Fern Britton threatened to quit Celebrity Big Brother if Phillip Schofield enters the house.Fern, 66, made the blunt declaration during a candid chat with Gary Goldsmith, who is the 58-year-old uncle of Catherine, Princess of Wales.
The presenter is one of the twelve celebrities taking part in the 23rd season of Celebrity Big Brother - which started on ITV1 on Monday night.
Fern is well-known for presenting This Morning from 1999 until 2009, alongside disgraced Phillip Schofield, 61. The pair co-hosted the popular breakfast show for seven years.The pair's professional friendship ended on bitter terms - with Fern quitting This Morning amid rumours they had argued over difference in payments, reports the Mirror.
Rumours suggested Fern discovered Phil was earning a higher fee than she was. They have long made comments about each other through the media.But now Fern has made it abundantly clear she cannot stand to be around her former co-star - and she vowed to walk out of the Big Brother house never to return if Phil was unveiled as a surprise late entrant to the current season of the show.
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