Holly Willoughby due back on This Morning with Josie Gibson as co-host

Josie Gibson will present alongside Holly Willoughby as Phillip Schofield's former co-host is set to return to the This Morning sofa on Monday for the first time since the ITV saga.

At the end of Friday's show, Alison Hammond said Gibson and Willoughby will be on Monday's show, though it is not clear if a permanent replacement for Schofield has been decided.

Schofield has resigned from his 20-year post presenting ITV's This Morning after admitting to an “unwise, but not illegal” affair with a young male colleague.

Co-host Holly Willoughby said she felt "very hurt" by Schofield's lie over the affair after she asked him "directly" if it was true and "was told it was not".

He confirmed in an interview with the BBC on Friday that he has sent a text to Willoughby but not received a response.

"The last time we had a conversation was when I texted Holly and said, ‘Don’t reply’ – this was after the statement last week – ‘Don’t reply, you’re probably not allowed to, but I am deeply deeply sorry that I lied to you,'" he said.

The pair presented together for over 15 years on This Morning.

ITV said: "Holly Willoughby returns to This Morning on Monday June 5th and will co-present with members of the This Morning family, as confirmed in our 20th May statement.

"Josie Gibson will be hosting with Holly on Monday, as mentioned at the end of today's show."

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