This Morning thrown into ‘utter chaos’ as Phillip Schofield reveals it’s ‘gone wrong’ after VIP guest fails to turn up

THIS Morning was left in what Phillip Schofield called “utter chaos” today after a VIP guest failed to show up. He and co-host Holly Willoughby were left in the lurch by the Icelandic prime minister – and resorted to eating cheese in silence. Phillip, 58, explained what had happened, saying: “You know those timings at […]

THIS Morning was left in what Phillip Schofield called “utter chaos” today after a VIP guest failed to show up.

He and co-host Holly Willoughby were left in the lurch by the Icelandic prime minister – and resorted to eating cheese in silence.

Phillip, 58, explained what had happened, saying: “You know those timings at the beginning of the show – we’ve got this coming up at this time, we’ve got this coming up at this time?

“That’s all out the window today because – and here’s something you don’t expect to say every day – the Icelandic prime minister got the time wrong.

“They forgot about the time difference. We’re supposed to be talking to the Icelandic prime minster, it’s thrown us all into utter chaos.”

Referring to Lisa Snowdon, who got bundled on screen early, he said: “Everything is happening. Lisa wasn’t ready.”

Holly added: “A minute ago I was nearly doing a tap-dance for you.”

Phillip said: “We were about to sing and tell you stories of our weekend.”

James Martin rushed into his kitchen early to talk about cheese as the running order got reshuffled, but the hosts were still left with stretches of time to fill.

Sitting in front of a plate of British dairy products, Phillip said: “We’ve got some big gaps on the show at the moment because we’re still not sure about the Icelandic prime minister.

“So this is a new format on ITV – this is called Phillip and Holly eat cheese.”

 

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Iceland’s prime minister Katrin Jakobsdottir was due to appear on This Morning today[/caption]

Holly suggested: “I think down in your dressing room there’s a bottle of red wine you could bring up.”

Phillip replied: “We’ll play some music now and just eat cheese. This is the format.”

The pair then silently ate cheese while some jaunty music played in the studio.

Viewers weren’t as disappointed by the lack of action as you might expect, with one tweeting: “I don’t mind watching @hollywills eating cheese for the rest of the show. I don’t mind at all.”