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Charlotte Tutton

This Morning guest bathes in tub of custard after conquering 43-year phobia

This Morning guest Michelle returned to the ITV show on Thursday, weeks on from confirming her phobia of custard.

Michelle was heard gagging as she phoned into the show last month, confirming her 43-year phobia of the food item.

Every time the word was even mentioned, the caller was heard gagging - sending Phillip Schofield into hysterics, and even making Michelle go viral.

Speaking at the time, she said: "I can't even say it. It's vile. It makes my skin crawl. It makes me retch at the thought of it, the look of it, the colour of it, the smell of it - everything."

This Morning guest Michelle returned to the ITV show on Thursday, weeks on from confirming her phobia of custard (ITV)

Since then, show regulars and therapists Nik & Eva Speakman have spoken to Michelle, and they promised to solve her phobia in 15 minutes.

This meeting was filmed, as they tried to get to the bottom of the fear and when it evolved.

They took her to a supermarket and down towards the custard aisle, and immediately she was heaving, before even throwing up in the store.

This Morning regulars The Speakmans helped Michelle overcome her fear of custard (ITV)

Visibly distressed, Michelle could not go near the food and gagged yet again when Nik mentioned the word.

Michelle was then seen sitting down with the pair, as they explored where the phobia came from and why.

She soon recovered a memory she had forgotten from her childhood, which was a time where she liked the dessert after her grandmother made it for her.

Michelle then detailed how her phobia began after nuns at her catholic school forced her to eat the product against her will as a child.

Pulling her hair back and opening her mouth, they would force her to eat the lumpy custard despite her not liking how it had been made.

This trauma started her fear, which lasted for 43 years until The Speakmans made her realise it wasn't the custard that was to blame.

The This Morning guest bathed in a tub of custard after conquering her 43-year phobia (ITV)

Suddenly, she was breaking down as she was able to hold a bowl of it, and even eat some.

Having commented that if Nik and Eva did fix her fears she would bathe in a bath of the stuff, that's exactly what she did live on This Morning.

Appearing on the show weeks after her initial call, she climbed into the tub full of custard on air and even ate some.

The moment certainly amused some fans of the show, as others were convinced she would vomit in the bath.

This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV.

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