{"id":71130,"date":"2023-11-25T01:25:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T01:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montelagocelticfestival.com\/?p=71130"},"modified":"2023-11-25T01:25:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T01:25:31","slug":"josie-gibson-recalls-being-called-last-minute-to-replace-holly-willoughby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montelagocelticfestival.com\/celebrity\/josie-gibson-recalls-being-called-last-minute-to-replace-holly-willoughby\/","title":{"rendered":"Josie Gibson recalls being called last minute to replace Holly Willoughby"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>I&#8217;m A Celeb: Josie discusses getting her This Morning job<\/h3>\n<p>Josie Gibson recalled being asked to replace Holly Willoughby\u00a0as This Morning host in a last-minute phone call.<\/p>\n<p>The ITV star was chatting on Wednesday&#8217;s I&#8217;m A Celebrity&#8230; Get Me Out Of Here! with Sam Thompson and Fred Sirieix about how their careers launched and confessed the first time she hosted the daytime magazine show was as a last resort.<\/p>\n<p>Detailing how she worked on the channel doing competitions, she went on: &#8220;And then one day I got the call&#8230; I was on my way to a competition at work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And I got the call to host This Morning&#8230; Everybody was ill!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How did you feel when they called you and asked if you could come in?&#8221; Fred asked.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong> READ MORE <\/strong> <strong>IAC Josie Gibson makes filthy blunder during chat on Jamie Lynn quitting show<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/20\/590x\/secondary\/This-Morning-Josie-described-being-called-onto-the-show-last-minute-5080415.jpg?r=1700693584430\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought they were joking,&#8221; she admitted. &#8220;They said, &#8216;Where are you?&#8217; I said, &#8216;I&#8217;m on the M4 on the way to a competition.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I honestly thought they were joking around &#8211; I thought they were having a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was like, &#8216;OK haha,&#8217; and then they were like, &#8216;No, this is serious, we need you to present the main show&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And I thought&#8230; 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Sam probed, to which the presenter responded: &#8220;Erm, well I didn&#8217;t really have time to be because basically, I had 15 minutes to get ready.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So I went straight in, had 15 minutes in makeup, and then straight to the studio floor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So I didn&#8217;t have time to be nervous at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Big Brother star quipped: &#8220;They must have been going through the phonebook like, &#8216;Alison, no she&#8217;s busy, Holly&#8217;s ill, Rochelle&#8217;s ill&#8230;'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Josie seems to be settling well into camp life, and while she&#8217;s avoided any dramas of her own so far she&#8217;s been on-hand to comfort campmate Jamie Lynn Spears as she&#8217;s been struggling with missing her children.<\/p>\n<p>Talking about how Jamie almost left the show, Josie stated on Wednesday: &#8220;I&#8217;m so glad Jamie stayed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m A Celebrity&#8230; Get Me Out Of Here! continues on Thursday at 9pm on ITV.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/showbiz\/tv-radio\/1838024\/im-a-celeb-Josie-Gibson-replace-Holly-Willoughby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m A Celeb: Josie discusses getting her This Morning job Josie Gibson recalled being asked to replace Holly Willoughby\u00a0as This Morning host in a last-minute phone call. 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