Phillip Schofield held all the power on This Morning, according to sources who were getting "fed up" with his behaviour on the ITV set.
In recent days, he has been surrounded by allegations that he wasn't the happiest person to work alongside, with some former colleagues including Dr Ranj Singh and Ruth Langsford raising their concerns to ITV bosses.
But Phillip has insisted that despite claims of the programme being a "toxic" environment, this was not the case as he issued an unexpected statement.