has reportedly been left ‘torn’ with the offer of a return, as she doesn’t want to ‘upset’ her husband , it has been claimed.
star Ruth, 63, used to present the Friday edition of This Morning with Eamonn before being replaced by and in 2020.
It’s now been rumoured she’s been offered a chance to return, after Phillip Schofield stepped down from This Morning and ITV.
Schofield resigned from the programme after more than 20 years before quitting all his ITV projects when he with a much younger employee.
Since then, Eamonn has unleashed blistering rants on both Schofield and Holly,
He elsewhere has accused the duo presenting and claimed .
Ruth has now been left ‘incredibly torn’, it has been claimed, after she was reportedly approached by This Morning bosses for a potential return to the show, however, she doesn’t want to ‘upset’ her husband.
A source continued to Bella magazine, according to the ‘The idea is that the show is desperate to reassure viewers that it’s a family operation and the more familiar faces there are the better.
‘Whenever they’ve done market research, Ruth has always come up as a firm favourite.’
The insider went on to allege: ‘While obviously, Eamonn has burnt his bridges with ITV, Ruth still works for them and wants to continue.
‘She’s proud of her work at Loose Women but at the same time, doesn’t want to be used as damage control.
‘She is also loyal to her husband, of course, and wouldn’t want to upset Eamonn over it.
‘But she’s also not saying no – she is just surprised to be courted by them after everything that has happened.’
This comes after with Holly set to helm the show alongside a rotation of co-presenters as ITV decides to not replace Schofield.
The Wylde Moon founder, 42, will be the only permanent fixture on the long-running show and will be joined ‘mostly’ by Josie Gibson, 38, and Craig Doyle, 52, it has been claimed.
Alison, 48, and Dermot, 50, who present the programme on Fridays, will also reportedly join the Dancing on Ice host ‘sporadically.’
Describing Holly as This Morning’s ‘Queen Bee’, an ITV source said: ‘The idea of finding the next Phil to sit next to Holly has been disregarded by This Morning’s bosses.
‘It will be Holly along with whichever rotating presenter is selected to join her. It will essentially be Holly’s show.
‘Bosses hope that they can put all of the Schofield Scan**l behind them and start concentrating on the content of the show rather than the twosome presenting it. At least this way there won’t be any falling out.
They continued to the : ‘Holly is so excited about the plan, she loves Josie, Craig, Alison and Dermot.
‘It’s a happy ship and she made the decision not to quit but instead to return and keep things going while being at the helm.
‘Holly is absolutely determined to head up the challenge to make the show a success again.’
It comes after reports that Holly was set to for a higher salary than the £700,000 a year she is rumoured to be paid by ITV after she returns from her summer break.
Metro.co.uk has approached ITV and Ruth’s reps for comment.
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV1.
