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'If you crossed him, you were done for': After her toxic fall-out with Phillip Schofield, how Fern Britton is having the last laugh, reveals KATIE HIND, with a very surprising new comeback...
Some in the upper echelons at ITV have 'long thought it was a mistake' to sever ties from Fern - who was much loved during her ten-year reign at the helm of the ITV daytime programme.
However, there are many opportunities for guest presenters on programmes such as Lorraine and of course Loose Women, the network’s panel show which stars former This Morning host, Ruth Langsford, which could lead to a more permanent role. Indeed she is and fans took to social media to tell ITV bosses so following her appearance, even calling for her to be holiday cover for the newly ordained Ben and Cat – slots that are usually filled by Alison Hammond, Josie Gibson or Rochelle Humes. During her stint on This Morning, Fern prompted many column inches of her own: in 2000 she divorced her husband, television executive Clive Jones, and father to her three children, and married TV chef Phil Vickery.
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