ITV This Morning viewers 'cringe' at Holly and Phillip minutes into show as they blast 'unnecessary' segment

This Morning viewers complained that the latest episode got off to a 'cringy' start as Phillip Schofield was finally reunited with Holly Willoughby. The 41-year-old returned to presenting duties on Wednesday (March 23) after finally testing negative for coronavirus after testing positive earlier this month hours before she was due to appear on Dancing On Ice for the skating competition's semi-final.

Both Josie Gibson and Alison Hammond have stepped in to host This Morning alongside Phillip in Holly's absence but she was eventually allowed to return before the end of another week.

Opening Wednesday's edition of the ITV daytime show on Wednesday Phillip said 'hiya' with a huge grin on his face as Holly threw her own hands up and screeched 'Hi'.

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"Well, here you are," Phillip said turning to his co-host to which she said: "It's so nice to be back. I actually feel like I've been gone forever."

"So do I," Phillip agreed as Holly went on: "I've watched loads of you, I feel like you've been in my house with me the whole time. It's been so nice to have you there."

Talking about how she was during her time off with Covid, Holly said: "I had 48 hours of feeling really rubbish, just in bed, head on the pillow, headache... all that kind of stuff and then after that you just felt like you had a bit of a cold but fine."

"I'm absolutely fine it's just waiting for that line to go," she added referring to that on a Lateral Flow Test. "Every morning you're like... it's like the worst advent calendar in the world. 'What will I get today? Argh, a red line again'," Holly laughed.

The pair then cracked on with their busy show but fans weren't