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62-year-old broadcaster Eamonn Holmes revealed he’s worried his younger brother, Brian, will die in the same way their hardworking father did.

Eamonn has had a successful career in television spanning over three decades and has been a household name in the UK since the 1980s.

However, his job has made him appreciate being able to remain sedentary after the death of his father left him with a sense of unease.

Speaking to Kaye Adams on her podcast How To Be 60, alongside Karen MacKenzie, Eamonn explained that he has no hobbies, as his job occupies most of his life.

He shared: “My job is my hobby, you talk about that physicality thing… My brother Brian is a year younger than me. He fits carpets. He loves felt and carpets. I think, ‘How the hell do you do that?’

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“You’re going to die on the job, the way my father died on the job,” he warned gravely.

Eamonn shared how his job as a presenter did not affect him physically unlike his brothers, who have worked in manual labour roles.

He continued: “There’s a difference between doing what you and I do, Kaye, in terms of using brain power and sitting in a seat.

“Those are hands that have never worked a day in their life. I compare those to my brothers who have hands that know what it is to work. “

Eamonn is one of five brothers – Conor, Brian, Leonard and Colm – and has described them as his “best friends”.

He has often paid tribute to his siblings, telling the Guardian they grew up in a “Coronation Street” type community in Belfast.

The star explained: “My brothers and I are very close. Growing up, the lack of space meant we were like bear cubs or dogs that were always biting and nipping at each other, but not now.

“Today they are my best friends and that’s the same for all of us; we love each other’s company, we love being with each other, we indulge heavily in, what they call in Belfast, the banter or the craic.”

Eamonn has also spoken at length about the heartbreaking circumstances of how they lost his father in This Is My Life: Eamonn Holmes: The Autobiography.

Eamonn’s father, Leonard, had been driving home from a trip to his caravan in Ballycastle, Northern Ireland, with his wife Josephine and son Conor.

The GB News presenter was not present at the time of his father’s death in 1991, as he was in London.

Eamonn wrote on Twitter: “As they waited for an ambulance, they kept talking to him until he became unconscious. They tried to resuscitate him but by the time the ambulance crew got there it was too late.

“At sixty-five years old, before he could retire from work and spend many more days with Mum, a heart attack had taken my dad away from us.”

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