IT was the evening of Friday the 13th when Ruth Langsford went on Instagram to share a video of herself at home having a meal for one.

She cheerfully spoke about how her caring son Jack, 22, had ­chosen and ordered her favourite takeaway curry.

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Eamonn and Katie Alexander on their Cruise ship HolidayCredit: Darren Fletcher

Ruth Langsford thanked fans for their support as she tucked into a takeaway following her split from Eamonn HolmesCredit: Instagram @ruthlangsford

Eamonn was pictured with new girlfriend Katie on a late summer break in IbizaCredit: Darren Fletcher
Meanwhile, her former partner of 28 years, Eamonn Holmes, was hundreds of miles away cruising around the Med with his new girlfriend Katie Alexander.

And yesterday the pair of them were pictured together in Ibiza in the most cringeworthy of PDAs — that involved him grabbing Katie’s bottom.

Somehow, Ruth put on a brave face again, this time for charity, and took part in a walk for those affected by dementia.

Eamonn’s new love interest is just 42.

She is young enough to be his daughter.

Both he and Ruth are 64.

Many would presume that rejected Ruth is the unlucky one in this public scenario.

But I don’t.

I think she’s had a very lucky escape from a man who isn’t showing an ounce of respect for their 14-year marriage.

The couple announced they were separating in May.

Eamonn Holmes, 64, takes to his wheelchair with girlfriend Katie Alexander, 42, on glam day out in Ibiza
No “conscious uncoupling”, no “staying as friends” for these two.

Their separation announcement was brutal — they were getting divorced.

And Eamonn’s actions since then have been pretty brutal too.

The rot in their marriage had apparently set in because they no longer worked together on This Morning and had become like ships in the night with new, ­separate careers.

But this paper revealed that in fact, Eamonn had left the marital home after Ruth found messages between him and relationship counsellor Katie on a laptop.

The pair had been messaging for NINE years and in the past year, Ruth discovered he had been showering her with gifts, including tickets to a Beyonce concert and had accompanied her on a trip to a safari park.

After he moved into a rented apartment in South West London, Katie became a visitor. It is very sad.

But marriages break up and men meet younger women.

He’s not the first and won’t be the last.

Look at Paul Hollywood, Ronnie Wood and Rowan Atkinson.

But then he and Katie jetted off on a luxury holiday.

And that is where any ounce of sympathy I had for Eamonn totally disappeared.

To flaunt your new romance just weeks after announcing your divorce is always going to cause pain and heartache for the other person in any break-up.

It is cutting, selfish and insensitive after such a long marriage.

He hasn’t even had the decency to remove his wedding ring before gazing besottedly up at his new, younger model.

Ruth’s Loose Women co-stars said that she is “doing great” and they are supporting her.

Good. Because I would imagine right now she needs that support.

Just five years ago, Eamonn said that their marriage worked because of “consideration”, while Ruth said it was down to “laughter”.

He doesn’t seem to be behaving with much consideration right now — and there probably isn’t much genuine laughter in Ruth’s life.

But I truly believe she will be the one who has the last laugh.

While he may be hurtling head first into this new exciting chapter of his life, Ruth is doing the ­sensible thing.

She is acting her age and using that life experience to quietly and slowly contemplate the future with her solid, long-term friends and family she loves supporting her.

They say there’s no fool like an old fool and I don’t think there are any words that better describe Eamonn Holmes.

Eamonn and Katie at Barcelona airportCredit: Andrew Styczynski

Katie is 22 years younger than HolmesCredit: Darren Fletcher

Ruth and Eamonn before their split this yearCredit: PA