Amanda Holden appeared to make a thinly-veiled swipe at her former colleague Phillip Schofield after he confirmed he has stop This Morning.
The presenter, 52, took to Instagram on Saturday to share a cryptic submit simply minutes after the stunning information was revealed amid Phillip’s ‘feud’ with co-host Holly.
She posted a strongman emoji in what seemed to be an indication of celebration and didn’t caption the submit as she remained mysterious about its which means.
Amanda beforehand labored with Phillip on This Morning and has not shied away from making her emotions recognized about him through the years amid their ongoing feud.
Following Amanda’s seemingly sly dig, followers could not assist however take to the feedback part to invest it was directed at Phillip.
Awkward! Amanda Holden appeared to make a thinly-veiled swipe at Phillip Schofield after he confirmed he has stop This Morning
![Dig? She posted a strongman emoji in what appeared to be a sign of celebration just minutes after the shocking news was revealed](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/20/16/71214813-12106035-Dig_She_posted_a_strongman_emoji_in_what_appeared_to_be_a_sign_o-a-153_1684596101678.jpg?resize=634%2C789&ssl=1)
Dig? She posted a strongman emoji in what seemed to be an indication of celebration simply minutes after the stunning information was revealed
One wrote: ‘No phrases wanted,’ whereas one other stated: ‘I do know what that’s for.’
A 3rd commented: ‘You’ll be an excellent alternative,’ suggesting she take over his function on the ITV breakfast present.
Nevertheless, one other fan deemed her submit ‘pointless’ as they wrote: ‘This isn’t the way in which to do it. Utterly pointless.’
Again in September, Amanda made a sly dig at Phillip amid the ‘Queue-gate’ saga as she made her emotions very clear on the presenter.
Her feedback got here after it was claimed he and co-host Holly jumped the queue at Westminster Corridor in London final week to movie a section for This Morning whereas the late Queen lie in state.
On her Coronary heart Breakfast Present, Amanda appeared to reference the controversy throughout a lighthearted chat with Ashley Roberts.
Ashley, 41, may very well be heard saying: ‘So David Beckham has landed a seven-figure cope with Qatar’s World Cup sponsor, Doritos. I really like Doritos. I might love a seven-figure deal.
To which Amanda slyly replied: ‘Get in line. Effectively, I imply he did get in line. Good on him.’
Ashley then referenced the soccer legend’s latest go to to see the queen’s go to the place he waited in line alongside members of the general public after turning down a VIP invite.
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Finish of an period: Phillip Schofield has stop his function on This Morning after 21 years as host
![Swipe: Back in September, Amanda made a sly dig at Phillip amid the 'Queue-gate' saga as she made her feelings very clear on the presenter](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/20/16/62690273-12106035-Speaking_out_It_comes_as_Amanda_made_a_sly_dig_at_Phillip_Schofi-a-155_1684596798384.jpg?resize=634%2C915&ssl=1)
Swipe: Again in September, Amanda made a sly dig at Phillip amid the ‘Queue-gate’ saga as she made her emotions very clear on the presenter
![Saga: Her comments came after it was claimed he and Holly jumped the queue at Westminster Hall in London last week to film a segment for This Morning while the late Queen lie in state](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/20/16/62690275-12106035-Claims_Amanda_Holden_has_made_a_sly_dig_at_Phillip_Schofield_aft-a-154_1684596796683.jpg?resize=634%2C357&ssl=1)
Saga: Her feedback got here after it was claimed he and Holly jumped the queue at Westminster Corridor in London final week to movie a section for This Morning whereas the late Queen lie in state
![Colleagues: Amanda first worked with Phillip after stepping into Holly's shoes when the This Morning star took a year off the show to have her third baby in 2014](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/20/16/71214963-12106035-Colleagues_Amanda_first_worked_with_Phillip_after_stepping_into_-a-157_1684596858260.jpg?resize=634%2C775&ssl=1)
Colleagues: Amanda first labored with Phillip after moving into Holly’s footwear when the This Morning star took a 12 months off the present to have her third child in 2014
The Pussycat Doll stated: ‘Effectively, sure he did for like 14 hours.’
And again in June 2019, When requested on her Coronary heart Breakfast present what she would not need to discover inside her residence, Amanda stated: ‘Spiders, flies and Phillip Schofield.’
Amanda first labored with Phillip after moving into Holly’s footwear when the This Morning star took a 12 months off the present to have her third child in 2014.
Amanda beforehand stated she believes that in 2018, Phillip sabotaged her possibilities of filling in on This Morning whereas Holly hosted I am A Celeb.
A former daytime TV govt beforehand instructed The Solar: ‘Phillip actively campaigned for Rochelle, 30, to get the job regardless of Amanda being extra skilled – and having been instructed privately she’d received the gig.’
