ITV has finally spoken out in defence of Phillip Schofield, following rumours of an alleged feud with Amanda Holden.
The two are reported to have fallen out after he reportedly pushed for Rochelle Humes to co-host This Morning with him when Holly Willoughby was in Australia guest presenting I’m A Celebrity.
While reports around the supposed row have recently died down, ITV has now issued a response to say that Phillip would not have been involved in the decision-making process over who would be co-presenting This Morning with him.
“These reports are completely untrue,” an ITV representative said. “Presenters don’t make decisions regarding who appears on the show.”
Last month, Amanda confirmed the fall-out for the first time, admitting it had been “not great waking up to headlines like that”, after the feud was reported in The Sun On Sunday.
She also claimed she had tried to reach out to Phillip “months ago”, by offering to meet up for a coffee, though he apparently “didn’t reply to her text”.
Phillip himself had alluded to the reports, in a tweet with a similar sentiment to Amanda that he posted a day earlier.
He wrote: “The end of another really sad weekend. When you try for 35 years to be the easiest, most fun person to work with and you read such hurtful and wildly untrue stories from nameless ‘sources’.
“Obviously I’ll take it on the chin.. I just hope you know me better.”
HuffPost UK contacted Phillip’s representatives at the time, but did not receive a reply.