Phillip Schofield called out This Morning producers during Wednesday’s programme as Alison Hammond landed a coveted role on the ITV programme.
Towards the end of the programme, the daytime magazine show teased a segment on Friday which will see This Morning visit the British Grand Prix at Silverstone this weekend.
However, as the show returned to the studio after the ad break, Phillip was left looking stern-faced by the clip as he said he would have come in on his day off to do the segment.
Standing alongside co-host Holly Willoughby, he said: “What the hell? What the hell? Martin Frizell, you make a film at Silverstone and don't send me? With McLaren?
"I can't believe it. I would have worked on my day off!"
Phillip then stopped the joke and begrudgingly said: "Amazing. That will be great. Shame it wasn't me. Alison will be brilliant, of course."
This comes after Phillip Schofield has been revealed as ITV's This Morning's highest earner in the year up to February 2021 – raking in almost £1 million despite the coronavirus pandemic.
The 60-year old's TV firm, Fistral Productions Ltd, is valued at £2,464,251, of which a mouth-watering £1,686,171 is cash in the bank.
That figure was up a cool £990,000 on the previous year with the star reportedly paid a salary in excess of £600,000.
Co-presenter Holly Willoughby, meanwhile, saw her own enterprise Roxy Media Ltd's equity documented at £1,535,218 in the same period.
Since leaving the show, former Friday host Ruth Langsford has seen her earnings go from strength to strength with 2021 tax records suggesting her company Hey Ho Ltd earned a staggering £2,092,863.
A source told the Sun : "Ruth has had the last laugh here. She's proven the talk wrong that she and Eamonn were pale and stale. Her pay from ITV might not be as high as Holly and Phil's, but her earning power outside of the show is vast.
"She has her gig on shopping channel QVC which is huge, plus her work on Loose Women.
"Now she is free to make even more shows for other channels. Plus she is always asked to sign up for commercial work and has appeared in adverts for everything from blood circulation boosters to bingo games."
This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV and ITV Hub.
