Phillip Schofield hits back at Fern Britton's claims she 'wasn't invited' to This Morning BAFTA ceremony

Schofield revealed that Britton had declined the offer
Natasha Sporn3 October 2018

Phillip Schofield has hit back at Fern Britton's claims that she was snubbed at Monday night’s BAFTA ceremony, claiming that she actually “declined” the invite to attend.

Britton, who presented the show alongside Schofield for seven years, joined Wednesday’s show via video link to help celebrate the programme’s 30th birthday.

Britton couldn’t help herself as she referenced the other major milestone celebration – This Morning’s BAFTA honour – claiming she “wasn’t invited”.

But Schofield has slammed her claims online, writing: “Odd really, because she was invited and declined #memoryloss we’d have loved her to be there.

“A vital and much loved part of the show,” he said as he shared a video of the moment.

Britton, 61, had said: “Congrats on the BAFTA. That was absolutely wonderful and brilliant. I would have loved to have been there but I didn't get an invitation.”

Old duo: Phil Schofield and Fern Britton presented together for seven years
Ian West/PA Archive/PA Images

Schofield attempted a swift subject change, telling viewers that Britton is up in Scotland performing on stage each night.

But Britton wasn’t letting it go as she retorted: "I wasn't on Monday night, I would have come but I wasn't invited.”

The interview had already taken an awkward turn after a technical fault caused Britton’s live link to drop out halfway through her talking about her favourite moments on the show.

In charge of the floating weather map for the special show, Hammond attempted to jump over the Northern Ireland but pushed the sailor off the edge.

This Morning airs weekdays at 10.30am on ITV.

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