The chief executive of ITV has spoken out after a petition was created to try and get Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield sacked from This Morning.
It comes after the presenters were accused of 'jumping' the queue to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state. However, they were working at the time and have been defended multiple times.
Now, chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall has confirmed that the This Morning co-presenters are safe in their jobs, following a petition with over 65,000 signatures to sack them. Speaking at the RTS London Convention, Dame Carolyn was asked what they did wrong.
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She said: "Honestly, nothing. Honestly. They did have accreditation. Lots of people saying they didn’t. They were sent by This Morning to do a piece for September 20, which ran.
"They were to interview people inside and outside. They didn’t displace anyone in the queue. And they’ve been very misrepresented, actually.
"And that’s why we made a statement. Unusually, we made a statement to say all of those things. But it does show you how things spread and how misinformation just spreads. And it is really horrible for them."
Carolyn added: "I think they’re highly relevant and still very topical, and I think the majority of their viewers love watching them. But there is a very shrill kind of voice against and it will hurt them.
"It’s hard. You imagine yourself in the eye of the storm like this, where you’re trying to say you’ve done nothing wrong and all the noise around you is saying that you have. It’s difficult to handle."
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