ITV's This Morning looked very different on Monday as the long-running show aired its first episode since Phillip Schofield 's sudden departure this weekend, with Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary standing in for the TV presenter and his co-star Holly Willoughby.
Following reports of a feud between Phil and Holly, who the 61-year-old previously described as his "TV wife", Phil stepped down from the show after over 20 years at the helm over the weekend.
While Holly will continue to host the hit ITV show without Phil after an extended half term break, the former All Star Mr & Mrs host was instrumental to Holly getting the This Morning gig.
Phillip Schofield's rise from presenting with a puppet to ‘king of daytime TV’ as he quits This Morning View gallery According to the The Daily Mail, Phil "demanded" Holly "join him on the sofa after he decided he'd had enough of his predecessor, Fern Britton", adding: "Back then, she was relatively inexperienced – and that, say some, was part of her appeal to Schofield. "She was malleable, he may have reasoned.
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