Good Morning Britain regarded slightly totally different than ordinary on Tuesday morning as Susanna Reid was nowhere to be seen within the studio.
As an alternative, the journalist fronted the present from Manchester for the Conservative Occasion convention, leaving her co-stars Kate Garraway and Ed Balls to carry down the fort in London’s Tv Centre.
© ITVAt first of the present, Susanna addressed viewers: “Good Morning Britain from the Conservative Occasion convention in Manchester, the place the Prime Minister can be becoming a member of me and also you for a stay interview this morning,” she mentioned. “Financial turmoil, screeching U-turns and struggling within the polls, can Rishi Sunak persuade the celebration devoted and even his personal cupboard that he’s the chief to safe win on the subsequent basic election?”
Afterward within the programme, Kate defined that she had stepped in for Susanna as she hosted the programme from Manchester. “I am right here as a result of Susanna Reid is on the Conservative Occasion convention in Manchester,” she advised viewers.
© S Meddle/ITV/ShutterstockTuesday’s format change comes amid one other latest presenter shake-up throughout ITV’s daytime exhibits.
Final week, Ben Shephard, who often presents GMB on Thursdays and Fridays, joined Holly Willoughby over on This Morning for the primary half of the week.
Taking to Instagram after Ben’s stint on the favored present, This Morning‘s official Instagram account shared a snap of him and Holly within the studio, captioning the picture: “Thanks for stopping by @benshephardofficial!”
Followers have been fast to reward the GMB star within the feedback part and inspired ITV to make him a everlasting presenter. One particular person wrote: “It’s nice to see Ben on This Morning. He’s such knowledgeable a breath of recent air. Please hold him on the present,” whereas one other added: “Please, please, please hold Ben on. He’s so pure and relaxed. Appears to be like like he is been doing it ceaselessly. The very best male host by far.”
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A 3rd viewer commented: “Please keep @benshephardofficial – actually the perfect presenter on there in ages. Expertise, real empathy and a way of humour!”
© Ken McKay/ITV/ShutterstockWhen Ben returned to GMB in a while within the week, host co-host Kate joked in regards to the ongoing viewer hypothesis that the journalist could possibly be poached by This Morning. Watch the video beneath to see what she mentioned.
Holly has been joined by an array of various presenters since Phillip Schofield’s departure from ITV in Could.
In June, the 61-year-old broadcaster admitted to mendacity about an affair with a youthful, male colleague on the present. In a press release, he mentioned that he was “deeply sorry” for mendacity in regards to the relationship and that whereas it was “unwise, however not unlawful,” it was now over.
© GettySince Phillip’s departure, there has additionally been hypothesis over who would possibly change him as Holly’s co-host on Dancing on Ice, with Stephen Mulhern reportedly set to step in.
