Gogglebox has issued an apology to Eamonn Holmes after he revealed his upset over how he edited on the show.
A clip of him on Gogglebox made it look like he was laughing while a man was having a heart attack.
The clip in question was shown on last night’s show (Friday, June 5), where a boy can be seen resuscitating his dad, who had just had a heart attack.
What happened?
During a clip from BBC series Ambulance, Eamonn was seen telling a jokey story where he commends his own driving.
However, he later tweeted that he’d actually told the story of his own father, who died in similar circumstances, but says this was edited out.
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The scene had shown a ten-year-old boy desperately calling for help after his dad collapsed after having a heart attack and became unresponsive.
Medics on the phone helped him to resuscitate his dad. It then cut to a clip of Eamonn discussing when Ruth went into labour and that he joked that he’d get her to hospital on time.
What did Eamonn say?
Eamonn received some negative comments on Twitter about his response and soon hit back.
In reply to a number of complaints ….
I am hurt beyond belief that @C4Gogglebox chose not to use me talking about my Father dying from a Heart Attack at the side of a road and replace it with a funny story following a young lad giving his Father CPR . Idiotic and cruel edit.— Eamonn Holmes (@EamonnHolmes) June 5, 2020
So following a tragedy that has forever haunted my family, I am in no mood for criticising holier than thou mouthpieces on here who haven’t gone through what we did. I had nothing but praise and emotion for the Ambulance control room TV programme. An atrocious edit @StudioLambert
— Eamonn Holmes (@EamonnHolmes) June 5, 2020
How my Father died was a particularly horrible experience for my Mother , my younger brother and his friend who were all in the car .
The resuscitation in The BBC Ambulance programme was as close as could be to my Dad’s passing.Yet I am the one edited to make it look like a laugh— Eamonn Holmes (@EamonnHolmes) June 5, 2020
Gogglebox offers apology to Eamonn
After fans rushed to defend Eamonn and many contacted Channel 4 insisting he deserves an apology, they have now issued one.
They informed followers on Twitter: “We have apologised to Eamonn over what happened in this week’s episode.
“We understand and respect Eamonn’s feelings on such a deeply personal story. We have taken the decision to edit the episode for all future repeats and All4.”
They concluded: “We look forward to working with Eamonn and Ruth for the rest of the series.”
#CelebrityGogglebox @EamonnHolmes pic.twitter.com/YakuxrAL4O
— C4 Gogglebox (@C4Gogglebox) June 6, 2020
People replied they were pleased the channel had “done the decent thing”.
Eamonn has yet to comment on the apology.
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