This Morning viewers were left confused after mistaking former host Holly Willoughby with her ‘stunt-double’ replacement Mollie King.
Fans of the daytime ITV show admitted they were left performing ‘double takes’ because of how much the former The Saturdays singer, 36, looked like her predecessor Holly, 42.
Mollie hosted This Morning on Tuesday alongside Dermot O'Leary while his usual co-star Alison Hammond stepped back from presenting to appear in a Christmas pantomime - and she stood in once again on Wednesday alongside Andi Peters.
But her uncanny resemblance with Holly – who quit This Morning in October after 14 years – did not go unnoticed by fans. One wrote on X/Twitter: “Just got home from work, turned on #ThisMorning and had a do a double take because I thought Holly was back.” Another added: “Congratulations on This Morning #ITV for finding Holly’s doppelgänger.” A third said: “Molly king looks a bit too much like Holly today.” A fourth viewer joked: “Wonder if Holly is going to phone up and thank Mollie for being a great stunt double.” This Morning has seen a number of guest presenters take over on the show following the departure of Holly and Phillip Schofield - who stepped down in May after admitting to an "unwise but not illegal" affair with a much younger colleague.
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