This Morning viewers were left fuming when they tuned in to find their regular presenters were absent from the show.
Fans tuning in to watch Friday’s (December 9) instalment of the popular ITV daytime offering felt disappointed when they discovered that regular Friday presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary were missing from the line-up.
The popular duo had been replaced by main hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield as they took on the extra show ahead of taking an extended break for Christmas until January.
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Viewers however were not happy at the shake-up and took to Twitter to vent their frustrations.
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One wrote: “Why are Alison and Dermot not on today? Wait all week then disappointed.”
Another added: “It is Friday isn’t it? Where are Alison and Dermot??”
A third fan of the show said: “Why are they in on a Friday… don’t tell me their Christmas holiday is beginning in the first full week of December.”
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A fourth social media user Tweeted: “why do they get to finish for Christmas on the NINTH December, seriously wouldn’t kill them to work until the 22nd or 23rd like the rest of us, they are never in!”
A fifth jibed: “Wait…are Smuggy and Squeak doing their last show of the year today? With 2 weeks still to go till Christmas? They’re a disgrace, getting paid a fortune for a few hours a week.”
Phil and Holly are gearing up for their Christmas break as they give their last instalment of the show, apart from a pre-recorded Christmas Day special which airs on December 25.
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The pair will be absent from screens for the entire festive period, not returning until the new year on January 5.
In the meantime the regular rota of fill-in presenters including Alison and Dermot, as well as Vernon Kay and Josie Gibson will take over the reins over the next three weeks.
This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV1 and ITVX.
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