Holly Willoughby was noticeably missing from a preview on what's coming up on This Morning this summer, as her absence from the show continues and former colleague Eamonn Holmes predicts she'll never return.
At the end of a week that saw her and now ex co-host Phillip Schofield plagued by rumours that they'd had a 'falling out' behind the scenes and were embroiled in a bitter 'feud,' Phillip announced he was leaving the show, insisting that he was looking forward to working with ITV again and would be back on screen to host the forthcoming British Soap Awards.
However, things then took a turn on Friday evening, when Phillip released a statement admitting to an affair with a much younger This Morning staff member, with the presenter also apologising for lying to his agents, lawyer, co-workers and family over what he called an 'unwise but not illegal' relationship.