Cat Deeley was eager to work alongside Rylan Clark as the brand new co-hosts of This Morning.
Last 12 months ITV’s flagship breakfast programme misplaced each of its long-term hosts.
In May Phillip Schofield, 61, give up the present after admitting to an ‘unwise but not illegal’ affair with a younger colleague.
Then, 5 months later, Holly Willoughby introduced she was additionally leaving after 14 years, describing it as a ‘difficult goodbye’.
In the months since a roster of presenters have stepped in, however this week it was reported Cat, 47, can be taking excessive job completely alongside Good Morning Britain’s Ben Shephard, 49.
A supply stated the cat was ‘out of the bag’ and the pair can be formally introduced as the brand new hosts subsequent month.
However, Cat was stated to be eager to current alongside Rylan, who she had labored with throughout a three-day stint on the present in November.
But it’s additionally been claimed she’s going to ‘not receive special treatment’ when balancing her new job along with her commitments because the host of So You Think You Can Dance within the United States.
‘She will absolutely not be given time off to film the next series of So You Think You Can Dance. So she has to make that decision, it’s one or the opposite, finish of,’ the supply stated.
‘Cat told friends that she wanted the job, if she could make it work.’
The presenter can also be stated to have issues about her husband, comic and TV presenter Patrick Kielty’s commitments in Ireland and the way they’d juggle the roles.
‘She also feared that Patrick’s commitments in Ireland made issues very tough for her to take the job. She additionally actually, actually needed to do it with Rylan,’ they added when talking to The Mirror.
When reviews of Cat becoming a member of the present first emerged final 12 months it was claimed she and Ben would obtain an annual wage of £555,000.
Despite the hefty wage, it was nonetheless far decrease than what Holly and Phil had been paid, with the pair reportedly being taking home £700,000 yearly for his or her function.
However, along with her present function on the US actuality present, Cat is reportedly paid no less than £344,000 a season.
Splitting her time between the US and UK whereas the present is filming, the subsequent season is ready to air in March.
When Cat and Ben had been revealed to be the frontrunners for the This Morning roles, the supply stated Ben was ‘obviously well known and loved by the ITV daytime audience thanks to his many years on the breakfast sofa’.
Meanwhile they stated Cat was additionally a ‘very recognisable face’ for viewers.
However, following her internet hosting stint final 12 months, Cat did name her time on the present ‘a one-off’.
‘It was so much fun, but it was only really a one-off,’ she informed Closer in December.
Metro.co.uk has contacted ITV and representatives for Cat Deeley for remark.
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV1.
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