Holly Willoughby pays sweet tribute to ITV colleague as they quit after lengthy career

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Holly Willoughby paid tribute to her This Morning colleague as they starred in their final episode.During the latest show, Holly and her co-host Josie Gibson were sampling Phil's Vickery crumble following a masterclass when Holly made a special announcement.

The 40-year-old presenter revealed that the show's long-running floor manager Tim would be leaving the show after a whopping 26 years.She said: "We've all had ours, there's a spare one over there, well it's not spare actually because that one is going to our floor manager Tim who has been a resident at This Morning for over 26 years and today is his last show."So Tim, well done you, thank you for all of your hard work."Good luck with the next phase, wherever you're going to, take it and enjoy."As applause filled the studio, Josie added: "Enjoy that Tim."Tim's exit followed Holly's return to the This Morning sofa after a lengthy absence.The presenter had taken a break from the programme to film Superstar Survival with Lee Mack and Wim Hof for the BBC.Upon her return to the studio, Holly said: "I have been away."I feel like the blondes have taken over the TV for the day.

Who left us in charge?"I was in Northern Italy up in the Alps and I was doing a new TV show which is coming out later on in the year and it was with Wim Hof...

it was completely bonkers but utterly brilliant."Josie also caused a ruckus on the programme when she made a shocking shower confession to hair care specialist Lisa Caddy.Her and Holly's unlikely joining of forces follows regular This Morning host Phillip Schofield being forced to self-isolate after testing positive for Covid earlier in the week.Alongside Josie, presenters Alison Hammond and Vernon Kay have also stepped up to fill in for the.