An ITV spokesperson later insisted that Rochelle’s casting was a call made by producers, telling MailOnline: ‘Presenter line ups on This Morning change recurrently and remaining choices on these line ups are made by producers and never the presenters.
‘Phillip Schofield is a a lot beloved broadcaster and a part of the ITV household. He’s a consummate skilled and held in excessive regard at ITV. Amanda can be held in excessive regard as a decide on certainly one of our greatest exhibits.’
However stories have lengthy been rife about troubles between the TV hosts, with Amanda reportedly lobbying ITV executives after Schofield allegedly pushed for Rochelle Humes to take the job.
Her newest sly dig got here simply minutes after Phillip stop his function on This Morning after 21 years as host with instant impact.
The TV presenter, 61, has bowed out of the programme following stories of a feud together with his co-host Holly Willoughby, with Thursday 18th Might his final ever present.
In an announcement launched on Saturday, Phillip stated: ‘I’ve at all times been proud to cowl fascinating tales on This Morning. However lately, This Morning itself has grow to be the story.
‘All through my profession in TV – together with the very troublesome previous few days – I’ve at all times performed my greatest to be honourable and type.
‘I perceive that ITV has determined the present scenario cannot go on, and I need to do what I can to guard the present that I really like.
![Tension: Her latest sly dig came just minutes after Phillip quit his role on This Morning after 21 years as host with immediate effect (pictured with Holly on his last ever show on Thursday)](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/20/15/71214053-12105907-image-a-35_1684594133491.jpg?resize=634%2C403&ssl=1)
Rigidity: Her newest sly dig got here simply minutes after Phillip stop his function on This Morning after 21 years as host with instant impact (pictured with Holly on his final ever present on Thursday)
‘So I’ve agreed to step down from This Morning with instant impact, within the hope that the present can transfer ahead to a vivid future.
‘I might wish to thank everybody who has supported me – particularly This Morning’s wonderful viewers – and I will see you all for the Cleaning soap Awards subsequent month.’
Holly Willoughby stated: ‘It has been over 13 nice years presenting This Morning with Phil and I need to take this chance to thank him for all of his information, his expertise and his humour. The couch will not really feel the identical with out him.’
Kevin Lygo, ITV’s Managing Director, Media and Leisure stated: ‘Phillip is palms down top-of-the-line broadcasters of his technology and we thank him for his twenty years price of completely terrific tv on the This Morning couch.
‘This Morning is made by top-of-the-line and most diligent groups in tv, who produce over 12 hours of stay tv every week.’
‘We stay up for persevering with our relationship with Phillip beginning with The British Cleaning soap Awards in June and a model new peak time sequence to come back.’
Holly uploaded a separate assertion to her Instagram account which stated: ‘Hello everybody… it has been over 13 nice years presenting This Morning with Phil and I need to take this chance to thank fim for all his information, his expereince and his hmour. The couch will not really feel the identical with out him.’
Holly will return to This Morning on Monday fifth June having taken an early half time period vacation beginning Monday twenty second Might.
Phillip’s dramatic departure from This Morning comes after stories that he and Holly have been now not as shut as they as soon as have been and hardly communicate off-camera.
![Feud: Phillip's dramatic departure from This Morning comes after reports that he and Holly were no longer as close as they once were and hardly speak off-camera (Phillip pictued on 16 May, 2023)](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/20/15/71213861-12105907-image-a-27_1684592888954.jpg?resize=634%2C948&ssl=1)
Feud: Phillip’s dramatic departure from This Morning comes after stories that he and Holly have been now not as shut as they as soon as have been and hardly communicate off-camera (Phillip pictued on 16 Might, 2023)
![Phillip said: 'I have agreed to step down from This Morning with immediate effect, in the hope that the show can move forward to a bright future'](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/20/15/71213581-12105907-image-a-17_1684591951891.jpg?resize=634%2C1048&ssl=1)
Phillip stated: ‘I’ve agreed to step down from This Morning with instant impact, within the hope that the present can transfer ahead to a vivid future’
![Holly shared her own statement which said: 'I want to take this opportunity to thank fim for all his knowledge, his expereince and his hmour. The sofa won't feel the same without him'](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/20/15/71213875-12105907-image-a-26_1684592862972.jpg?resize=634%2C1127&ssl=1)
Holly shared her personal assertion which stated: ‘I need to take this chance to thank fim for all his information, his expereince and his hmour. The couch will not really feel the identical with out him’
In a shocking transfer, Phillip broke his silence earlier this month to insist that there was no fallout with his co-host of 14 years following a string of controversies together with Queuegate and his brother, Timothy, being convicted of kid intercourse offences.
As Phillip admitted that ‘the previous couple of weeks have not been straightforward for us,’ sources near Holly instructed MailOnline that she had no concept that Phillip was going to make an announcement. They added the primary she noticed of it was when it was revealed on-line.
