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Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield already know her This Morning replacement

Who could it be?!

Holly Willoughby has revealed she knows who will be filling in for her on This Morning later this year when she jets off to Australia to co-host I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

The presenter, 37, appeared on Monday’s Good Morning Britain alongside her co-star Phillip Schofield to discuss This Morning celebrating its 30th anniversary.

But it wasn’t long before Holly’s new job Down Under was discussed, with the duo teasing who will be joining Phil on the daytime show while Holly is away.

Holly Willoughby on This Morning
Holly revealed she knows who will be filling in for her on This Morning (Credit: ITV)

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Holly revealed Phil was one of the first people she told about her new job.

Phil explained: “Holly phoned me up, I said, ‘You have to take it it’s amazing!'” to which Holly added: “Then he laughed at me a lot.”

Phil quipped: “Holly can’t handle a fly coming at her! So Australia where everything kills you…”

Holly replied: “I know, I know, it’s going to be a complete disaster. But anyway I’m doing it and I’m completely excited about it and, obviously leaving Phil at any point is horrible.”

Holly W and Phillip S on GMB
Phil will be co-host This Morning with another famous face while Holly is away (Credit: ITV)

When asked who will be replacing her on the This Morning sofa while she’s in Australia, Holly teased: “We do [know who it is]… he’s in very safe hands.

“Whenever I leave him I want to make sure he’s looked after and he’s with somebody and it’s all nice.”

As Phil told Holly he will miss her “horribly,” she said: “I know, it will be horrible but it won’t be for long.”

It was announced in August that Holly will be leaving This Morning temporarily to fill in for Ant McPartlin on I’m A Celeb alongside Dec Donnelly.

Holly, 37, released a statement at the time saying she couldn’t be more excited to be co-hosting the show with Dec.

Meanwhile, Dec said he’s “hugely grateful” that Holly agreed to join him on the show.

At the time, This Morning announced that they would reveal plans for Holly’s absence “in due course”.

A string of names have been suggested as Holly’s potential replacement, including Amanda Holden, Scarlett Moffatt, Ruth Langsford, Caroline Flack, Stephen Mulhern, Mark Wright, Mollie King, Rylan Clark-Neal and Gok Wan.

Holly Willoughby, The TV Choice Awards, Dorchester Hotel, London, UK
Holly said she could’t be more excited to co-host I’m A Celebrity (Credit: Elliot / Splash News / SplashNews.com)

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During This Morning last month, Holly revealed her family will be joining her down under including her three children – Harry, nine, Belle, seven, and Chester, four.

She said she’s been speaking to their schools about how that will work.

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Rebecca Carter
Associate Editor (News)