Eamonn Holmes has explained why he believes him and wife Ruth Langsford were sacked from This Morning after 15 years.
ITV confirmed the duo would be exiting in November 2020, with Dermot O'Leary and Alison Hammond later replacing them. Ruth has continue to work with the broadcaster on other shows including Loose Women.
And in an explosive interview with GB News, former ITV presenter Eamonn has claimed he was booted out by bosses for his outspoken comments on 5G.
Prior to leaving, Ofcom received more than 750 complaints about Eamonn questioning why the "mainstream media" had shut down alleged links between 5G and the coronavirus outbreak.
In Tuesday's tell-all interview, Eamonn claimed he was sacked "without warning" and ITV bosses were "never kind" to him.
"They weren't kind when they tossed me out of the door and didn't care where I was going," Eamonn slammed.
He claimed there did "seem to be a political element" as he "wasn't found guilty of anything".
But according to the star, the controversial comment was enough to get him axed.
Revealing exactly what he said, Eamonn recalled, "I said, 'You should always be free to question the narrative.'"
Apparently, that was the equivalent of me saying, '5G spreads Covid'," Eamonn said.
At the time, Ofcom blasted Eamonn's comments as "ill-judged" because the claims "lacked the support of any scientific, or other, evidence".
An Ofcom spokeswoman said: "In our view, the presenter's ambiguous comments were ill-judged, and risked undermining viewers' trust in advice from public authorities and scientific evidence.
"After taking into account the co-presenter's firm rejection of the claims earlier in the programme, the discussion being about 'fake news' and the presenter clarifying his comments on air the following day, we have decided to issue guidance to ITV and its presenters."
Eamonn blamed viewers for "misinterpreting" his comment and told the Mirror in 2022: " I still stand by those remarks because not once did I say 5G spreads coronavirus .
"I said that as reporters, we should always question the narrative. And that has never been more obvious than under the No10 regime that has existed from then and beyond."
He added: "I wish somebody would show me the email or the letter or that I was sent to say, 'Eamonn, this is why this is coming to an end'. But to tell lies, that I left them to go to GB News... I didn't - they left me.
"Let's get it straight. They left me. I don't care, because our audience is only up."
Mirror Online has approached ITV for comment.
