Eamonn Holmes recalls encounters with ‘controlling’ and ‘threatening’ Jimmy Savile

Eamonn Holmes recalls encounters with ‘controlling’ and ‘threatening’ Jimmy Savile
Georgia Pearce

By Georgia Pearce


Published: 09/10/2023

- 09:36

Updated: 09/10/2023

- 10:46

Eamonn Holmes has recalled chilling encounters with a “controlling” and “threatening” Jimmy Savile.

His comments came during a discussion about a new BBC drama called The Reckoning with Steve Coogan playing Savile.

Eamonn said during Breakfast on GB News: “The thing is, I look back, I mean, then I didn't know he wasn't a nice person.

“But I do remember it was about control with him. Everything he did was about control, right?

“‘Well, Jimmy, if you come in here, we'll do this, we’ll do that’. ‘No, no, no young lad, what we'll actually do is, we've got to do it this way and really, you wouldn't like to see me angry because I'm not a very nice person.’

“But the threat was there all the time.”

On Steve Coogan’s portrayal of Savile, Eamonn said: “He does him very well…especially as people remember him and what he was like - honestly, I thought I could be looking at Savile.”

Watch the discussion in full above.

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