Eamonn Holmes’ girlfriend Katie Alexander has claimed she has received death threats since ‘simply falling in love’ with the TV host.
The GB News host, 66, began dating mum-of-three Katie, 45, in 2024 following the breakdown of his marriage to This Morning’s Ruth Langsford.
Their relationship has made headlines recently amid claims that Katie had been turfed out of the apartment she and Eamonn had shared for the last two years.
There is reportedly ‘no love lost’ between Katie and Eamonn’s former partners, who have allegedly left Katie feeling ‘cut out’ of Eamonn’s care plans after he suffered a stroke in April.
A source told The Sun that Katie has been left under immense strain after receiving malicious threats, while also dealing with Eamonn’s ailing health.
They also claimed that police are investigating emails and letters sent to Katie, including one that threatened to chop her head off.
‘I fell in love with a man who made me feel safe, who encouraged me to be myself, and who loved and accepted me for me,’ she allegedly told a friend.
‘I was thrust into the limelight and suddenly blamed for everything that went wrong with Eamonn.
‘I became the accused — and a talking point for the nation.’
Katie claimed that she was ‘advised to say nothing’ when facing such claims, even thought she wanted to ‘defend herself’ and ‘tell her truth.’
She slammed trolls sending her hateful messages, saying she was being ‘judged for simply falling in love.’
‘I had death threats sent to my work email, and letters to my home address threatening to decapitate me,’ she claimed.
‘Not only was I trying to protect myself, I had to protect my children from online abuse, and from being picked on at school.
‘It has been two-and-a-half years of pure hell. It became too much to endure.’
Katie alleged that she had a ‘breakdown’ due to the levels of abuse she had received, and that her children had ‘kept her alive.’
‘Knowing what was the truth in my own life — so different to what was being portrayed publicly — was torture. The attacks were very personal,’ the trained counsellor told her friend.
‘People can’t fathom I like older men. I have a history of relationships with men older than me.
‘People thought, ‘she must be with Eamonn for his money’. That’s such an untrue, one-dimensional reaction.
‘I had a happy life before Eamonn, but suddenly being with him made me happy and content. I never asked for a penny, but he wanted to make sure that I was comfortable financially. He made sure I didn’t have to worry about money. It was his choice, his doing.’
Katie went on to say that she ‘refused Eamonn’s generosity so many times,’ refusing to let him pay ‘£15.99 for a film on TV’ and forcing him to wait until it became free to watch.
‘Despite being so far apart geographically, we lived together half of the week. We made it work. He was — and still is — my partner. And when we were together we did everything together,’ she continued.
‘I gave him a sense of worth. He became softer after years of antagonism. He spoke of his feelings in more depth. I told him that if he can’t communicate with me we can’t be together.
‘It seemed alien to him to be able to have a conversation and not an argument or shouting match, even if we disagreed.’
Despite allegedly moving out of their home, a source insists the couple are still together and have not split.
A source told The Sun on Sunday: ‘Katie is still very much together with Eamonn and in love, but she’s moved out of the flat.
‘It’s an incredibly sad situation — she loved it there, and the time they spent together making it home.
‘Katie has been Eamonn’s rock and lifeline since he fell ill. She’s willing him to get back to full fitness and get their lives back on track.’