Phillip Schofield sends message to Holly Willoughby as Josie Gibson gets 'role she deserves' on ITV This Morning

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Phillip Schofield sent a message to his co-host Holly Willoughby as she's forced to miss the show. The presenter was absent from the ITV daytime programme on Monda y after also having to skip her hosting duties on Dancing On Ice on Sunday night after testing positive for coronavirus.

It was announced hours before the semi-finals of the skating competition that Holly, 41, had tested positive for the virus with Phillip left to host the show alone due to it being too short notice to find a replacement. READ MORE: Susanna Reid lost for words on ITV Good Morning Britain after discovering mother and unborn child died in Ukraine maternity hospital bombing There was, however, more time for This Morning to find Phillip, 59, a co-host and he appeared on the first show of the week alongside Josie Gibson.

It isn't the first time the pair have hosted the popular programme together with Josie stepping in for Holly at the eleventh hour late last year after she was struck down with a stomach bug.

After welcoming viewers to Monday's show, Phillip said: "Well we are absolutely convinced Holly and I that having worked all the way through everything, that we might be immune.