GOOD Morning Britain replaced fan-favourite weather presenter Laura Tobin amid a MAJOR cast shake-up on Monday.
Meteorologist Laura, 40, was missing from her regular presenting spot on the show, with EastEnders’ Des Coleman taking her place.
Laura was missing from her regular presenting spot today
Laura was replaced by EastEnders star Des Coleman
Fans of the ITV show were left confused as Laura was nowhere to be seen on Monday morning’s instalment of the news programme.
Charlotte Hawkins and Ed Balls were joined by weatherman Des, 47, as they discussed the latest forecast in a studio bulletin.
Des became a weather presenter in 2007, after a brief stint on EastEnders as character Lenny Wallace.
The cast shake-up occurred to fill Laura’s spot while she heads on summer holidays – but fans were left devastated.
“What the hell was that weather bulletin about? Where is Laura Tobin?” one fan fumed on Twitter.
Another chimed in: “I miss Laura. She’s always so upbeat in the morning,” as a third asked: “Where is Laura on GMB?!”
Others stepped in to explain, with one viewer penning: “GMB weather presenter Laura is ‘taking a break’.”
While another gushed over Des for stepping into the role: “This GMB weather guy is quite funny. It’s like watching a BGT audition.”
Des has previously been seen presenting the weather on GMB in 2020 – and has worked as a stand in ever since.
It comes after GMB fans accused regular presenter Laura of “scaremongering” over the heatwave last week.
Speaking to GMB hosts Ranvir Singh and Ed Balls, Laura said: Honestly it’s not scaremongering, this is exceptionally serious.
“It is a national emergency. And that has been declared not just by the MET office, but by the NHS, the Government, the travel industry.
“Anytime temperatures go over 35 we increase our deaths, we’re likely to see those increasing throughout the day.
“So when people are saying ‘this is summer just get out and enjoy it’ this isn’t summer, summer is 23 maybe 24 and we haven’t got the infrastructure in this country. We’re just not build for it.”
Fans were unimpressed last week with Susanna Reid and Laura’s remarks on the weather, and accused them of “scaremongering”.
