Ruth Langsford | TV host recalls workplace sexism in early career

TV show host Ruth Langsford recently opened up about her experience of workplace sexism when she started out in her career in regional TV – Hello Magazine reported.

Speaking about her career on Kate Thornton’s White Wine Question Time podcast, Langsford – who currently presents TV show This Morning with her husband Eamonn Holmes – recalled an incident where a male co-worker tried to grab her behind.

She recalled: "I remember years ago before I was on TV, when I was a transmission assistant, we had to take these big trays of tea around at the evenings for the VT and telecine engineers... it was all men.

"We had a little kitchenette and for some reason it was deemed to be my job (as a) woman.