Dan Walker took to Twitter and addressed his temporary replacement on BBC Breakfast today.The broadcaster had been co-hosting the show alongside Sally Nugent, but is now moving across to present the news on Channel 5 after six years on the programme.The 45-year-old spoke about his on-screen replacement on social media after bidding farewell to his BBC colleagues yesterday.Retweeting a post from former co-star Sally, 50, he shared his thoughts, in view of his 758,800 followers, as Jon Kay stepped in and hosted Wednesday's edition.Earlier this morning, Sally had posted a selfie on the breakfast sofa with Jon, who is a BBC News correspondent and regularly presents on Breakfast.“Morning everyone @BBCBreakfast @jonkay01,” Sally wrote with a smiling emoji, next to the photo of them both grinning at the camera.In reaction to the tweet, Dan wrote: “The future right there [fingers crossed emoji] [trophy emoji].”His fans and followers took to the comments section to share their thoughts as many viewers have suggested Jon should be made Dan's permanent replacement.Mike Sullivan wrote: “I love @jonkay01.
Great choice if he’s picked to be your successor.“Although, have the BBC allowed you to do what Man Utd allowed Fergie to do & pick who takes over??” he added with a grimace emoji (sic).“@jonkay01 has done a great job on the show and fully deserves being your replacement,” added Doug Sanders.Serenity Knutsford added: “It would be very well deserved. @jonkay01 has a reassuring, authentic nature to him and it's always good to see him on @BBCBreakfast.”Lucy Bustin commented: “For me, Jon is the man for the job.
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