TV LEGEND Eamonn Holmes donned a wig after claiming he always wanted to look like Mel Gibson in Braveheart, during a discussion about hair loss this morning.

His co-host Isabel Webster teased that he looked more like Boris Johnson, after he got his hair styled in the GB News studio today by celebrity hair stylist Inanch Emir.

She was demonstrating a treatment for hair loss that involves semi-permanent hairpieces and is seen as an alternative to surgery.

“Hair loss is something that makes people lose their confidence. So it’s just giving people that confidence back really.

“If you’ve seen a dermatologist and you’ve done everything else and there’s nothing else left, then there are hairpieces that we can apply and this would be instead of say a hair transplant, basically.”

Eying a hairpiece, Eamonn said: “I’ve always wanted to be like Mel Gibson in Braveheart – let me see what I’d look like.”

Isabel joked that he looked more like Boris Johnson, after he donned a hairpiece giving him long flowing locks.

Inanch explained that the system involves applying adhesive to the scalp which holds the hairpiece in place for a month and can be worn in a shower.

It costs some £300 a month to have the piece removed and re-applied.

Eamonn’s new look came on a day when he was pictured in the papers alongside fellow broadcaster Rylan during a visit to his home and inspected a stair lift that he had installed to help him get around after back surgery.

Writing about his experience in his column in the Daily Express on Friday, Eamonn paid tribute to the healthcare professionals who looked after him.

“I have had three hospital stays over four months and however much respect I have for the people who fixed me up, no offence, I don’t want to see many of them again for a very long time,” he said.

“Regarding the pay issue, it’s about time we nurtured and valued NHS staff – and not just with money.

“Make everyone from a porter to a professor feel proud to be part of that NHS system and stop pretending there is no staffing or funding crisis within our hospital, ambulance, healthcare and social care system.

“Personally, I would pay medics what they need because whether it’s me, the Prime Minister, the Chancellor or you, we would all cough up just to get better.

“Assuming we can cough up that is.”