Share and Follow
Who Are Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield Replacements? Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard are Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield’s permanent replacements as the new hosting duo gets set to take over for the Monday to Thursday slot on This Morning.
Who Are Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield Replacements?
The presenters, 42 Holly Willoughby and 61Phillip Schofield, both left the ITV daytime show last year and since there has been a rotating group of stars at the helm.
But now a new report suggests that Cat Deeley – who guest presented last November – and Good Morning Britain‘s Ben Shephard will permanently replace them on the show.
- A new report suggests that Cat Deeley (left) – who guest presented last November – and Good Morning Britain’s Ben Shephard (right) are Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield’s replacements
It has been reported that their launch pictures ahead of the official announcement will be shot later this month along with new promotions for the show.
A source told The Mirror: ‘The cat’s out of the bag – they are the new dream team. ITV is planning to announce Cat and Ben as their new star pairing in March.
Ben is well known and loved by the ITV daytime audience thanks to his many years on the breakfast sofa. Cat is also a very recognizable face, thanks to her long stint of working on kids’ TV, although she’s been over in the US for a long time.
‘People were very impressed with her guest presenting stint last year alongside Rylan and thankfully the timing has all come together. Everyone is delighted.’
Dermot O’Leary and Alison Hammond look set to continue as the show’s regular Friday and school holiday presenters.
Holly left the show last October ‘for the sake of her family’ after discovering she was the target of a foiled kidnap and murder plot and has since not been replaced permanently.
This came five months after Philip Schofield’s departure after his affair with a young male showrunner was made public, followed by claims of an increasingly strained relationship with his co-host.
Who Is Cat Deeley?
Catherine Elizabeth Deeley born 23 October 1976 is an English television presenter and actress.
She began her career as a co-presenter of the ITV children’s show SMTV Live (1998–2002), for which she won a BAFTA Children’s Award, and its spin-off chart show CD:UK (1998–2005).
In 2003, she co-presented the talent competition show Fame Academy on BBC One alongside Patrick Kielty, and became the presenter of the ITV talent show Stars in Their Eyes.
Following the final series of Stars in Their Eyes in 2006, she became the host of the reality competition show So You Think You Can Dance in the United States, for which she has been nominated five times for a Primetime Emmy.
In 2023, she was a guest presenter for ITV’s This Morning and was tipped to host full time in 2024 but reports suggest that she had declined her bosses offer. As an actress, she played the character Camomile White in the American supernatural comedy series Deadbeat (2014–2015).
Since 2003, she has been a patron of London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital for sick children. In December 2009, she was made a UNICEF UK ambassador
Cat, 47, married Northern Irish comedian and television presenter Patrick Kielty on 30 September 2012 in Rome. They have two sons Milo, 8, and James, 6.
Read Also: Has Andrew Peach Quit BBC Breakfast Show? What Is His New Job?
Ben Shephard
Benjamin Peter Sherrington Shephard born 11 December 1974 is an English television presenter and journalist who is currently employed by ITV.
Ben, 49 was a main presenter on the now defunct breakfast programme GMTV and since April 2014 has co-hosted the ITV breakfast show Good Morning Britain alongside Susanna Reid, Kate Garraway, and Charlotte Hawkins.
He has also hosted shows such as The Krypton Factor (2009–2010), Tipping Point (2012–present), and Ninja Warrior UK (2015–2019, 2022).
In 2012, along with Helen Skelton, Ben welcomed the athletes of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to Trafalgar Square as part of their homecoming parade.
He married Annie Perks on 25 March 2004, and the couple have two sons Sam, 18, and Jack, 15. They met when they were both students at the University of Birmingham
