Eamonn moans about Strictly Come Dancing, X Factor and The Apprentice

EAMONN Holmes has launched a stunning attack on popular telly.
The TV veteran branded Strictly Come Dancing 'sad' and The Apprentice 'poisonous'.

He also had a pop at 'X Factor-style' presenters for lacking the experience to do decent interviews.

Chubby fellow X Factor hater 

Eamonn, 50, now hosting Sky News Sunrise, said: 'These days our big shared television moments, our state events, are The X Factor and Strictly.

'Those are the only events families can talk about, which I do find sad. I would rather have my fingernails ripped out than watch Strictly.'

Of BBC1's The Apprentice, he said: 'I'd hate to think my children could be as poisoned, ruthless and blinkered as the fools on that programme.

'I think this idolisation we have of business people is wrong. In society we have envy everywhere. Meanness is a trait I despise. That's what I see in The Apprentice. It promotes evilness and greed.'

Eamonn, who also hosts This Morning with wife Ruth Langsford on Fridays, bemoaned young presenters' lack of training.

He said: 'When I started I wanted to be Des Lynam. The trouble is there are no more Des Lynams. We don't hire presenters trained in journalism, as I was, because we want X Factor reality TV people.'"