This Morning staff 'claim NTA nod is a 'two fingers' up at critics'

This Morning staff ‘claim NTA nomination is a ‘two fingers’ up at critics in the wake of Phillip Schofield affair scandal’

This Morning staff have reportedly said the show’s NTA nomination was a ‘two fingers’ up at critics in the wake of the Phillip Schofield affair scandal.

The ITV programme has received a nod in the Best Daytime category alongside The Chase, Repair Shop and Loose Women, despite the furore surrounding Philip’s admission to an ‘unwise but not illegal’ relationship with a much younger colleague. 

In the months surrounding the scandal, in which Phillip stepped down from ITV altogether, This Morning has faced much criticism while there was also talk the programme could be axed from screens.

However, according to The Mirror, the nomination sticks ‘two fingers’ up at the naysayers, with sources on the show remarking they are ‘surprised and very grateful that our viewers are supporting us’.

The insider went on to add: ‘We’d love to win especially for our fantastic producers and crew who have been making programmes every day despite all the troubles and unfair criticism that was thrown at a show they’re proud to work on.’

Chuffed: This Morning staff have reportedly said the show’s NTA nomination was a ‘two fingers’ up at critics in the wake of the Phillip Schofield affair scandal (The This Morning team at the NTAs in 2022)

Drama: The ITV programme has received a nod in the Best Daytime category, despite the furore surrounding Philip’s admission to an ‘unwise but not illegal’ relationship with a much younger colleague

MailOnline have contacted This Morning representatives for comment. 

It comes as Holly Willoughby has been told by viewers to ‘move on’ from This Morning after she was snubbed in the National Television Award’s Best Presenter category.

The TV presenter, 42, failed to gain a nomination in the awards shortlist, after the furore over her former co-host Phillip Schofield’s affair with a younger colleague.

Following her snub, fans have urged Holly to try a new path after she missed out on a nomination in the category for the second year on the run.

Holly, who has never won the prize, received nods every year between 2021 and 2018 after her chemistry with Phillip, 61, proved a hit with viewers on ITV shows This Morning and Dancing On Ice.

However fans have now suggested that ITV’s golden girl’s crown may be slipping, as she missed out on the nomination in favour of her co-star Alison Hammond.

It has been a rocky year for Holly, who was tied up in an ITV scandal when it was revealed Phillip had resigned from the broadcaster and was dropped by his talent agency YMU in May after admitting to an ‘unwise but not illegal’ relationship with a male colleague on This Morning.

While Holly managed to hold onto her coveted role on the show after she insisted she was not aware of her friend and co-star’s relationship with the man, viewers have suggested it might be time for a change.

Scandal: In the months surrounding the scandal, in which Phillip stepped down from ITV altogether , This Morning has faced much criticism while there was also talk the programme could be axed from screens

Support: The nomination sticks ‘two fingers’ up at the naysayers, with sources on the show remarking they are ‘surprised and very grateful that our viewers are supporting us’ (Pictured, This Morning team, including Phillip, winning at the NTAs in 2022)

Commenting on the snub, one This Morning viewer said: ‘I think she needs to move on and do something else.’

Another person agreed, and said: ‘Goodbye Holly, your time to move on.’

A third added: ‘Good. Just wish ITV would snub her now and get rid of her.’

One other wrote: ‘I think ITV are making a mistake by pinning all their hopes on HW. I think her popularity was on the wane long before all the kerfuffle about Schofe, and although she’s done nothing wrong, I think she should move on.’

A different person also predicted it was the end for Holly’s role on the show, and said: ‘And so her downfall begins.’

Changing times: It comes as Holly Willoughby has been told by viewers to ‘move on’ from This Morning after she was snubbed in the National Television Award’s Best Presenter category

Moving on: However fans have now suggested that ITV’s golden girl’s crown may be slipping, as she missed out on the nomination in favour of her co-star Alison Hammond (pictured)

Out: Holly was snubbed from the TV presenter category for the upcoming National Television Awards

Another added: ‘Holly who?’

While one person questioned: ‘How is she still on screen?’

One person insisted that Holly was the glue of the show, writing: ‘Holly is deserves the award and her pay increase. She is the only one keeping the show together.’ 

Holly and Phil had been longlisted for the best TV presenter prize, alongside fellow This Morning hosts Alison, Dermot O’Leary, Rylan Clark and Martin Lewis, but only Alison and Martin made the cut.

National Television Awards 2023: NOMINEES

 New Drama

Doja Cat – ‘Attention’

Beyond Paradise

Blue Lights

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Wednesday

 

Reality Competition

Love Island

Race Across the World

SAS: Who Dares Wins

The Traitors

 

Authored Documentary

Deborah James: Bowelbabe in Her Own Words

Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now 

 Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction

Rob Burrow: Living with MND

 

Returning Drama

Call the Midwife

Happy Valley 

 Stranger Things

Vera

 

TV Presenter

Alison Hammond

Ant & Dec 

 Bradley Walsh

Claudia Winkleman

Martin Lewis

 

Factual

Clarkson’s Farm

Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs

Sort Your Life Out

 The Martin Lewis Money Show Live

 

Drama Performance

Brenda Blethyn, DCI Vera Stanhope, Vera 

 India Amarteifio, Young Queen Charlotte, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

James Norton, Tommy Lee Royce, Happy Valley

Judy Parfitt, Sister Monica Joan, Call The Midwife

Sarah Lancashire, Catherine Cawood, Happy Valley

 

The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award

Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway

Gogglebox

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

The Masked Singer

Serial Drama

Coronation Street

EastEnders

Emmerdale

Hollyoaks

 

TV Interview 

Louis Theroux Interviews…

Piers Morgan Uncensored

The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show

The Graham Norton Show

 

Serial Drama Performance

Charlotte Jordan, Daisy Midgeley, Coronation Street

Danielle Harold, Lola Pearce-Brown, EastEnders

Dominic Brunt, Paddy Kirk, Emmerdale

Maureen Lipman, Evelyn Plummer, Coronation Street

 

Quiz Game Show

Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel

Richard Osman’s House Of Games

The 1% Club

The Chase Celebrity Special

 

Rising Star

Benjamin Chivers, Isaac, The Devil’s Hour

Bobby Brazier, Freddie Slater, EastEnders

Channique Sterling-Brown, Dee-Dee Bailey, Coronation Street

Lewis Cope, Nicky Milligan, Emmerdale

 

Daytime

Loose Women

The Chase

The Repair Shop

This Morning

 

Comedy

Brassic

Ghosts

Ted Lasso

Young Sheldon

 

Talent Show

Britain’s Got Talent

Strictly Come Dancing

The Great British Bake Off

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