Amanda Holden backs Dermot O’Leary to exchange Phillip Schofield on This Morning
Schofield, 61, stepped down from the ITV speak present on Saturday after greater than 20 years amid stories of a fallout with co-presenter Holly Willoughby – and after his brother, Timothy Schofield, was jailed for 12 years for little one intercourse offences.
Alison Hammond and O’Leary, who celebrated his fiftieth birthday on Wednesday, stepped in to current This Morning on Monday and Tuesday, whereas Craig Doyle took the helm with Hammond on Wednesday.
Britain’s Got Talent decide Holden, who has beforehand spoken of an obvious rift between her and Schofield, backed O’Leary for a everlasting place on the ITV couch.
Appearing on her Heart Breakfast present, co-host Jamie Theakston requested if she thinks O’Leary could be “good to replace” Schofield.
The 52-year-old stated: “Yes. I think him and Alison do a great job, don’t they?”
Amid speak of a conflict with Schofield, Holden stated she prolonged an olive department by asking to fulfill him for a espresso – although he “didn’t reply” – in 2019.