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This Morning bosses line up maternity cover for Holly Willoughby

Posted by 18 February 2011 16:15

This Morning bosses line up maternity cover for Holly Willoughby

THIS Morning are playing it safe with their Holly Willoughby replacement when she goes off to have a little nipper. Two former GMTV stars are in the running to take over when Holly goes on maternity leave in May to give birth to a sister for her two-year-old son, Harry.

Fiona Phillips and ex-newsreader Helen Fospero have both had talks with bosses, along with Friday host Ruth Langsford. The show's big wigs are rumoured to want to “play it safe” and avoid recruiting anyone too edgy that could put off viewers, but we reckon they should throw caution to the wind. Edgy equals ratings in our minds, or at least lols for us - especially when presenters are allowed to embarrass themselves.

We reckon some of our suggestions below could work out much, much better...

Jedward - the Irish twins made famous on X Factor definitely have some kind of ADHD disorder and can hardly string a whole sentence together but we think they'd be great.

Peter Andre - because he's having such a bad old time of it lately and we feel quite sorry for him. And after that Justin Bieber fiasco on the Brits red carpet, lets face it, someone needs to give him a job.

Charlie Sheen - This Morning has never again reached the brilliance it did when they had a slurry Kerry Katona on the sofa. So what better way to bring back the magic than to have a US superstar with a very obvious drink problem interviewing Dancing on Ice contestants, like Kerry Katona?

Miley Cyrus - She needs a new project to stop her singing and we like watching the way that she talks which is frankly, like a chimp on speed. But one with nice hair and very white teeth.

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10 Comments

  • camsation

    04 May 2011 11:43

    I say keep Ruth and don't brink Holly back. She's fine for standing around looking pretty on Dancing on Ice but she is not sharp, witty or intellegent enough to carry a programme like This Morning.

    camsation

  • charlotteheat

    20 February 2011 11:54

    please not miley cyrus. i would like to see peter andre actually.

    charlotteheat

  • nowtbettertodo

    19 February 2011 13:11

    Fiona is terrible. She doesn't deserve to work at all given her track record - the woman is a liability! Fern didn't fall out with Phil, he was allegedly on a higher salary than her (proving the gender pay gap is still strong) and she resigned to stick it to the ITV bosses. Her and Phil are still good friends.

    nowtbettertodo

  • samgilbey

    19 February 2011 10:55

    Anyone but Fiona!!

    samgilbey

  • Tessboot

    18 February 2011 19:29

    Not Ruth please. Sure she's lovely an all but no. How about Paloma Faith?

    Tessboot

  • xYellowx

    18 February 2011 19:19

    Fern fell out with phil???? Really??? Omg! I never thought I'd see the day. Is this true?

    xYellowx

  • darkdoll83

    18 February 2011 19:09

    Stacey soloman would be a gr8 replacement

    darkdoll83

  • spongeybob

    18 February 2011 17:12

    Totally agree MintChocChip! Be great to see Fern back but think she fell out with Phil.

    spongeybob

  • clairey_lou

    18 February 2011 17:10

    Bring back Fern :D

    clairey_lou

  • MintChocChip

    18 February 2011 16:40

    Please not Fiona, it's bad enough having to put up with her covering for Lorraine on the odd Friday without having to watch her on a daily basis!

    MintChocChip

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