An image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording material,
including a heater, a holder for holding the heater, a rotating member rotating
around the holder and being flexible and having a metal layer, and a pressure roller
forming a nip with the heater across the rotating member, wherein the rotating
member moves detaching from the pressure roller just after passing through a downstream
end portion of a surface of the heater opposed to the pressure roller. Thus, an
uneven heating of a toner image can be prevented even in a case where the recording
material becomes undulated after passing the nip portion.