5 days Ago By [email protected] (Kelly Smith)
This Morning's Josie Gibson made a triumphant return to ITV, causing a lot of noise among viewers who all shared the same opinion on her comeback. The 39-year-old joined Dermot O'Leary on the fan favourite. Eager fans swarmed social media with messages of delight, flooding platform X - previously known as Twitter - with praise as the presenter ended her long-term hiatus and returned to her post.
Viewers were quick to express their excitement at Josie's comeback. One person wrote: "Josie's back #thismorning." Another fan asked bemusedly: "Josie - where the hell have you been?" A third chimed in: "Woooooooo Josie is back #ThisMorning.
" (sic) The joy continued, with another posting: "It's Josie! #ThisMorning." Meanwhile, a fifth commentator, clearly exasperated by her absence, exclaimed: "Josie's back, about b***y time, #thismorning." (sic) The beloved TV personality had been absent due to commitments that included filming for her upcoming Channel 5 show First Class Travel and a project delving into 1970s cuisine, reports the Mirror .
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" The Big Brother favourite has kept details of her new show under wraps, with its title and release date remaining unannounced, but Channel 5 is expected to air the programme sometime in January. Josie has returned to This Morning after long-term absence Josie Gibson left her followers feeling sentimental in September when she declared she'd be taking a break from This Morning due to other work obligations, although she promised her return in December. She said at the time: "I should be around at Christmas on the [This Morning] sofa, so then I will get back on the road and try to make it all work as much as I can.
" Josie made her debut alongside Dermot Discussing her forthcoming travel show, she teased viewers with insights into luxury experiences, remarking: "It is going to be amazing because I'm going to be exploring how the other half live, like the first class travel. "You know when you walk through the airplane and you think, I wonder what is that way? I'm going to be seeing all the stuff that is the other way." Sharing a lighthearted moment with her co-presenter Craig Doyle at the time, she quipped about her challenging new venture: "It's a tough gig, but someone's got to do it.
" This Morning airs on ITV1, from 10am..
