Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary will fill in as hosts on This Morning on Monday following Phillip Schofield’s departure from the show, ITV has confirmed.
On Saturday, Schofield announced he was stepping down from presenting the ITV talk show with “immediate effect” after more than 20 years on the programme.Holly Willoughby, who Schofield has hosted alongside since 2009, will remain on the show but she is taking early half-term holiday leave next week and will return on June 5, the broadcaster has said.
Hammond and O’Leary, who co-host the show on Fridays, will be on the sofa in their absence on Monday morning, but ITV has not yet confirmed who will present for the rest of the week.The pair are both hot contenders to take over Schofield’s role given their experience on the show.
Hammond, 48, is currently bookmaker Ladbrokes favourite – giving her 2/1 odds. Inside Phillip Schofield's £2m bachelor pad and unique living set-up with wife after quitting This Morning The beloved presenter first rose to fame as a Big Brother contestant in 2002 before joining This Morning in the same year.
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