‘The previous few weeks have not been straightforward for both of us. As I’ve stated earlier than, Holly is my rock,’ Phil instructed The Solar.
‘We’re one of the best of mates — as at all times, she is an unimaginable help on display, behind the scenes and on the telephone. Holly has at all times been there for me, by way of thick and skinny. And I have been there for her.’
Bosses have been stated to be in disaster over the transfer, with stories that Holly needed to tug the plug on their working relationship for good.
There had been discuss as to why their 14-year reign as ‘besties’ is over, however the Mail’s Katie Hind has been instructed that on the coronary heart of the fall-out is a dispute over whether or not Phillip confided in Holly that his brother Timothy, a police IT employee, confronted prices of kid intercourse offences.
Mates say Holly was at midnight till Phillip took every week’s go away from the ITV daytime present to keep away from the limelight whereas the trial befell final month – one thing he’s at pains to disclaim.
Timothy Schofield was convicted of 11 offences and was sentenced to 12 years in jail on 19 Might.
![Speaking out: Phillip broke his silence earlier this month to insist that there has been no fallout with Holly following a string of controversies including Queuegate and his brother, Timothy, being convicted of child sex offences](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/20/15/71213943-12105907-image-a-28_1684593191098.jpg?resize=634%2C871&ssl=1)
Talking out: Phillip broke his silence earlier this month to insist that there was no fallout with Holly following a string of controversies together with Queuegate and his brother, Timothy, being convicted of kid intercourse offences
![Controversy: Phillip said his family have been through 'a real ordeal' after his younger brother Timothy (pictured) was convicted of child sex offences](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/20/15/70881701-12105907-Controversy_Phillip_said_his_family_have_been_through_a_real_ord-a-29_1684593194318.jpg?resize=634%2C827&ssl=1)
Controversy: Phillip stated his household have been by way of ‘an actual ordeal’ after his youthful brother Timothy (pictured) was convicted of kid intercourse offences
![Backlash: Last year Holly and Phil faced a criticism over claims they 'skipped the queue' to see the Queen lying in state, with Holly said to be distraught over the uproar](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/20/15/62713677-12105907-Backlash_Last_year_Holly_and_Phil_faced_a_criticism_over_claims_-a-31_1684593485181.jpg?resize=634%2C683&ssl=1)
Backlash: Final 12 months Holly and Phil confronted a criticism over claims they ‘skipped the queue’ to see the Queen mendacity in state, with Holly stated to be distraught over the uproar
Sources near Holly claimed she was ‘deeply upset’ that she discovered what was occurring from a 3rd occasion.
Not so way back, the pair have been undeniably shut.
The duo turned ‘nice mates’ having first met on Dancing on Ice and so they have introduced This Morning collectively since 2009.
Holly was additionally described as Phillip’s ‘rock’ when he got here out as homosexual stay on This Morning in 2020.
Phil has had a tumultuous few months, taking a break from work when his brother was convicted of kid intercourse offences.
Timothy Schofield, 54, was discovered responsible of 11 counts of sexual offences in opposition to his underage sufferer – with whom he watched porn whereas performing a intercourse act.
Phil took to social media after his brother was discovered responsible saying: ‘So far as I’m involved, I now not have a brother.’
In his assertion, launched on Thursday after they appeared again on This Morning, Phil stated his household have been by way of ‘an actual ordeal’.
![History: The presenting duo (pictured in November 2009) have worked together for more than a decade after Holly took over from Fern Britton as Phillip's co-host back in 2009](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/20/15/70838977-12105907-History_The_presenting_duo_pictured_in_November_2009_have_worked-a-32_1684593993193.jpg?resize=634%2C422&ssl=1)
Historical past: The presenting duo (pictured in November 2009) have labored collectively for greater than a decade after Holly took over from Fern Britton as Phillip’s co-host again in 2009
![Support: Holly was also described as Phillip's 'rock' when he came out as gay live on This Morning in 2020](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/20/15/24435518-12105907-A_friend_in_need_Holly_proved_the_depth_of_their_friendship_as_s-m-40_1684594568359.jpg?resize=634%2C552&ssl=1)
Assist: Holly was additionally described as Phillip’s ‘rock’ when he got here out as homosexual stay on This Morning in 2020
Shutting down rumours of a feud, he stated: ‘Holly’s help all through meant the world to me, as did the help of my bosses at ITV, my editor Martin Frizell and the entire This Morning household, together with our wonderful viewers. And naturally Holly has herself been ailing with shingles.’
The pair have been as soon as an extremely shut TV double act.
After a Nationwide Tv Awards win in 2016 they turned up for his or her slot seemingly hungover from celebrating the night time earlier than.
Her help when he got here out as homosexual makes it all of the extra shocking that Schofield would preserve the accusations in opposition to his brother a secret.
