Step aside Holly and Phil… there have been a whole host breakfast TV duo rifts from Eamonn Holmes and Anthea Turner’s split to Denise van Outen and Johnny Vaughan’s row over pay
Holly and Phil are far from the first breakfast television presenting duos to fall out.
In the mid-90s, Eamonn Holmes‘ and Anthea Turner‘s smiles on GMTV turned out to be a front when their rift was revealed.
Holmes referred to her as ‘Princess Tippytoes’, and it was claimed that he forced Ms Turner to quit the ITV daytime show in 1996.
And then there was Selina Scott and Frank Bough on BBC‘s Breakfast Time show in 1983. She says he undermined her by interrupting mid-question, insisted on getting the last word in, and repeatedly told her how well endowed he was.
When Ms Scott, now 72, didn’t respond positively, Bough claimed she must be frigid or a lesbian.
In the mid-90s, Eamonn Holmes’ and Anthea Turner’s smiles on GMTV turned out to be a front when their rift was revealed.
Selina Scott says Frank Bough undermined her by interrupting mid-question on BBC’s Breakfast Time show in 1983
Holly Willoughby has made the devastating decision to cut ties with Phillip Schofield, The Mail on Sunday understands (Holly Willoughby seen out in Hampshire today)
Pensive: Holly Willoughby was seen looking glum as she stepped out on Saturday amid her rumoured ‘feud’ with This Morning co-host Phillip Schofield
He said of her: ‘Even when she rides a bike she keeps her knees together.’ She left in 1986 – and a year later he went, too. Channel 4 Big Breakfast hosts Denise van Outen and Johnny Vaughan rowed over pay. She quit and they didn’t speak for seven years.
Ms Van Outen said: ‘The relationship fell apart when we started to renegotiate contracts. I always felt we worked together as a team and that’s how it should be.’
Good Morning Britain’s Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid were often said to fall out. She would raise her eyebrows at him, and he claimed she was soft on guests.
