Ruth Langsford, the Loose Women actress, has previously admitted to being confronted by her son after recalling an embarrassing situation in a previous relationship.
Ruth Langsford has revealed that she now thinks carefully before mentioning her son Jack on Loose Women, after one moment left him “fuming”. The 65-year-old presenter is a regular panellist on the ITV lunchtime show, where the stars often chat about their personal lives, from family dynamics to relationship ups and downs.
Ruth explained why a personal family incident once sparked tension with her 23-year-old son despite the show’s desire for openness.
She told Woman & Home Magazine: “It’s dangerous because sometimes we forget we’re on TV. You have to be careful talking about your children and I was always very mindful of Jack.
He was upset when I showed him a photo when he was 14 because I hadn’t asked him. Learning from this.
Ruth has previously discussed embarrassing her son. She opened up earlier this year about the realization that she no longer a cool mother.
She said, “When they are young, they adore you, they love you, and they want to be around you forever,” in a podcast interview.
“Jack and I are very close,” Jack said. I used to sing and sing like the wrong lyrics and pronounce the group’s name incorrectly because I thought my mother was really fun.
I thought Jack found me amusing, was he right? And then he thought I was funny because we were in the supermarket.
However, she recalled that when her antics were no longer funny to him, she was like, “Twizzle Sticks, Jack!” and then suddenly, it happened.
He literally resembled [squirming] “Mum!” and then it suddenly occurs, and you get the message, “Oh, he doesn’t find me amusing anymore,” and no, no, no!
Ruth’s only child, Eamonn Holmes, and Jack are her ex-husband’s children.
The presenter claimed in her most recent interview that she is still going to therapy to help her through the adjustment but is now content on her own after discussing their split.
Since the breakup, Ruth has spent more time with her friends, including her “TV son,” Rylan Clark, and putting pen to paper on her upcoming book, which will examine both the “good, happy, bad, and] sad” times of her life.
As Loose Women makes significant changes, her personal project comes to mind. The show will start airing for 30 weeks of the year as part of ITV’s scheduling change, starting in January 2026.
No future panelists are anticipated to lose their seats on the show despite the change.
