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To hope that this is the end of Holly & Phil on This Morning?

381 replies

Allmyarseandpeggymartin · 17/09/2022 23:16

Absolute backlash on Twitter as it emerges that Holly & Phill queue jumped to see the queen at her lying in state. Lots of comparisons to Beckham and memes about we skip any queues.

The This Morning office has put out a statement saying they are attending in their capacity as broadcasters.AIBU to hope that this is the end of shrieky Holly and slimey twat Phil?

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Lasagnafortea · 18/09/2022 19:19

It’s odd that there have never been any threads/comments about Holly being lovely 🤷🏻‍♀️

Snoozer11 · 18/09/2022 19:50

ancientgran · 18/09/2022 16:38

Do you think they set up the game? Paid out of their own pockets? All their own idea? I don't think presenters do all that, they present as the title suggests.

Were they just presenting in 2019 when they were having a laugh and a joke with Boris Johnson, just before the election? They took a selfie of themselves all with a big smile on their face.

Were they told to do that?

Was Pip told to hand David Cameron a list of names of people the internet deemed paedophiles, with no evidence at all? Or did he choose to do that himself?

Perhaps you should do some research into PS before you stick up for him. If you knew, you wouldn't be sympathetic.

DeliberatelyObtuse · 18/09/2022 20:37

hookiewookie29 · 18/09/2022 14:33

Ar least they turned up.....thousands of other celebs haven't gone and no one is slating them....

Oh bless you

Bellagio40 · 18/09/2022 20:42

Snoozer11 · 18/09/2022 15:45

Holly will explain. Phil is too much of a coward, and far too arrogant. He'll stand next to her in silence with a scowl on his face while she does all the talking.

When Holly has finished, he'll make a jab at the public for complaining.

Same thing happened when they had that game the other week where one of the prizes was payment of energy bills. It was rightly criticised (especially as on the same programme a few years previously, they both posed for a selfie with Boris Johnson) but the day after, when they changed the prizes in response to the criticsm, he had a go at those who called it out. "Let's see them find something to complain about now".

He's not a nice man.

100% this

wherearebeefandonioncrisps · 18/09/2022 21:04

There seem to be certain slebs who are impervious to any backlash, controversy or wrongdoing.

I don't understand it .

Look at Vanessa Feltz. She's still getting the gigs.

Let's not forget those who were once prime time presenters who are no more.

Schofield and Willoughby are loved too much by producers. I reckon they'll get away with it, until the next time. I think they're on borrowed time now.

FlipFlopsAndIceCream · 18/09/2022 21:06

WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps · 17/09/2022 23:31

I really hope it IS the end for them. But I bet it won't be.

I would like to see Alison Hammond on there with either Rylan or Craig Doyle.

Oh please no!!

Snoozer11 · 18/09/2022 21:17

wherearebeefandonioncrisps · 18/09/2022 21:04

There seem to be certain slebs who are impervious to any backlash, controversy or wrongdoing.

I don't understand it .

Look at Vanessa Feltz. She's still getting the gigs.

Let's not forget those who were once prime time presenters who are no more.

Schofield and Willoughby are loved too much by producers. I reckon they'll get away with it, until the next time. I think they're on borrowed time now.

It's all to do with who they're connected to.

Schofield's daughter is his agent. She is also agent to a number of other 'celebs' who often appear on daytime ITV. Get rid of Schofield, and you also lose all the other z-list 'talent'.

Kate Garraway, Fiona Phillips and Holly Willoughby all married men who are (or were) big shots behind the scenes. Then there are those who make money from the side bar of shame in the Daily Mail, also involved in pushing certain stories and gaining publicity.

There are some good write ups out there on the internet which demonstrate exactly how it's all a very tangled web.

ITV have spent the last decade or more of using the same faces who are all connected to each other in some spurious way. If one domino falls, the rest follow and suddenly there's no one left to host the new gameshows or replace the daytime TV presenters.

DoctorManhattan · 18/09/2022 21:28

Can’t stand Holly or Phil, come across as very false imo.

I’ve never been a Beckham fan but I appreciate that life is rarely black and white, people can have good and bad characteristics, I think deep down he’s probably a decent person but he’s too often seduced by the money and PR side of things. He was asked about stepping out of the queue to skip it and spoke a bit about how his grandfather was a Royalist and wouldn’t have done that hence he wouldn’t either, he was also the reason Beckham dressed in a black suit for the occasion.

OnReflection · 18/09/2022 22:23

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DillDanding · 18/09/2022 22:27

Because - Heads of State! Apart from that, a massive security risk.

philip and Holly are just tv presenters, not VIPs.

Snoozer11 · 18/09/2022 22:28

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The problem is Willoughby and Schofield are not heads of state. They are former children's television presenters.

Heads of state have things to do.

WimbyAce · 18/09/2022 22:36

arretesigusy · 18/09/2022 12:31

Why was Beckham dressed like an extra from Peaky Blinders though?

Classic 🤣

WimbyAce · 18/09/2022 22:38

Snoozer11 · 18/09/2022 22:28

The problem is Willoughby and Schofield are not heads of state. They are former children's television presenters.

Heads of state have things to do.

Thank f for that eh?! 😄

SeaWitchly · 18/09/2022 23:12

We can only hope. I cannot stand the pair of them.

lollipoprainbow · 18/09/2022 23:34

@Snoozer11 didn't realise Schofields daughter was his agent, Fiona Philips is married to Martin frizell the this morning producer who things the sun shines out of their backsides.

vroom321 · 18/09/2022 23:44

@JacquelineCarlyle
I don't think this is odd at all - I'm not in the UK right now otherwise I'd have gone, but if I had gone, I'd have been on my own as all my family and friends think it's a bonkers thing to do!*

No offence but you're probably not a famous millionaire. It is crazy he went alone.*

sashh · 19/09/2022 07:47

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LetsGoCrazyPurpleBanana · 19/09/2022 08:09

I bet Philip wishes he'd just queued now. It's raked up everything re the runner on twitter etc. People genuinely have had enough of them now it seems. What's the betting they won't be presenting this week? 🙄

Lasagnafortea · 19/09/2022 09:05

If they’re not on this week as meant to be, wouldn’t that make it worse, they need to face it…but I would so love them to be gone, doubt it will happen

OnReflection · 19/09/2022 09:09

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Mypinkysperky · 19/09/2022 09:09

The worlds press was covering this, there was 24 hr viewing of it aswell. So I’ll be interested to see what film was made for This Morning. Sorry I don’t believe a word of it.

kateandme · 19/09/2022 09:52

It doesn't matter if they covered it.last leg covered it.every show this week has covered it.they aren't special,they aren't journalists or reporters.they aren't from the new.they are television personalities.they should not have got special privalages either it was part of work or not.their work is a daily television show.it isn't the news.
The soaps featured it.shoudl the acotrs have been allowed to go.
Nope.its screams of self importance and aboveism.

PortConvert · 19/09/2022 14:49

It's looking like they'll get away with it now isn't it?

FayeGovan · 19/09/2022 14:55

I really dont see what they did that was so bad 🤷‍♀️

Firemansamagain · 19/09/2022 14:57

@PortConvert Why is it looking like that? Hoping not!