DERMOT O’Leary is the favorite to exchange Phillip Schofield for good, because the This Morning ‘household’ step in to co-star with Holly Willoughby.
The presenter, 61, introduced he was leaving the ITV daytime present “with fast impact”.
Phillip Schofield has introduced that he’s leaving ITV daytime present This MorningCredit score: Rex
Dermot O’Leary is the favorite to exchange PhillipCredit score: Rex
Phil and Holly noticed their once-close relationship crumble in current weeks.
And The Solar revealed that Phillip confronted the axe from This Morning amid a “seismic” summer time shake-up.
And now it appears Dermot, 49, is the favorite to exchange Phillip.
Dermot is already an everyday presenter on This Morning, alongside Alison Hammond.
Dermot is the 4/5 odds-on favorite to exchange Phillip, based on BettingSites.co.uk.
Behind Dermot sits Rochelle Humes, Joel Dommett and Alison Hammond, based on the bookies.
Following his assertion, Holly, 42, took to social media to thank Phillip for his “data and humour”
She added that the This Morning couch “received’t really feel the identical with out him.”
And regardless of odds being on Dermot for Phillip’s substitute, some followers suppose it’ll be Alison Hammond.
One stated: “Alison Hammond can be the perfect substitute for Schofield.”
A second commented: “Holly can be significantly better on her personal presenting with different members of the crew! If it wasn’t for her and Alison Hammond folks would have switched off a very long time in the past.”
“Alison Hammond ought to take over This Morning, who’s with me,” stated a 3rd.
Whereas a fourth stated: “Alison and Holly would work so effectively collectively actually.”
In the meantime, broadcaster ITV launched an announcement detailing who can be entering into the footwear of the presenter after Phil made the shock announcement.
“After greater than 20 years on the This Morning couch, Phillip Schofield has stepped again from ITV’s flagship morning present having offered his final episode on Thursday 18 Might,” they penned.
“Having co-hosted the multi-award successful present for twenty years, Phillip will proceed to current peak time exhibits for ITV together with subsequent month’s The British Cleaning soap Wards and a brand new prime time collection.
“Holly Willoughby will stay on This Morning and can co-present with members of the This Morning household.”
This Morning issued an announcement following Phil’s exitCredit score: Instagram