Both John Leslie and Fern Britton were live on the show today.
Yes they were. Not together just to add. But Fern did comment at the end of her interview that she bumped into John backstage and that it was great to see him.
Shame This Morning didn't introduce him to her on screen, but I guess given that during their partnership he was terminated from the show, they probably don't want to reference his tenure on the show too much.
I suspect it's Rylan, Eamonn and Ruth mentioned they're missing a week during the run as Eamonn's oldest son is getting married so I imagine whoever's doing Fridays this summer will do that week too
Dr Ranj and Vanessa Feltz are presenting tomorrow's show. It looks like they're trying out new pairings this summer. I reckon Toff would be good presenting.
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My toes curled in the John Leslie interview when Eamonn said "You used to do the job we're doing. How does that feel? And it's not coming back"
Eamonn has such a way with words doesn't he. Does feel slightly exploitative how they've used him in the last couple of weeks but thankfully they kept the reunion with Fern off camera rather than exploiting it further.
And funny isn't it how Fern always gets interviewed when Phil and Holly aren't around.
I think there's been some re-writing of history here.
John Leslie wasn't sacked because of the Ulrika rumour or his subsequent arrest.
When he was named, he was given time off to deal with the matter, and for a whole week after that he ignored Granada. They were left picking up the pieces and he repeatedly refused to have any dialogue with them about how he was going to respond to the allegations, or what action he would take. He even ghosted Fern, who continued put her neck on the line to support him on air in his absence.
It was untenable for him to keep a radio silence given the circumstances, and his contract was rightly terminated.
What happened to Marvin and Rochelle?
Have they quit this morning.
I doubt they 'quit' - as I doubt they have an on-going contractual relationship with the show. Either they weren't booked for the summer as ITV wanted to do something different or they didn't want to do it or had a clash with other bookings.
It would be unusual for 'cover' to be contracted permanently - and thus have something to quit.