Good Morning Britain's Ben Shephard has weighed in with his thoughts on Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield after the This Morning pair faced a challenging few weeks. Earlier this month the ITV daytime show won an award during the National Television Awards.
As This Morning was announced as the winner for the Daytime category, a stunned Phillip put his head in his hands and appeared to hold back tears. Holly looked equally as surprised and pleased as she immediately hug her co-star and off-screen 'bestie'. The programme and its stars, also including Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary, saw off competition from Loose Women, The Chase and The Repair Shop to take home the gong for the fifth year in a row.
However, it was reported Holly and Phillip faced a disgruntled crowd with reports of boos as they went to collect This Morning's latest piece of silverware. While their fellow TV stars applauded it has been reported that the crowd around them audibly booed - and it was picked up by viewers watching the glitzy event live on ITV. Scott Bryan, a TV critic and broadcaster, tweeted: "A source at the ceremony says that there were some boos in the room when This Morning won an #NTAs, but boos stopped during the speech."
