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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Scott Bryan

This Morning review – the first post-Phillip Schofield show treats him as if he’s died

Surely the flattest ‘Hello and welcome to Monday’s This Morning’ in the show’s history … Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary on This Morning, 22 May 2023.
Surely the flattest ‘Hello and welcome to Monday’s This Morning’ in the show’s history … Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary on This Morning, 22 May 2023. Photograph: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock

Watching This Morning last week was a surreal experience. We viewers became body language experts, assessing whether or not reports of a falling out between Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield were true. The show’s hosts continued to act as if everything was fine, even running a news review that ignored the fact their relationship was dominating half of the front pages.

But with Schofield stepping down from This Morning “with immediate effect” on Saturday afternoon, the show that had acted as if it was broadcasting from a parallel universe was forced to address the subject it had been so rigorously avoiding.

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