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Gemma Jones

This Morning's Josie Gibson admits 'it's weird' to work with best mate Alison Hammond

This Morning's Josie Gibson stepped in to replace another presenter yet again on today's show.

With Dermot O'Leary missing from his usual Friday slot on the ITV talk show it meant that best friends Josie and Alison Hammond would be presenting together.

Josie has previously presented the main show with Holly Willoughby, Vernon Kay, Philip Schofield and Dermot O'Leary but this has been her first time presenting with Alison.

READ MORE: This Morning's Alison Hammond hints at presenter shake up for Friday show

Alison, 47, and Josie, 37, are great friends both on and off screen and Josie told OK! Magazine that she couldn't wait to work alongside her mate - even if it would be a little bit 'weird'.

Josie, a mum-of-one, said: "I will be presenting the main show with Alison Hammond.

"It will be the first time we’ve done it together. Because she’s my really good friend, of course all the others we all get along, but I really know Al. It’s going to be really weird."

She added: "The only thing is, because when we phone each other up we laugh the whole way through the phone call and then we’ll forget why we were even speaking to each other.

"We’ve got to really remember we’re on the show otherwise you’ll have a full show of us just laughing and we can’t do that, so we’ve got to really concentrate!"

Alison showed off how much fun the friends could have ahead of today's show as she told viewers to expect to see the pair together in the morning.

She shared a short clip to her Instagram stories showing them both pulling silly faces and showing off some of their best dance moves, as the women seemed to be thoroughly enjoying themselves.

This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV and ITV Hub

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