Holly Willoughby has explained her absence from This Morning on Monday’s instalment of the ITV show.
Phillip Schofield presented the morning programme alongside Rochelle Humes, who was standing in for the 41-year-old as she takes on new presenting duties.
Holly is set to helm ITV ’s new reality sports show The Games with co-star Freddie Flintoff and as a result will miss This Morning this week.
At the start of Monday's show, Phil told ITV viewers: "Rochelle is here all week as Holly is presenting The Games live tonight all week from Crystal Palace."
Taking to Twitter to share the news with fans, Holly wrote: “Morning… going to miss my This Morning family this week however I’ve had a change of career and become a Cheer Leader… it was only a matter of time,” alongside a heart emoji.
ITV ’s new reality sports show The Games will see 12 celebrities go head-to-head in a series of challenges, across a week of live shows.
The cast of ITV’s new game show has been unveiled and it contains a Love Islander, an influencer, a pop star and more.
Stars include the likes of Mel B's daughter, Wes Nelson, Christine McGuinness and Max George – with commentary coming via football legend Chris Kamara.
The celebs will be taking part to compete against each other in a range of challenges including track events and in the swimming pool on the new ITV series.
Cameras will show the team members being trained and coached by professionals and then competing against each other in the hopes of bagging medals.
Love Island star Olivia Attwood, influencer – and daughter of Spice Girls star Mel B – Phoenix Brown, song writer Chelcee Grimes, model Christine McGuiness, newsreader Lucrezia Millarini and Emmerdale star Rebecca Sarker will all be taking part.
While a team of boys will consist of Strictly star Kevin Clifton, The Wanted’s Max George, Harry Potter actor Josh Herdman, Corrie star Colson Smith, Love Island’s Wes Nelson and ex-Corrie star Ryan Thomas.
ITV announced: “The six male and six female competitors will battle it out in the athletics arena, the swimming pool, gymnasium and velodrome.
“Each will put their sporting prowess to the test in events from the 100-meter sprint to diving, racking up points on the medals table.
“As well as live coverage of the events, each episode will feature the celebrities' preparation as they’re taught the sports from scratch by some of the UK’s top coaches.
“Following their gruelling training programme leading up to the competition, as they aim to reach their peak physical condition.
“As the leader board takes shape with each night, the series will culminate in an exhilarating final showdown in which one male champion and one female champion will be crowned.”
This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV and ITV Hub.
