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Phoebe Jobling

Woman with 43-year phobia of custard conquers fear live on ITV This Morning

A woman who previously phoned This Morning to discuss her phobia of custard has gone onto the show today to conquer her fear.

In January Michelle from Manchester dialled in to talk to the Speakmans and get advice about her unusual fear of custard.

Her phone call went viral due to her consistent gagging, as she was unable to bring herself to say the word 'custard' without feeling sick.

This Morning hosts Phillip Schofield and Rochelle Humes got a case of the giggles as they spoke to Michelle, who has had the deep-rooted phobia for 43 years.

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But on Thursday morning it was revealed Michelle would be joining Holly and Phil on the show to overcome her fear one and for all - by sitting in a bath of custard live on air.

Behind the scenes Michelle had undergone therapy with the Speakmans, married couple Nik and Eva Speakman, to try and get to the bottom of her phobia.

"If you can get me over this fear I promise I'll have a bath in it," Michelle told the Speakmans.

Nik and Eva joined Michelle in her local supermarket to face the dreaded custard.

But before she even approached it, she confessed: "I feel nauseous, I am sweating."

"In our 24 years of helping people this is the strongest reaction we've ever seen," Nik revealed, as Michelle then threw up in the supermarket over the sight of the custard.

Michelle threw up seeing custard in the supermarket (ITV)

The professionals, who despite the viral jokes weren't taking Michelle's phobia lightly, were determined to get to the bottom of the issue.

It appears that when Michelle was a child, she went to a Catholic school and was regularly fed 'lumpy' custard.

"It just made me wretch and I wouldn't eat it. The nuns would literally pull my head back and put it in my mouth," she said.

Through therapy, the Speakmans helped Michelle to realise that she had been holding onto that for 43-years and bullying herself for it.

Within just 15 minutes with the therapists, Michelle then able to say the word 'custard' out loud without gagging and even had a spoonful of it, to which she said, "It's nice that."

Michelle from Manchester has a fear of custard (ITV)

But there was one last test that Michelle had to face, as she had committed to bathing in custard if she could overcome her fear.

Today, Michelle joined Phil and Holly to take on the task.

After climbing into the bathtub and successfully sitting in it, Michelle even licked some of the sweet treat - showing she now had no fear at all.

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