Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby in floods of tears before This Morning return

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All eyes were on the ITV studios earlier today for Monday's instalment of This Morning. Viewers were eagerly awaiting the return of hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, after their much publicised reported feud.

Channel bosses confirmed over the weekend that the pair, who were formerly close friends who used to holiday with their families together, would be back on screens as normal this morning despite growing off screen tensions which have been reported between them.

It's been alleged that Holly is distancing herself from her co-star and they no longer speak unless they have to. On Thursday night, Phillip, 61, released a bombshell statement in which he admitted things "haven't been easy" between the two presenters though he still insisted that Holly, 43, is his "rock".On today's show, the stars seemed determined to put on a united front and refused to address rumours of the so called feud, but emotions were high as Holly became overcome as she watched a clip of Leeds Rhino rugby legend Kevin Sinfield carrying his friend Rob Burrow over the finish line for the Leeds Marathon.Sitting on the sofa across from Gyles Brandreth and Camilla Tominey, they discussed the day's biggest headlines - without mentioning their own - while they spoke about the pals and their continued quest to raise awareness about Motor Neurone Disease, which Rob was diagnosed with in 2019.While watching the clip, Phil said: "Oh my God, this!"Before Camilla added: "Oh this is going to make us cry.""It does make you cry," said Holly, before Phillip explained: "We had to watch this a couple of times this morning to just get it out of our system," while Holly interrupted saying: "But it's still...