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This Morning win Best Daytime award at NTA’s despite Holly and Phillip backlash

Holly Willoughby celebrated Phillip Schofield celebrated winning the Best Daytime Show award at the National Television Awards on Thursday (October 13) evening.

This Morning, The Chase, The Repair Shop and Loose Women were also in the running for the coveted gong.

As blonde bombshell Holly, 41, and silver fox Phillip, 60, walked up to the stage, Kaye Adams could be seen giving the pair a slow clap while muttering to her co stars as they.

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Tensions over who would win the award have been high this year following the queue-gate scandal that surrounded This Morning presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.

Loose Women hosts slowly applauded as This Morning won Best Daytime Show award
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Following the monarch’s passing, the pair faced backlash after being accused of jumping the queue to visit the late Queen Elizabeth II lying-in-state in Westminster Abbey.

The presenting duo later issued a statement clarifying the issue, but public anger continued to rise – with over 75,000 signing a petition to axe them from the ITV show.

They went on to thank viewers for their continued support following the outpour of support on social media after a difficult year.

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield took home the gilded award
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Alison Hammond and her co-host Dermot O’Leary then walked up to the podium where they cut the tension with their hilarious comments.

The brunette beauty joked that she should have won one of the highly sought-after she lost out to Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly for the best TV presenter award.

But the mum-of-one joked that she would settle for This Morning winning one of the gilded awards instead.

Alison Hammond left viewers in stitches at her hilarious acceptance speech
(Image: ITV)

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She went on to add “This Morning is a vibe” as they celebrated their 16th National Television Award since the show launched in 1988.

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