Fans first learned of Eamonn's plight last week when he tweeted about being in hospital after having pain "like I've never experienced in my life."

Giving an update on his condition a few days later, Eamonn told his many social media followers: "My pain hasn't gone away but understandably and unluckily for me the professionals who analyse and diagnose are on an Easter break.

"So to everyone, Twitter community, Family and friends who are asking, 'What's wrong', unfortunately I won't know until the middle of next week."

Cat Deeley hosts Lorraine prompting viewers to issue job demand to ITV on Lorraine this week and, just as Lorraine does at the end of every show, the former SMTV host crossed to the This Morning studio to find out what was coming up on the show.

She asked Eamonn and Ruth, who recently starred as her parents in a special Saturday Night Takeaway edition of CHUMS how they were, before asking Eamonn how his back was, to which he told her: "not good. It's got worse."

At the start of This Morning, Eamonn then shared more of what he's going through with viewers, with the show urging others in the same position to get...

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