This Morning viewers gave a firm seal of approval to what they argued was a 'much needed' shake-up on the ITV show, as Dermot O'Leary came in to host the show with Josie Gibson on Thursday.
While many people were expecting to see Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield back at the helm of This Morning this week, the programme's main hosts are still missing in action, having left for their festive break at the start of last month. Their continued absence from the studio has prompted a variety of different hosting combinations, with Josie now hosting with Craig Doyle,. a partnership that came in for a lot of praise; CBBC legend Andi and now Dermot.
Given that Josie hosted with Andi over three consecutive days from Monday through to Wednesday, there was some surprise that it was Dermot on screen with her on Thursday, but it didn't take long for viewers to back the move to put the ex Big Brother champion together with the Dermot, the host of its popular spin-off Big Brother's Little Brother.
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The early stages of Thursday's This Morning saw Josie and Dermot preside over a rather heated spat between studio guests Matthew Wright and Camilla Tominey over the new trailer for Prince Harry's upcoming ITV interview, with them then being involved in a highly entertaining pilates segment.
While Holly and Phillip will finally return on Monday, took just minutes of Josie and Dermot hosting for fans to applaud bosses for putting them together and calling for more, with Twitter quickly full of opinions. Giving their backing, one viewer tweeted: "yes! The pairing we/I need - Dermot and Josie," as a second, also well in favour of the partnership, tweeting: "Got it spot on 30 secs! Absolutely loving Dermot and Josie, I like Alison but this feels so much calmer and professional. Josie was also great with Vernon and Andi...more please!"
Among the many other tweets reacting to Josie and Dermot hosting, a third read: "Dermot and Josie are great together , really enjoying the show today," with a fourth viewer delivering their verdict by writing:: "Josie and Dermot are fantastic. Making being ill at home a little less hard. These two are so entertaining. Loved the Pilates."
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