Viewers at war over James Martin and Anita Rani’s return to This Morning
STAND-IN hosts James Martin and Anita Rani reappeared on This Morning today, leaving regular watchers of the show taking to Twitter to express their delight or displeasure.
Anita Rani and James Martin hosting This Morning
The summer season sees regular hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield disappear for a well-earned break leaving various guest-hosts to fill their places on the This Morning sofa.
Normally, Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford step in, but today saw the return of Anita and James.
When the pair last were on at the end of July, viewers ranted about their “lack of chemistry” on Twitter.
Today, as some viewers continued to pick holes in the duos performance, others started to warm up to them.
Anita Rani stood in for Ruth Langsford today
Those slamming the pair tweeted angry posts to the tune of: “Sorry @jamesmartinchef and @itsanitarani car crash tv #thismorning #fail.”
Another viewer was so upset to see them that they managed to muddle James’ name up: “Martin James and that Anita Rani are just pure cringe on This Morning.”
Someone else slammed Anita’s interview style, offering her a suggestion on how to improve: “Please @itsanitarani LISTEN to your guests. It's frustrating and annoying when we can't hear them because you keep speaking over them. SHUSH!”
James Martin on This Morning today
Tweets cropped up demanding to know where Anita got her outfit
This Morning - Anita Rani reveals she's always losing her pants
Others, however, were thoroughly enjoying watching the replacement presenters, with one gushing: “I love watching This Morning with Anita she's so warm and genuine. Love how she empowers the ladies #girlpower #confidence.”
Another had a suggestion for ITV to keep them on full-time, writing: “@jamesmartinchef You and Anita Rani were fabulicious on @itvthismorning! Very good match indeed. Every day would be fab!”
By far the most tweets were about Anita’s jumpsuit with a plethora of viewers desperate to know where it was from.
This Morning returns on Monday at 10:30am on ITV.