Storm Huntley breaks silence over This Morning hosting role after being tipped to take over from Holly Willoughby
STORM Huntley has broken her silence over speculation connecting her with the vacant This Morning position.
The Scots TV star, 36, was tipped as a frontrunner to replace ex-host Holly Willoughby after she sensationally quit the popular show.
The move from the blonde favourite came following an alleged kidnap plot.
Huntley, from Glasgow, has proved a hit with fans as a co-host on Channel 5's Jeremy Vine programme, before landing her own talk show at the station.
Andy Barr told The Scottish Sun that advertisers would be "queueing up to return to the programme" if Huntley, from Glasgow, moved to ITV.
The PR guru, who is boss at , said: "Storm Huntley is fast rising up the bookies odds to make the jump over to ITV's This Morning."
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Huntley has broken her silence after being backed for the hot seat.
On her Instagram story earlier today, the mum-of-one wrote: "Well it's certainly been quite the day. First I get sent this..."
Huntley shared a screenshot of our story, before adding: "Very flattering but I think there may be a scheduling issue there."
Other famous faces, including Alison Hammond and Ben Shephard, have also been tipped to scoop the iconic ITV gig.
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Mr Barr said: "Whilst all the speculation so far pits the job competition being between her and the ever-charismatic Alison Hammond, I do wonder if ITV is going to take the opportunity to give the format a complete makeover and lead with two female presenters to run the show. And why not?
"Have the odd male guest presenter coming in and out as they do now, or even make it into more of a panel format with a few different presenters coming in and out, but with Storm and Alison leading the way.
"The powerful duo, with their strong brand images, and large fan-bases, would have the big-spending advertisers potentially queuing up to return to the programme."
The bookies agree with the public relations expert, with a betting insider revealing the brunette star is the new "front runner".
Coral's John Hill said: "Storm Huntley is now 3/1 (from 10/1) to replace Holly Willoughby as a permanent This Morning presenter.
"Storm Huntley has been a big hit on daytime television since moving down to London.
"We have seen strong support for her over the last 48 hours in our betting on who will replace Holly Willoughby on This Morning,"
"The Scottish presenter is now a front runner alongside the likes of Alison Hammond and Josie Gibson."
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