A This Morning star has given her verdict on Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard’s appointment as co-presenters on This Morning, suggesting they’re a secure selection.
Rustie Lee, 74, who has often featured on ITV’s This Morning since 2012, the place she hosts the cooking section, stated that she loves the duo however loved the way in which the present used a mixture of completely different presenters earlier than that.
Speaking on the My Dirty Laundry podcast, Rustie stated: ‘I preferred how they had been going with completely different presenters on a regular basis. They’ve by no means invited me to be a presenter.
‘I’m positive I may current extraordinarily nicely on that present. It would not be the primary time I’ve completed it. I’ve had radio exhibits in Birmingham. I used to be radio presenter on a present in Birmingham, West Midlands, BBC Radio.
‘So, you realize, they’ve by no means stated, “Oh, Rustie it’s best to current”. I might like to current and present them that it is one thing I can do with folks. You need to be good with folks.’
She continued :’I feel that Cat and Ben are good. It’s what folks need. I preferred the combo with folks like Alison Hammond and Josie Gibson – folks from completely different walks of life.
‘I feel they are going with a gentle hand however I noticed Cat Deeley work on the present and he or she did nicely. Ben Shephard is superb too, he is household man.
‘But I feel how they had been going because the Phillip Schofield scenario [before that], was good as a result of it offers everybody an opportunity to do one thing.
‘But good luck to them. I want them the perfect. Of course I do.’
When informed that she would have been a good selection to current, Rustie replied: ‘I might like to do it. There’s no cause why I should not do it.
‘Lots of people in Britain know me. There’s no cause why I should not do it. Simple as that.’
Cat and Ben grew to become everlasting hosts earlier this month after Holly Willoughby stop the present in October.
Her departure got here 5 months after her co-host Phillip Schofield left over the furore surrounding his affair with a a lot younger colleague.
Holly felt that the present wasn’t the identical after that and was lastly ‘tipped over the sting’ by an alleged ‘kidnap and homicide plot’.
Much-loved Rustie began her TV profession as a cookery professional on Good Morning Britain again in 1983 and stayed on the present till 1991.
While nonetheless showing often, she plans on bringing out a variety of face lotions and has written a collection of kids’s books.
Find out extra on Instagram on @mydirtylaundrypodcast or hearken to the entire interview on Spotify here
