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This Morning bosses ordered Cat Deeley to apologise live on air for 'seizure' dance joke because they are 'desperate to avoid any more controversy' on scandal-hit show, insiders claim


EXCLUSIVE: The host, 47, apologised for making the gag in which she poked fun at her own dance moves to Meghan Trainor 's song All About The Bass, joking it looked like she was having a seizure.

In 2022 Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield faced criticism over claims they skipped the queue for the late Queen's lying-in-state while attending as members of the media to film a segment for This Morning Ms Willoughby's decision to quite threw This Morning into further disarray following the departure of Phillip Schofield (pictured with Holly in February 2020, when he came out as gay live on the programme) Phil and Holly were officially replaced by Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley in March as the two took on the show full time after a series of guest presenters had been rotating the daytime slot

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