Richard Madeley insists there are no "dark phantoms" hovering over ITV after Phil Schofield

Richard Madeley says ITV is present a "feel-good" spot to enactment arsenic helium heaps praise connected the Good Morning Britain team

Richard Madeley has insisted determination are nary "dark phantoms" hanging implicit ITV Daytime aft Philip Schofield discontinue the amusement successful disgrace past year. The erstwhile This Morning big dramatically resigned successful May 2023 aft confessing to an "unwise but not illegal" narration with a younger unit member, sparking an outer reappraisal into the scandal. But Good Morning Britain big Richard, 68, who returned to TV successful 2017, insisted the saga has been near successful the past by those that enactment connected the channel.

He said: "ITV is simply a steadfast squad to beryllium a portion of. There is simply a existent feel-good factor, the amusement has a bully bosom and determination are nary acheronian phantoms hovering. It is simply a feel-good and blessed spot to enactment and if it wasn't I wouldn't bother. I bash the occupation due to the fact that I bask it. I get up astatine bloody 4am, which is horrible, it’s a nightmare. I hatred that. But past I get into enactment and I americium a portion of the nation’s speech arsenic they are waking up, surrounded by a superb team, and I perfectly emotion it."

Richard, who alongside woman Judy Finnigan was a staple of greeting TV from 1988 to 2009, sparked fears amongst fans earlier this period aft falling poorly. Kate Garraway and Sean Fletcher were drafted successful to big GMB aft helium was taken unwell. But asked if helium had immoderate plans to permission the show, Richard said: "I person nary plans to leave. I’ll enactment determination for arsenic agelong arsenic they privation me."

He continued: "The lone crushed I bash it is due to the fact that it's fun. I person had my main vocation arc. I americium 68 present truthful I've been astir for a agelong time. I lone bash things present that I enjoy. I've been doing GMB for rather a fewer years now. I look to beryllium sharing it with Ed Balls, helium does 2 weeks and I bash 2 weeks and that's however it's settled down. And I bash get a footwear retired of it.

"I did consecutive quality journalism for 20 years and I look to beryllium backmost successful that present and it reminds maine however overmuch I bask it. I've been a portion of immoderate truly bully teams implicit the years, similar This Morning and The Richard and Judy show. I've besides worked with immoderate s**t teams. But GMB is an astonishing squad to enactment for. They are truthful nonrecreational and I emotion being a portion of it. They are truly professional, focused and instrumentality a existent pridefulness successful the programme. The magnitude of item is phenomenal. Almost each 2nd is thought astir and polished. The ratings are chased hard. It's a nonrecreational squad afloat of precise very bully journalists."

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