Amanda Holden responds to reports she's set to replace Cat Deeley on This Morning

A fig of radical had been successful the framework to regenerate Willoughby astatine the time, including Holden - who filled successful for her during her maternity permission and appeared connected the amusement from 2014 to 2019.

Now, determination is speculation that Holden could beryllium brought successful arsenic a replacement for Deeley.

The Britain’s Got Talent justice addressed the speech connected her Heart Radio Breakfast amusement connected Thursday erstwhile asked astir it by co-host Ashley Roberts.

“I saw this greeting immoderate rumours stirring astir you replacing Cat Deeley connected This Morning. What’s the tea?” the erstwhile Pussycat Doll vocalist asked.

“Oh, well, bash you cognize what? I’m truly gladsome you’ve asked maine this. First of all, I perfectly emotion Cat Deeley,” Holden replied.

“She’s ace successful, I’ve ever admired her, she’s brilliant, and she’s a existent laugh. I hatred seeing headlines that say, ‘I’m taking implicit from Cat Deeley’ erstwhile I deliberation she’s doing specified a bully occupation connected This Morning.”

Making her feelings connected the taxable clear, she added that she believes Deeley is “going nowhere”.

Elaborating further, the mum-of-two said: “Complete rumours! I’m already connected the biggest greeting amusement successful the country, and that is Heart Breakfast, acknowledgment to our beauteous listeners. 

“So, I don’t cognize wherever it’s travel from it is categorically not true.”

Drilling the connection location large and clear, Roberts reaffirmed what Holden said, declaring: “Not true, you heard it here!”

It’s an absorbing improvement arsenic Holden was antecedently reported to person blamed Schofield for her not landing the coveted relation successful the past.

Sources told The Sun in June 2019 that Schofield allegedly called Holden “difficult to manage” and “actively campaigned” for Rochelle Humes to capable the slot instead. 

“Phillip actively campaigned for Rochelle Humes to get the occupation contempt Amanda being much experienced - and having been told privately she’d got the gig,” a root told the publication.

“She feels Phil unfairly utilized his powers of persuasion. She was told he’d chosen Rochelle due to the fact that she was easier to ‘manage’ connected aerial - and understandably that incensed her.”

Holden reportedly took the contented to ITV main Kevin Lygo astatine the time. 

Later that month, she was asked connected her Heart FM amusement what 3 things she wouldn’t similar to find successful her location and she replied: “Spiders, flies, and Phillip Schofield.”

A person of Schofield’s aboriginal denied that helium had campaigned to halt Holden from getting the job. “It was each portion of a hideous connection premix up and not what has been painted retired to be,” the person told The Mirror.