Holly Willoughby was joined by This Morning’s Friday presenter Dermot O’Leary on Monday as the presenting shake-up continues in the wake of Phillip Schofield’s departure from the ITV programme.
The ITV presenter revealed she will host with with Alison Hammond’s usual co-host for the coming weeks after hosting with Josie Gibson and Craig Doyle last week.
Kicking off the show, This Morning viewers were treated to a new jazzed up theme tune courtesy of This Morning contributor and DJ Gok Wan before Holly welcomed her new host.
Dermot is usually seen with Alison Hammond on Friday and during the school holidays but on Monday he presented with Holly for the first time since joining the show as a host.
‘Hi Dermot O’Leary,’ Holly said to her new presenter before he replied: ‘It’s weird because obviously we see each other a lot just in real life but we haven’t worked together since we did The Xtra Factor together.’
Holly estimated she presented with Dermot back in 2008 before she’d given birth to her first child, her son Harry.
‘I wasn’t even a mum then!’ Holly commented as Dermot explained the pair were reunited on The Xtra Factor again when the This Morning star had given birth.
‘When you had Harry we took him on Harry’s world tour,’ Dermot quipped as Holly explained she brought her baby boy along to Simon Cowell’s house for the ‘Judges’ Houses’ stage of The X Factor.
Holly and Dermot revealed they did present together on This Morning once before 14 years ago.
This Morning viewers watched a clip of the pair in the ITV studio with Dermot wearing an almost identical outfit.
‘You look exactly the same!’Holly exclaimed as Dermot joked: ‘I’ve just chopped off the sleeves, I’m wearing the same top.’
Dermot then added he will be with Holly ‘for two weeks’ before the pair continued on with the show.
