Cat Deeley revealed as new This Morning host after Holly Willoughby quit ITV show
CAT Deeley is joining This Morning as a host, The Sun can reveal.
The ex SMTV Live host, 47, will sit alongside Rylan Clark on the famous ITV sofa, as bosses continue to look for a replacement for Holly Willoughby and Phil Schofield.
Cat and Rylan, 35, will host together for a week from Monday 13th.
It comes after Rylan proved a hit with This Morning viewers when he fronted the show last week.
A source said: "Cat is seasoned pro and execs have been keen to get her in for a while.
"She takes live TV in her stride and his really witty and personable with guests.
The flagship daytime show has been left in crisis since star Holly, 42, quit in October, just months after Phillip, 61, was axed for having had an affair with a much younger runner, leaving a shortage among the presenter rotation.
Earlier this year there was speculation that Rylan had thrown shade at Schofield amid the fallout when he did an interview in May.
Rylan, who announced he was leaving Strictly spin-off show It Takes Two in April, did not name anyone, but said: "People can see who are the real ones and can very much see who isn't.
"I've been in this industry for nearly 11 years and all I've ever been is nice and polite to people.
"And that's starting to pay off for me now because there are people in this industry who aren't like that.
"They think they're something special. And the walls are starting to fall."
Last month Rylan made another thinly-veiled dig at Schofield in an interview with The Telegraph discussing showbiz gossip.
He said: "The only time I get involved with something like that is when my name is involved.
He went on to explain that he lives by the motto: "Work hard, be decent to everybody and be nice to everyone on the way up, because everyone has a fall."