Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby were booed by audience members at the National Television Awards on Thursday night.
The pair, who attended the event in the wake of the “Queuegate” row, received the negative reaction when the show they present, This Morning, won the Best Daytime Award.
The booing occurred despite the presenters having denied accusations that they skipped the queue to see the Queen lying in state last month.
However, Schofield ignored the boos and said onstage that the award meant “so much” to him and Willoughby, “especially this year”.
He added: “Please don’t think we ever get complacent and please don’t think we ever take it for granted. This means so much to us every year, especially this year.
"We have the best boss.”
Willoughby added: “This Morning has a very special relationship with you, you make our show for us, you really do.
"All these guys on the stage here, Alison (Hammond) and Dermot (O’Leary), Rochelle (Humes), and Vernon (Kay), Josie (Gibson)... Thank you for all your support.”
During the queue row, ITV had stood by the hosts, stating: “They did not jump the queue, have VIP access or file past the Queen lying in state, but instead were there in a professional capacity as part of the world’s media to report on the event.”
Willoughby and Schofield explained that they had media accreditation and were there to report on events for their show.
The pair has been targeted so virulently on social media that many stars felt a need to come to their defence.
Graham Norton, who admitted he turned down a “queue-jump ticket” to see the Queen’s lying-in-state, said the pair “did nothing wrong”.
And the woman who created an online petition calling for Holly and Phil to be sacked said last month that she was stepping back from the cause after it topped 75,000 signatures, because it was “kind of destroying me”.
