Anthea Turner has lifted the lid on the rift she had with Eamonn Holmes 25 years ago which led to her quitting GMTV.
The golden girl of breakfast TV was forced off the show and admits she still feels sore about it a quarter of a century later.
Anthea says Eamonn’s cruel comments and being called “Princess Tippy Toes” still gets to her.
The 61-year-old says she wishes social media was invented at the time so she could have stood her ground.
The author told The Sun: “Revenge is a dish best served sweet. Best of all, I’m still here.
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“I thought it was sad. I just wanted to do the job I enjoyed, but unfortunately, the roles have to be labelled.”
The star later added: “Nobody likes injustice, nobody wants to be misrepresented. It hurts, it really hurts.
“I’d read things about myself and think, ‘I don’t know that person’.”
Anthea spoke of being asked if she was ambitious and if she replied ‘yes’ then would be made out to be ‘ruthless’, and seen as someone who walked over ‘anybody’ to get where she wanted to be.
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She went on to address the sexist views almost 30 years ago saying it would be said she was “hormonal” or “stamping her feet”, but people would hold different views for a man.
She added: “You’d never hear anyone say that about Eamonn or Phillip Schofield. No, they’re just doing their job.”
Eamonn and Anthea made up a decade later but the housekeeping expert hints that although she forgives, she may never forget.
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She vows she isn’t ‘bitter’ over the rift and doesn’t let her past “weigh her down”.
Anthea began her dream job on ITV’s GMTV in 1994 when she was in her mid-30s.
But two years later she fell out with Eamonn, who complained she was too demanding and obsessed with her image.
She quit just two years later and was replaced by Fiona Phillips.
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The 61-year-old admitted she was “gutted” and “hurt” by leaving but said it was her time to go even without the “silliness” from Eamonn.
The star, from Stoke, was said to be the second-highest-earning woman on TV at the time behind Cilla Black who hosted Blind Date.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
