Good Morning Britain’s Piers Morgan replaced by Ben Shephard as Susanna Reid jokes her usual co-host is ‘working hard elsewhere’ on ‘National Sickie Day’
She posted a snap of her and Shephard on her Twitter page
Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid jokes about Piers Morgan's absence from the sofa as he was replaced on this morning's show by Ben Shephard.
The morning TV presenter took to her Twitter page to post a snap of her, Shephard and Charlotte Hawkins captioning it, "Your Monday team".
Then she added: It's #NationalSickieDat but @piersmorgan insists he's working elsewhere."
Last week Piers announced he was taking a two-week break from the show to film his prime time show.
Some fans even threatened to boycott the show in his absence.
But this morning, while Susanna couldn't hide her grin, some viewers were disappointed not to see Piers greet them as they tuned in.
One wrote, "Where's Piers Morgan?' signing it off with an angry face emoji while another added: "@piersmorgan where are u? I turn on my TV and u are not there... #upset #bestpartofmyday #GMB not a happy viewer."
And another said they wouldn't be watching the TV until he was back on and wrote: "Can't watch @GMB if @piersmorgan isn't on it! Will have to stick with the radio tomorrow! #comebacksoon."
Piers spent last night tweeting about the Super Bowl and seemed excited with the New England Patriots win as he tweeted: "BOOOOOOOOOOM! Patriots win. Brady wins. Greatest comeback of all time. Wow. Wow. Wow."
The journalist has quite a fan base and last week, when he announced his fortnight break from the show, his fans, particularly the females ones, said they would miss him and threatened to not tune into the show until he returned.
Announcing his departure, the 51-year-old appeared to be happy he was leaving for a while and teased his co-stars Richard Arnold and Susanna Reid about leaving.
He told them: “I’m off for two weeks! I’m going off to film my primetime show and then I’ll be back again to help out with this morning show.”
As Susanna and Richard raised their eyebrows, Piers gave the camera a nod and told the viewers: “Don’t miss me too much.”
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