This Morning fans have slammed Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield's extended time off after their Christmas break.
As the ITV morning show returned on to air on Tuesday after the New Year, viewers were surprised to see Andi Peters and Josie Gibson filling in for Holly and Phil after their lengthy Christmas break.
Although the pair were in the ITV studios on Christmas Day to present the show live for the first time ever, before that, Holly and Phil had been off for a week as Josie and fellow This Morning star Craig Doyle took the reigns.
Introducing the show on Tuesday, Andi said: "Hello and welcome to your Tuesday's This Morning," before Josie added: "But this isn't any old This Morning, this is your first of 2023."
Although viewers admitted that they love both Andi and Josie, and wish they presented together more, they took to Twitter to slam Holly and Phil's extended time off, questioning why the pair seem to 'always be away from their jobs'.
"B****y Hell! How many weeks do Phil and Holly need off!!!!! I love Josie though," one viewer complained.
"I swear Holly and Phil have not worked a week straight on This Morning for months," another echoed.
A third This Morning viewer tweeted: "Holly and Phil seem to have more time off than they do actually presenting. Wish I could have time off with my family like they seem to do."
"If only we all had lives like Holly and Phil and could take time off whenever we wanted. They are living my dream," another shared.
While someone else complained: "Just give the job to Josie! Full time! At least we could count on her to actually show up."
It comes after more viewers were left annoyed by pre-recorded episodes of This Morning over the Christmas holidays.
Throughout Christmas week, ITV bosses decided that pre-recorded episodes were the best way forward but some This Morning fans revealed that they felt 'patronised' about the presenters pretending the shows were live.
"How lazy are these presenters pre-recording old segments trying to convince us they're live just to have weeks off work. Patronising. #ThisMorning," one fumed.
"We all know This Morning is not live this week, so why are they saying 'Happy Friday'," another questioned.
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV.
