ALISON TO REPLACE CAT?

It seems there's trouble at This Morning as Cat Deeley is said to feel 'overlooked' by bosses

It's been a rocky two years for This Morning. Following the exits of Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby last year, bosses scrambled to find the perfect replacements to save the show.

But while it appeared that they'd found just that in Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard, who took the helm in March, the duo don't seem to have connected with audiences and viewing figures are said to have gone from over a million on their first show to half that in the space of a few months.

Now, a source tells Woman’s Own that bosses are ‘heaping praise’ on Alison Hammond, 49, which could be causing tension between Alison and Cat backstage. ‘There’s been a feeling of division simmering at This Morning for quite some time now,’ they tell us. So, are bosses hoping to replace Cat with Alison, if she decides to walk?

Big divide

If Cat is feeling sidelined in favour of Alison, it would hardly be surprising if there were a frosty atmosphere between the pair. Cat and Alison recently hosted the show, and viewers pointed out that the pair seemed far from friendly. One said, ‘Just switched on the TV and you could cut the tension between Cat and Alison with a knife. They look so awkward and uncomfortable.