In an move that came as a shock to many viewers, Josie Gibson and Andi Peters hosted This Morning on Tuesday, as Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby continued their extended absence from the show.
It was way back near the start of December that the ITV daytime programme's main hosts signed off for their festive break, with the likes of Alison Hammond, Dermot O'Leary and Craig Doyle, joining Josie and Andi as replacement presenters in their absence. The various combinations of hosting duos sparked plenty of opinions from viewers, with Josie and former Holiday star Craig coming in for particular praise.
Holly and Phillip were on screen on Christmas Day, as This Morning aired a special festive episode and then again for all of last week in the run up to New Year, all of those programmes were actually recorded in advance, with Holly's lack of Instagram posts from behind the scenes the big giveaway that she and Phillip weren't actually in the studio in real time.
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given that the festive season is now officially over and many people, including their ITV colleague Lorraine Kelly, returned to work on Tuesday, viewers assumed they'd be seeing Holly and Phillip back at the helm, but when Lorraine cut to the studio at the end of her show, it was Josie and Andi who greeted her.
It didn't take long for a reaction to Holly and Phillip's absence to appear on Twitter. Keeping things simple, one fan asked: "Where's Holly and Phil?" as another, taking a similar stance, writing: "Where's Holly and Phil? Holidays are over!"
A third declared there were 'glad' Holly and Phillip weren't there as another tweeted: "Bloody Hell! How many weeks do Phil and Holly need off? They’re at home more than they are at work! Not complaining about having Josie and Andi in though."
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