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Zoe Delaney & Karen Antcliff

Row erupts on GB News after Eamonn Holmes' Meghan Markle rant

GB News' Eamonn Holmes got hot under the collar earlier today, Wednesday, April 26, after seeing a picture of Meghan Markle and husband Prince Harry on the front page of The Telegraph. With the day's newspapers laid out in front of him on the desk during the show, the presenter launched into a scathing attack on the couple.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were pictured at an NBA basketball games in California. Eamonn, 63, began "Now here is the gruesome twosome". Holding up the publication for the camera, he added: "She can sniff out a camera lens from three miles."

Opinions clearly differed on the couple, as Eamonn clashed with his co-host Isabel Webster when discussing Harry and Meghan's public outing and a row erupted live on air.

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As the hosts and guests discussed the picture and the event on GB News, Eamon explained that the couple were at a basketball game, adding: "as you would, because we are all hooked on basketball aren't we?" He went on: "There they are, and the thing is, when you see the other pictures everybody around them eats, everyone is just eating, they have food in their hands."

The former ITV star then claimed: "But she can sniff a camera lens out from, you know three miles," to which his co-host Isabel interjected and quipped: "She looks great."

"But she knows where she sniffs the lens," Eamonn claimed once again.

The couple, who now live in California, were pictured laughing awkwardly as they were caught on camera at the NBA basketball game on Monday night, according to the Mirror. However, despite Harry’s apparent enthusiasm Meghan seemingly declined a kiss as they appeared on the big screen in front of 20,000 people.

The conversation in the studio continued. Guest Scarlette MccGwire called Eamonn out for his comments and said: "Thank you, thank you Isabel I just... this is just a photo!"

Fellow guest David Mellor disagreed and added: "They aim for vulnerable people like you see."

As the disagreement continued, host Isabel gushed: "I am no Meghan fan, but she looks hot, she looks great."

Her co-host Eamonn hit back and claimed: "So as long as she looks ok? That is what you are saying, that's because you're superficial. You're superficial, if she was an ugly person, if she was an ugly person you wouldn't be praising her."

Isabel didn't take the accusation from her co-star lying down, saying: "No, I didn't say that. That is not what I said, that is not what I said, Eamonn Holmes."

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