He stated Holly was as soon as once more his ‘absolute rock’, however her mates instructed a special story.
One stated: ‘Holly needed to discover out from another person which will need to have been terrible for her. She has been so loyal to him.
‘It has been upsetting for her, they’ve been fairly inseparable for 14 years. They’ve been by way of a lot collectively, some glad and a few actually powerful. However now their as soon as tremendous shut friendship is now not.’
Yesterday, a spokesman for the 42-year-old declined to remark when requested if she was stored at midnight over the courtroom case. Schofield stated it was ‘categorically unfaithful’.
In Phil’s absence from This Morning, Holly was paired with Alison Hammond and ITV bosses have been stated to be overjoyed by their chemistry and are now in search of extra alternatives to pair them up, with Hammond set to be entrance and centre of the present’s thirty fifth birthday celebrations in October.
Kevin Lygo, ITV’s director of tv, has at all times been near Phil, as have its head of daytime Emma Gormley and This Morning editor Martin Frizell.
However the star lately misplaced the help of Frizell – who was as soon as so staunchly loyal to him that he ‘took the bullets fired at Schofield’.
Sources near Frizell, the husband of former GMTV host Fiona Phillips, stated that he was ‘fed up of clearing up Schofield’s mess’.
Latest controversies included his refusal to deal with leaping the queue to see the late Queen laying in state final September.
One supply stated: ‘Martin and Phil have been as soon as so shut, an actual workforce. Martin is an old style tv man who believes in loyalty however issues have modified.’
In latest weeks, Frizell was seen sitting within the canteen ‘with a face like thunder’ whereas the present was on air. Normally, sources say, he could be ‘leaping up and down within the gallery and within the studio’.
In the meantime a supply near Holly revealed to MailOnline’s Dan Wootton: ‘The fallout with Phillip has been happening for fairly a while.
‘For Holly there’s additionally a level of her changing into involved that among the scandals related to Phillip are damaging her status.
‘There’s an comprehensible component of, “I’ve received to consider my profession, too”, She’s been looking for steering from (her husband) Dan (Baldwin) and ITV on that entrance.
‘This hasn’t been about the previous couple of weeks, however plenty of months. She has at all times been loyal to Phillip and beloved working with him.
‘However she’s additionally labored so exhausting to construct her personal status, so she will’t threat Phillip dragging her down.’
![Early years: Phillip joined This Morning in 2002 where he co-hosted alongside Fern Britton for seven years before Holly joined in 2009 (pictured with Fern in 2005)](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/20/16/24514350-12105907-Rift_The_dispute_between_Phillip_and_Fern_was_reignited_in_2018_-m-48_1684595337623.jpg?resize=634%2C943&ssl=1)
Early years: Phillip joined This Morning in 2002 the place he co-hosted alongside Fern Britton for seven years earlier than Holly joined in 2009 (pictured with Fern in 2005)
Phillip joined This Morning in 2002 the place he co-hosted alongside Fern Britton for seven years earlier than Holly joined in 2009.
It has additionally been claimed their feud goes again a lot additional than queuegate and truly started three years in the past, when Holly severed ties with their expertise companies.
It is also thought that Phillip was irked when Holly landed a job filling in for Ant McPartlin because the host of I am A Superstar Get Me Out Of Right here! in 2018.
The co-stars have been as soon as a part of the identical administration – YMU Group – earlier than Holly cut up from them to start out her personal company Roxy Administration.
Nevertheless, her tie to her outdated administration turned a fraught one as they turned embroiled in a authorized battle over her future earnings/
The case was settled out of courtroom, with Holly incomes £1million from them.
Phillip then again has chosen to stay with them and is even a shareholder – beginning a sequence of divisions between the 2.
Based on The Solar, he’s stated to earn £1million from them and is a ‘huge participant’ within the group.
A supply instructed the newspaper: ‘Holly quietly began to distance herself from Phil again in 2020. The authorized points rumbled on for 18 months however Holly fought for what was proper.
Even earlier, in 2018, Phillip was extensively recognized to be ‘irritated’ after Holly was chosen to step in for Ant McPartlin to co-host I am A Superstar… Get Me Out Of Right here with Declan Donnelly.
Whereas persevering with to current This Morning with no Holly, Phillip admitted he wished he was additionally internet hosting the jungle present.
This solely elevated Holly’s success as a break-out star away from her former greatest pal Phil.
She turned the presenter of Take Off With Bradley & Holly on BBC1 and launched her personal way of life model Wylde Moon in 2021.
Worthwhile collaborations adopted for the presenter, together with with Marks and Spencer, which is believed to have earned her £950,000.
Phil has tried to launch his personal facet tasks – comparable to gameshow The Dice on ITV – however they’ve time and time once more didn’t get off the bottom.