This Morning 's Phillip Schofield has dismissed a rift with former co-star Fern Britton as he celebrated his 20th anniversary of hosting the ITV show. Reminded of the anniversary by his current co-host Holly Willoughby during the show on Tuesday, September 6, Phillip was shown a clip of him and Fern presenting the show in 2002.
Holly began by telling viewers: “We couldn’t start today’s show without mentioning something very special. Actually, it really is a huge achievement.” To which Phillip said: “I didn’t realise!” Holly then explained: “Yesterday, we were doing our meeting, it’s always at the end of the show and it’s like, ‘What’s coming on tomorrow’s show’ and the producers went, ‘Did you know, it’s 20 years exactly since Phil officially started presenting on This Morning? 20 years!’”
After watching the clip, Phillip revealed, “Oh my god, I don’t think I’ve ever seen that. That must have been the first series of I’m a Celeb… that’s mad.” He added: “I was nervy as well. Fern [Britton] was so lovely looking after me.”
