Fern Britton admits she’s going to CBB LEAVE if Phillip Schofield joins

Fern Britton has admitted she’s going to stroll out of Celebrity Big Brother if her former This Morning colleague Phillip Schofield joins the present final minute.

The presenter, 66, grew to become a family identify internet hosting the ITV Daytime present alongside Philip, 61, from 1999 to 2009, when she was changed by Holly Willoughby, 43.

And chatting with fellow housemate Gary Goldsmith throughout Wednesday evening’s episode, Fern was adamant that she would not need to be in the identical home as Phillip.

Gary stated: ‘It was rumoured that he was going to return in right here.’

Fern added: ‘Oh nicely, that did not occur. Yet! Maybe he is coming in as a shock.’

Gary stated: ‘Can you think about?’

‘Well, yeah. I may need to depart at that time!’, she laughed. 

The TV persona additionally declared the brand new This Morning hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard, who’re changing Phillip and Holly Willoughby on the present, will do a ‘nice job’ at presenting.

Gary requested: ‘What do you concentrate on the state of affairs with This Morning in the mean time?’

Fern stated: ‘Genuinely I have not been there for 15 years. 15 years, are you able to imagine that! I acquired off the prepare and it is manner over the horizon now, so I truthfully do not know. 

‘I am unable to say something as a result of something I might say can be subversion. It was tough at instances, like an establishment. It’s weirdly a programme like that [the royal family]. It rocks however then will get again collectively once more. 

‘And I believe Ben and Cat are going to do a extremely good job, it is a new period.’

‘I believe it is misplaced its persona by having a spread of various hosts’, Gary stated as Fern nodded.

The presenter reportedly blames Phil for her This Morning exit and is not afraid to talk out within the CBB home.

‘She felt like she was actually onerous accomplished by when she left This Morning and now she needs to inform her aspect of the story,’ a supply advised OK! Magazine earlier than she entered the home.

‘She truly blames Philip Scofield for her shedding her job and felt he had loads to do with the very fact she acquired pushed out for a youthful mannequin, she’s not afraid to talk out now and she or he’s not taking any prisoners. Viewers can actually count on fireworks. She’s utilizing it as a chance to relaunch her profession.’

The insider added it’s a good alternative for Fern after changing into ‘unexpectedly single’ after her marriage with TV chef Phil Vickery, 62, broke down.

The married couple break up in 2020 and in 2022, Phil was noticed kissing her former finest pal Lorraine Stanton.

‘She feels she’s had a tough time just lately – she’s overtly spoken about her gastric band and in addition acquired divorced from husband of 20 years, Phil Vickery’, the supply added.

A consultant of Fern advised MailOnline: ‘Fern has already stated every part she needs to say about Philip Scofield and her departure from This Morning 15 years in the past and received’t be commenting additional.’

It was claimed on the time of Fern’s This Morning exit she felt ‘undervalued by ITV’ and that she was ‘dwelling in Phil’s shadow’.

It was additionally reported she was being paid £250,000 a 12 months lower than Phil and that he was incomes 3 times her wage after they had been fronting Mr and Mrs collectively from 2008 to 2010.

Phil is claimed to have banked £45,000 an hour whereas Fern earned simply £15,000.

However, Fern denied she left ITV due to her wage and upon her departure she talked about the entire This Morning workforce slightly than simply Phillip.

Four years after her departure, Phillip admitted he and Fern now not spoke.

Last 12 months Fern confirmed whereas she had a ‘marvelous’ time engaged on This Morning, she hasn’t stayed in contact with Phillip.

She stated: ‘We had been concerned within the present and mates on the time, however we do not actually [speak anymore].’