Eamonn Holmes Reveals He 'Thought He Was Dead' After Agonising Fall

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00:00I was very worried about me. I fell on the bathroom floor, Paul, and once I was down, I couldn't get up.

00:08Luckily, my phone was within reach.

00:10Oh, thank goodness.

00:11Yeah, and so I was able to phone someone. They came and they decided I needed an ambulance.

00:16And the ambulance, when they arrived, they decided I needed an ambulance too.

00:20And it was the worst bang to my head and shoulders.

00:23My feet just went up. It was wet. The floor was wet, which brings me to a point.

00:29But why do bathroom floors have to be hard, cold, and wet?

00:35Why do they have to be slippy? That's what I'm trying to say.

00:39Yeah, tiles are so slippy on there and they're hard. I mean, there's no bounce in a tile.

00:43No, and when you hit that ground, it hurts.

00:45Because the water, because it's generally a wet sort of room, and then it'll wipe off if you had carpet.

00:51But there's got to be a non-slippy tile, surely, in this day and age.

00:54I definitely think so, mate.

00:56I think there has to be a non-slippy tile.

00:59But, I mean, that's not the first time I've slipped in there.

01:02Yeah.

01:02And did you go down and thought, oh, no.

01:04Did I go down what?

01:05Did you go down and think, oh, no, I could have broken something here?

01:08No, I went down and said, I'm dead.

01:11Really?

01:11Yeah.

01:12I have never had a bang to the head as sore and as powerful as that before.

01:19And I just, I lay there and I thought, where's the blood?

01:22And there was nothing, no blood, no split, nothing like that.

01:26So, the shock of it, whether the shock keeps you separate from what was on.

01:31Yeah, of course.

01:32But, anyway, if you've got ideas of how not to slip in the bathroom, don't use water.

01:37Have you got a bump on there?

01:37Have you got a bump?

01:39You have a bump?

01:40I'm sorry.

01:41So, I've got to say, do you have a bump?

01:44Is there a bump on the head there?

01:46Because I'm...

01:47I've never wanted to...

01:48That's got everything you can inspect.

01:50Okay.

01:50Sorry.

01:51Well, I'm glad you're here.

01:52I wasn't expecting to see you.

01:53I thought you'd need some time.