Ruth Langsford admits the menopause has given her ‘red rages’ and left her pushing towards a size 16 after being a 12 all her life
- Ruth Langsford, 59, revealed she’s gone up a dress size since turning 50
- She comfortably wore a size 12 her whole adult life but says size 14s are snug
- Broadcaster lost weight while competing on Strictly but can’t maintain exercises
With a easy confidence and a warm personality that’s broadcast into millions of homes every morning, it’s hard to imagine Ruth Langsford with anything other than a sunny disposition.
However, the presenter, 59, revealed that she’s been struggling with side-effects of the menopause, including weight gain and mood swings that cause her to fly into ‘red rages’.
‘I definitely feel like an angry old woman. I fight over very simple thing, and not always people, it can be inanimate objects in the house, or I bang myself or drop something and it’s like a red rage – the language that comes out,’ she told Woman magazine.
She also admitted to feeling ‘fed up’ with struggling to lose weight, after creeping up from being a size 12 all her life to finding a size 14 too snug.
Ruth Langsford revealed she’s ‘fed up’ that she struggles to lose weight after creeping up from a size 12, which she’s been her whole adult life, to snugly fitting into a size 14 (pictured on This Morning last month)
The This Morning presenter, who has been teased on air about her size by her co-host and husband Eamonn Holmes, explained that her weight crept up when she turned 50, and that her clothes began to feel tight.
The broadcaster, who exercises and eats healthily, said that she told herself to justy accept being a size 14, but wasn’t happy when her clothing started to feel tight.
The star, who famously lost weight during her 2017 appearance on Strictly Come Dancing, added that while she doesn’t obsess about her size, she feels uncomfortable because she’s ‘squashed into her clothes’.
The star, who famously lost weight during her 2017 appearance on Strictly Come Dancing, added that she is able to keep up that level of exercise ‘in real life’ and that while she doesn’t obsess about her size, she feels uncomfortable because she’s ‘squashed into her clothes’ (pictured shortly after stint on Strictly)
Ruth is often teased on air by her husband Eamonn Holmes (left). Last month they interviewed her former Strictly Come Dancing partner Anton Du Bec on This Morning
There’s no widely accepted explanation as to why women put on weight during the menopause, and it’s thought that a number of factors could be to blame.
Reduced levels of oestrogen can lower to metabolic rate, while the metabolism also tends to slow down after 50.
As you age, you also lose muscle mass, which in turn slows down the metabolism.
In January, Eamonn left viewers shocked when he called his wife ‘very fat’ live on air.
The TV host, 59, provoked anger among fans by making the derogatory comment while the couple discussed new year’s resolutions.
Ruth attempted to laugh off the the scathing jibe and told her husband to ‘stop being mean’, before Eamonn left viewers even more furious when he went on to claim his own weight is fine.
As Ruth predicted, fans were immediately riled by the comment and scolded the cheeky presenter for ‘showing his wife up’ on live television.
‘Fancy calling your wife fat on TV Eamonn. Show her up a bit more,’ (sic) one wrote, leading the’ attack on social media.
Eamonn took the swipe at his wife of nearly nine years when the pair discussed New Year’s resolutions.
The presenter didn’t hold back when he branded Ruth ‘very fat’ when she said she was only allowed 1,200 calories a day because of her ‘bulk, age and height’.
Eamonn quipped: ‘That’s because you’re very fat, that’s why.’