Amanda Holden has addressed rumors she will replace Cat Deeley on This Morning.
Cat, 57, and Ben Shepard, 49, replaced Holly Willoughby, 43, and Phillip Schofield, 62, in March after the presenters left the ITV show.
The new hosts have faced a mixed reaction from people at home and reportedly garnered less than 700,000 viewers per episode in September.
There has been speculation that Amanda, who filled in for Holly during her maternity leave and appeared on the show from 2014 to 2019, could take over.
However, the Britain’s Got Talent judge, 53, put an end to the gossip about her. Breakfast of the heart with Jason King and Amanda Holden show on Thursday.
Amanda Holden shut down rumors she will replace Cat Deeley on This Morning
Cat and Ben Shepard replaced Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield earlier this year.
Amanda, who replaces Jamie Theakston, addressed the rumors during a chat with Ashley Roberts.
This morning I saw some rumors about you replacing Cat Deeley on This Morning. What is tea? -Ashley asked.
‘Oh, well, you know what? I’m so glad you asked me this. “First of all, I absolutely adore Cat Deeley,” Amanda said.
“She is very successful, I have always admired her, she is brilliant and she is very funny.” I hate seeing headlines saying: “I’m replacing Cat Deeley” when I think she’s doing such a good job on This Morning.
The TV personality added that she thinks Cat is “not going anywhere.”
Amanda continued: ‘Complete rumours! I’m already on the country’s biggest morning show, Heart Breakfast, thanks to our lovely listeners.
“So, I don’t know where it comes from, it is categorically false.”
Ashley reaffirmed Amanda’s point and said, ‘It’s not true, you heard it here!’
Amanda branded the speculation “categorically false” on her Heart radio breakfast show.
The TV personality said Cat is “brilliant” and “not going anywhere.”
It comes after Amanda reportedly accused Phillip of costing her a job alongside him on This Morning.
Sources said the sun In June 2019, Phillip allegedly called Amanda “difficult to handle” and “actively campaigned” for Rochelle Humes to fill the position.
“Phillip actively campaigned for Rochelle Humes to get the job even though Amanda had more experience and had been told privately that she had gotten the job,” said one former day executive.
“She feels Phil unfairly used his powers of persuasion. She was told he had chosen Rochelle because she was easier to ‘handle’ on air and she was understandably outraged by this.
Amanda reportedly took the issue to ITV boss Kevin Lygo at the time.
Later that month, she was asked on her Heart FM show what three things she wouldn’t like to find in her home and she replied: “Spiders, flies and Phillip Schofield.”
The presenter will return to viewers’ screens as a judge on season 18 of BGT in early 2025.
She will join fellow judges Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli, with KSI as a guest judge.
Holly and Phillip left the ITV show last year following a scandal surrounding Phillip.
Amanda returns as a judge on the new season of Britain’s Got Talent (pictured with Ant McPartlin, guest judge KSI, Alesha Dixon, Simon Cowell and Declan Donnelly)
Earlier this month it was reported that show bosses had canceled auditions at the London Palladium and they will now all take place in Blackpool.
According the sunThe bosses decided to change the venue because they found the atmosphere in the coastal town too enthusiastic for the show.
A source said: “Boss Simon Cowell has given the move the green light and just wants the show to be the best it can be.”
The source added that Amanda may not be happy with the move as she works five days a week in London and will have to travel.
The rest of the auditions will be filmed in the New Year.
Listen to Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden Monday to Friday from 6.30am to 10am across the UK and on Global Player