Keith Lemon was able to enjoy a Celebrity Juice reunion as he headed over to the ITV studios to appear on Good Morning Britain. The presenter, whose real name is Leigh Francis, appeared on the news programme to chat to Susanna Reid and Ed Balls.
As expected there was a hint of chaos to the interview as Keith appeared to chat about the new series of Shopping with Keith Lemon which is returning to ITV2 this week and a string of Celebrity Juice specials as the award-winning comedy panel show comes to an end.
It was announced last month that the ITV2 show has been cancelled after 14 years on air having ran for 26 series with 300 episodes featuring celebrity panellists and team captions including Holly Willoughby, Fearne Cotton, Gino D'Acampo, Paddy McGuinness and Emily Atack and Laura Whitmore as the most recent team captains.
Keith shared the news with devastated viewers alongside a reel of the show's best moments. The Twitter post read: "After 14 years, 26 series, 300 eps @CelebJuice is concluding later this year with two farewell specials. Thank you so so much to everyone who watched, to the team captains, guests, crew and itv2. It was the longest most fun party! I had a wonderful time. Big love x."
Appearing on GMB, Susanna and Ed quizzed Keith on why the show was ended to which he joked that ITV ‘probably’ made the decision to cancel the show because he had "got too old". He said: "I don’t know who the guests are anymore. I say, ‘who is that?’ They’re from TikTok. I don’t know who they are. I always forget the names."
While the final official episode aired on May 26, there will be two more specials. Talking about what fans can expect, he said: "One special will be a big party in the studio – very reminiscent of Juice and get old people back in. I don’t mean old people – more like All Stars. Unless they all say no and it’s just me crying into a bucket. Then a retrospective, where we’ll sit around a sofa – or just me on a sofa going 'It’s over, what am i going to do.'"
After appearing on the early morning show, Keith managed to bump into his old pal Holly Willoughby ahead of her latest stint on This Morning. The pair posed for a selfie which the TV star then shared to social media alongside a cute comment. "Bumped into my old pal Holly this morning. Missed her loads."
However, the comments section was flurried with comments referencing Holly and co-host Phillip Schofield's 'queue jump' drama which started when they were seen inside Westminster Hall on September 16 while the Queen was lying in state following her death.
And Keith wasn't letting them all go and spent some time replying to some. One said: "Q jumper," which led Keith to reply: "I’m not wearing a jumper I’ve got a jacket on." Another said: "Queue the jokes," and he responded: "I don’t know any." But @Sean_Boon said: "Keep smiling Holly," to which Keith replied: "Was lovely to see her."
He also shared their selfie to Instagram, writing: "Lovely seeing @hollywilloughby this morning," leading her to reshare the post with her own eight million followers, adding: "Love you @keithlemon."
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