Phillip Schofield was seen alongside Holly Willoughby during Tuesday's airing of This Morning amid his absence from the ITV show.
The broadcaster, who fronts the morning programme with Holly Monday through Thursday each week, was seen promoting their brand new daily competition '12 at 12' in a teaser trailer encouraging viewers to take part. Check out the video below to see the promo clip.
Although the short clip was filmed prior to Phillip's absence, a voiceover from Holly stated at the end: "That's 12 at 12, all next week at 12 pm on This Morning," perhaps an indication that the hosts will be back in their regular seats as main presenters from next week.
Phillip has been absent from This Morning for a number of weeks. Prior to the Easter holidays, Holly was joined by Alison Hammond and Joel Dommett who filled in for Phillip amid his brother, Tim Schofield's trial.
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© Ken McKay/ITV/REX/ShutterstockAfter a week of replacements, the Easter holidays then kicked off meaning that Holly and Phillip's regular break from the ITV commenced. Alison and Dermot O'Leary fronted a number of episodes last week and across the Bank Holiday weekend. This week, meanwhile, has seen Josie Gibson and Craig Doyle take the reins as main presenters for the second half of the holidays.
Both Phillip and bosses on This Morning have remained tight-lipped about the broadcasters absence from the show, but the official social media accounts for the ITV show did pay tribute to him on his 61st birthday.
© Ken McKay/ITV/REX/ShutterstockTheir official Instagram page posted a photo of a smiling Phillip with bunting and a confetti GIF, alongside the message: "Happy birthday @schofe, from everyone at #ThisMorning!"
They also added several photos of Phillip from various moments on the show, including snapshots of him with his co-presenter, Holly Willoughby, and Alison Hammond.
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