This Morning’s Josie Gibson left stunned as Love Island’s Chris Hughes insults her at Cheltenham

THIS Morning's Josie Gibson told viewers how she turned up at Cheltenham in posh tweeds and a hat - only to be insulted by Chris Hughes.

She explained that the Love Island star, who now helps front ITV's horseracing coverage, compared her to Crocodile Dundee.

Josie recounted what had happened to Good Morning Britain's Charlotte Hawkins, 46, and ITV sports presenter Ed Chamberlin, 48

She said: "Do you know what Chris Hughes said to me? I bumped into Chris Hughes in the backstage tent there.

"He said: 'You look like a cross between Mick Dundee and Pamela Anderson.' I couldn't believe it."

Ed told her: "I'll have a word" while Charlotte added: "We'll speak to him." Josie replied: "Thank you, thank you for that."

The former Big Brother star was supposed to be at the Cheltenham Festival with pal Alison Hammond but was left by herself after Holly Willoughby got Covid.

Instead, Alison was in the This Morning studio in West London with Phillip Schofield.

Josie, 37, told her she was missing her friend but raved: "It is all kicking off here at Cheltenham Races, everyone's looking fabulous."

She later led the Got 2 Sing choir, dressed in black and green for St Patrick's Day, in a rendition of the This Morning theme.

Chris, 29, rose to fame when he appeared on the 2017 series of Love Island, coming third in a couple with Olivia Attwood.

They split after the show and he went on to release a single, Little Bit Leave It, with villa pal Kem Cetinay and released a biography entitled My Life Story: You Bantering Me.

In 2019 he started dating Little Mix star Jesy Nelson and began working for ITV Racing the same year.

Chris, who has been involved in racing since he was 11, has increasingly become one of the channel's faces of the sport.