NTAs viewers were convinced that Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield were booed by the crowd as they went on stage to collect their award.
14.10.2022 - 02:55 / ok.co.uk
Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield admitted they hope the public "still love" them after their National Television Award win on Thursday night. After arriving separately, the duo took to the stage at London's Wembley Arena together when This Morning's Best Daytime win was announced – though their acceptance speech didn't go entirely to plan, as some people in the audience were heard booing. The duo were joined on stage by co-stars including Alison Hammond, Rochelle Humes, Josie Gibson and Dermot O'Leary.
The gang then headed backstage to the winners room where they were asked how they're feeling after their win. Holly, 41, told OK!: "This is so important to us because it’s voted by our viewers. "We have such a special relationship with our viewers, they tell us what they want and This Morning listens to that and it changes over the years and continues to change and progress.
She added: "You don’t ever take it for granted." Phillip, 60, then said he doesn't want their viewers to think they are "complacent". He said: "We wouldn’t want anyone to ever think we take this for granted. We don’t ever want anyone to think we get complacent or that we ever take this for granted.
Every single year it means the world to us, no matter what anyone says we are a tight-knit ship, we love each other. "We always have each other's backs and I’m so proud of our team. I just say thank you cause we never take this for granted." This Morning successfully won a National Television Award for the 12th year in a row, despite the controversies surrounding show co-hosts Phillip and Holly.
NTAs viewers were convinced that Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield were booed by the crowd as they went on stage to collect their award.
It was a night of self-congratulation as the celebs gathered for the glittering National Television Awards on Thursday night. Emmerdale, Strictly and This Morning all won gongs, with Sir Lenny Henry scooping the Special Recognition Award for his long career in the industry and his many fundraising efforts.
TV star Stacey Solomon appeared as a guest on ITV This Morning today amidst rumours she and husband Joe Swash are being courted by ITV as "potential replacements" for presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield "when the time comes". Stacey, 32, and Joe, 40, are thought to be being lined up as potential future hosts of the ITV daytime show when the long-serving current hosts eventually step down.The discussion comes amid queue-gate - the name given to the controversy surrounding Holly, 41, and Phil, 60, allegedly jumping the hours long queue in Westminster Hall while the Queen was lying in state.
This Morning was beset with problems today, first as Holly Willoughby suffered a coughing fit during a segment with Deidre Sanders and then again when cameras cut to Josie Gibson on location, who they discovered wasn't ready. Holly, 41 and Phillip Schofield had to laugh off the blunder after the segment got off to such a promising start with Philip, 60, saying viewers had the chance to win £500,000.
Television and radio host Graham Norton labelled Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield "foolish" as he had his say on the "queue jump" row.This Morning presenters Holly, 41, and Phil, 60, sent fans into meltdown after allegedly skipping the huge queue, with up to a 19-hour wait, to see the Queen lying-in-state at Westminster Hall.The pair responded to the backlash by explaining they were representing the media to report on the event for the "millions of people in the UK who haven't been able to visit Westminster in person". Graham, confirmed that he was also offered the chance to bypass the queue but decided not to as he thought he would "get in the neck" from members of the public who had waited extremely long line. On Radio 5 Live on Monday, presenter Nihal Arthanayake asked Graham: "You do read the room, right? You’d be very good at that.