This Morning Dismisses Tess Daly And Vernon Kay Presenting Rumours

This Morning bosses have dismissed reports claiming that they are looking to shake up the presenting line-up on the hit daytime show.

Over the weekend, The Sun published a piece claiming that This Morning producers were eyeing the possibility of recruiting husband-and-wife duo Tess Daly and Vernon Kay as a new presenting team for the show, in an attempt to overturn diminishing viewing figures.

However, a representative has since insisted that this is not the case.

“We are very happy with Cat [Deeley], Ben [Shephard], Alison [Hammond] and Dermot [O’Leary] as This Morning’s lead presenters and there are no plans for that to change,” a spokesperson told The Standard on Monday.

The ITV rep added that “2026 has got off to a great start” for This Morning, pointing out that viewing figures are “up year on year” and that the show has “a weekly reach of 3.7 million viewers”.

Last year, Tess made headlines when she announced she was stepping down as the host of Strictly Come Dancing, having been with the show since it launched in 2004.

Since then, she and her husband Vernon co-presented a special edition of The One Show together last month while regular presenters Alex Jones and Roman Kemp were away, marking their first time presenting on screen together in two decades.

Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard were appointed as This Morning’s regular presenting team in early 2024, following a turbulent period for the ITV daytime show in light of the much-publicised departures of Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby.

Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary, meanwhile, have been the show’s resident Friday presenters since 2020, taking over the slot previously occupied by Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford.

The show also features regular guest presenting contributions from the likes of Craig Doyle, Josie Gibson, Rochelle Humes and Rylan Clark.

This Morning airs every weekday from 10am on ITV1.