Ruth Langsford hits back as fan brands her solo dining video ‘sad’ after Eamonn Holmes split

Ruth Langsford locked horns with a follower on Instagram who criticised her over a post featuring “ridiculous advertising” – before ultimately making peace with her fan

Ruth Langsford embroiled in social media spat with fan who mocked her cooking (
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Ruth Langsford became ensnared in a spat with a social media follower who criticised one of her posts.

The 64-year-old Loose Women star shared a recipe on Instagram but then unexpectedly found herself under attack from negative comments. It has been a testing few months for Ruth as her once rock-solid marriage with 64-year-old TV host Eamonn Holmes came to a crashing end in May after 14 years of marital bliss.

On Tuesday, Ruth took to social media to share a video of herself preparing a meal for one in her impressive home kitchen. She was preparing a fish dish, following a recipe from a dinner she enjoyed while on holiday in Spain – which she washed down with a glass of nicely chilled white wine.

While the video and accompanying instructions made it easy for fans to follow along at home, some were less than impressed with her paid-for content. The post was in collaboration with Tesco and their Finest range of products, and some fans found the content too cringe to watch.

The TV star shared a video of herself whipping up an impressive meal ( 
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ruthlangsford/Instagram)

Ruth recently split from husband Eamonn Holmes ( 
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One unimpressed follower hit out at the TV star to criticise the post, writing: “Ruth is better than this ridiculous advertising. Sad to watch.” But Ruth herself snapped back at the message, writing: “Feel free to unfollow if this is making you sad.”

The video showed Ruth looking pleased with herself after she made a dish from scratch. She said to camera: “I’m going to try to recreate a dish that I had on holiday in Spain. It was a baked fish under some olives and tomatoes and chorizo. It was absolutely delicious. And I have only the finest ingredients. Quite literally.”

After cooking the food, she then sat down to tuck in and was well impressed by her own cooking skills. She beamed: “The proof, of course, is in the taste. So here we go… if I say so myself. It’s good. It’s really good.” She also wrote in an accompanying caption: “I wanted to savour the last of summer with a Mediterranean-inspired dish, so I headed to @tescofood and selected some of their Tesco Finest products to recreate this Spanish-inspired dish I enjoyed during my holiday. It’s so easy to enjoy delicious, quality food!”

After snapping at her fan, the critic replied to beg forgiveness, writing: “I love your posts usually and as a QVC customer of yours just loved the behind the scenes 2 Parter. So much goes into the shows before you air. Your chemistry with Jackie Kabler is wonderful and I could watch you all night. For some reason these Tesco posts seem odd so I’ll stick to your other lovely posts. Sorry if I seemed harsh, as I wish you well and didn’t intend to offend.”

And Ruth again replied to the poster – and it seemed all was well at the end of the day. She typed: “No offence taken and good to hear you enjoy our shows on QVC….thanks for watching.”