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This Morning's viewers react to Cat Deeley and 'safe' Ben Shephard being the new permanent hosts: 'What about Josie and Craig?'


Viewers reacted to This Morning unveiling their new permanent presenters, Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard, on Friday.

Phil, 61, departed the show in May after more than 20 years on the programme after admitting to an affair with a young male showrunner, followed by claims of an increasingly strained relationship with his co-host Holly. Months later, Holly, 43, left the show last October 'for the sake of her family' after discovering she was the target of a foiled kidnap and murder plot. Viewers took to X, formerly Twitter , to share their thoughts after Cat and Ben's signing was announced by Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary on Friday's show.

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