Ben Shephard took a playful dig at his Good Morning Britain co-star Kate Garraway as he confirmed that Friday will be his last day on the sofa before he joins This Morning.The TV star, 49, will be joined by Cat Deeley as regular hosts of ITV’s popular daytime show.The duo take over in the wake of the exits of long-time sofa hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, who both left last year.
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00:00 You may notice a few digs during the show.
00:03 Yes, one or two.
00:04 And Ben Shepard is off to this morning.
00:07 Thank you very much for the amazing messages that I have had.
00:10 Obviously, it's something I consider very, very carefully
00:12 because these guys have been my family for the last, well,
00:14 10 years for some of them and way, way longer for us.
00:17 142 for me. Yeah, and counting.
00:20 So it's not something that I've taken lightly,
00:22 but it feels like quite an exciting opportunity.
00:24 And as Jack, our floor manager, has pointed out,
00:26 we are on, we have this morning teal on already.
00:30 Ciel has, who has done our outfits this morning.
00:33 We're just a couple of Smurfs, frankly.
00:35 We've come on brand for this morning.
00:37 There's a little bit of this morning in my time.
00:40 I said you'd come as, do you remember Posh and Beck?
00:41 She used to dress the same at one point.
00:43 Oh, yes, for their wedding.
00:44 I thought you'd say, if you had a blonde wig, Ben,
00:47 you'd look like sisters.
00:48 Do you think they, I think subliminally.
00:52 Trying to hold on.
00:53 I'm trying to claw onto you, hold you back.
00:55 I've had 24 years of that.
00:57 I know, finally you've cut rid of the lead weight
00:59 around your ankles.
01:00 It's only just through there, to be fair.
01:02 Yes, literally the other side of the wall.
01:04 So I'm really, really not going far.
01:06 But thank you for the amazing messages.
01:08 And tomorrow is going to be my last day on Good Morning Britain.
01:11 Last day, so we've got what, 27 hours?
01:14 My maths has never been brilliant.
01:15 You're counting down.
01:16 About 27 hours of Ben Shepard left.
01:19 I walked into the studio today and the crew all cheered.
01:22 (laughing)