‘I can’t imagine what it will be like not to see him every day:’ Ruth Langsford is ready for a ‘new adventure’ as she prepares to turn 60… despite sadness over her son Jack leaving home
She is one of the most recognisable faces on breakfast television who is preparing to turn 60 on Tuesday.
And Ruth Langsford revealed to Hello! that she is ‘excited’ about entering the new decade, even though in her younger days she thought that it was ‘really old’.
However, despite her happiness the This Morning host did express sadness about the near departure of her 18-year-old son, Jack, who is getting ready to leave home.
Excited: Ruth Langsford is preparing to turn 60 and said that she is ‘excited’ about entering the new decade, even though in her younger days she thought that it was ‘really old
Ruth, who works alongside husband Eamonn Holmes, 60, said that it will ne a ‘new adventure’ to live just the two of them.
She told the magazine: ‘I feel that we have done a really good job creating this lovely young man who we are now sending off into the world for his own adventures, which is very exciting.
‘But we will both miss him hugely, I can’t imagine what it will be like not to see him every day.
Family: However, despite her happiness the This Morning host did express sadness about the near departure of her 18-year-old son Jack (pictured in 2018)
‘It will be just Eamonn and I. And I see that as a new adventure for us.
‘I think I am very lucky that we are looking forward to spending time together where some people find that time very difficult.’
Despite this, Ruth shared that ‘everything is going really well’ in her life, so she is ready to embrace the milestone age.
Sweet: Ruth, who works alongside husband Eamonn Holmes, 60, said that it will ne a ‘new adventure’ to live just the two of them
She also said that she is surprised to still be working on the small screen because previously ‘women were farmed off when they hit 40’.
She said: ‘I can’t quite believe I have reached the big 6-0 because when you are in your 20s, you think it’s really old.
‘But actually I am quite excited about it.
‘I am very happy in my life, I have got a very happy marriage, a lovely family, I love my work and my career, so everything is going really well.’
Her TV career started around 30 years ago as a continuity announcer and evening news presenter for ITV regional station Television South West, before she moved into national TV.
Read all about it: Read the full article in Hello! magazine, out now
She is now best known for being a panellist on ITV’s Loose Women, a role she has had on and off since 1999, and for being This Morning’s relief host alongside her husband.
Of her lengthy career, she said: ‘I didn’t think I would still be working in television at 60 because when I was in my 30s you didn’t see 60-year-old women in television.
‘Women were farmed off when they hit 40 – but it’s very different now and that’s thanks to those who forged the way for older women; people like Gloria Hunniford and Janet Street-Porter.’
Her husband affectionalty gushed to the magazine: ‘Ruth has a lovely attitude to life. I just stand back in awe and look at her strength and capabilities.
‘She is an amazing person – I am not half the person she is. She is my great hero and she has got more into her groove as she has got older.’
Read the full article in Hello! magazine, out now.
Icon: Ruth is now best known for being a panellist on ITV’s Loose Women, a role she has had on and off since 1999, and for being This Morning’s relief host alongside her husband