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Daily Mirror
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Kyle O'Sullivan & Frances Kindon

How Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield have supported each other in times of crisis

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield have great chemistry on-screen - and have also formed an incredibly close relationship away from the cameras. The presenting duo have hosted This Morning together since 2009 but were first put together on Dancing on Ice three years earlier.

When Fern Britton announced she was stepping down from ITV's flagship daytime show after a decade at the helm in March 2009, a frantic search began to find her replacement. Phillip claimed she was "at the top of everybody's list to pick up where Fern leaves off" and the "number one choice", but it later transpired he was a lone voice in suggesting that Holly should get the presenting gig.

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