This Morning's Ben Shephard's tongue-in-cheek swipe at co-star Cat Deeley ahead of relaunch
09.03.2024 - 19:19
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Ben Shephard has made a tongue-in-cheek swipe at Cat Deeley's husband Patrick Kielty ahead of their debut as the permanent hosts of ITV's This Morning on Monday. The presenter, 49, cheekily joked that while he'd never worked with Cat, 47, herself, he'd taken a lot of penalties against her husband Patrick during SoccerAid and "he's yet to save one".
Ben and Cat will become co-hosts on Monday, March 11 as they replace Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on This Morning after months of turmoil and rotating presenters. While Ben and Cat have never worked together before, just days before they relaunch This Morning, Ben has reminisced about when they met during ITV's 2012 SoccerAid campaign.
Cat was presenting, while Ben was up against her hubby Patrick. Ben even made a cheeky dig at Irish TV presenter Patrick while chatting to the Mirror's We Love TV magazine.
He said: "We've never been lucky enough to work together before. I've taken a lot of penalties against her husband though and he's yet to save one." The former GMB presenter added: "I'm a huge fan of Cat's - she's just a brilliant broadcaster.
I loved waking up to her [on SM:TV Live] so the chance to work together is really fun." It comes after Ben was revealed as a new face of This Morning alongside Cat Deeley last month.
This Morning announced Cat and Ben's signings via their Instagram account, dropping a video of the Good Morning Britain presenter walking through the studio and hanging a picture up of his co host on the wall.
The caption read: "It's official! Say hello to our new #ThisMorning presenters… @benshephardofficial & @catdeeley! Welcome to the family. We can’t wait to see you soon!" Last year, viewers were surprised when Phillip announced he was leaving
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