RICHARD Madeley missed a second day hosting Good Morning Britain after revealing doubts about his future on ITV show.
Richard, 65, usually hosts the breakfast programme Mondays to Wednesdays but has been missing from screens since Tueday.
On Monday Richard presented solo in the studio while Susanna reported live from the Poland-Ukrainian border.
But the TV legend has been replaced by ex-politician Ed Balls, 55, who fronted the show with Susanna, 51, since.
Ed may have been happy to be back on the show, but not all viewers were.
“Man alive, Ed Balls is terrible on #GMB he just doesn’t get any better,” one viewer said.
“Ed Balls is dreadful. And I’m Labour through and through. That arse kissing of Heappey yesterday was appalling!” another wrote on Twitter today.
“Ed Balls presenting…” a third wrote yesterday, alongside yawning emojis.
It comes as Richard recently admitted his Good Morning Britain future is in doubt.
He told Kate Thornton’s White Wine Question Time podcast about the new challenge without his wife Judy Finnigan: “In terms of what I do on my own, which at the moment is Good Morning Britain, although who knows how long that will go on for.
“I do it month to month at the moment and I’m very happy to.
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“I quite like operating at that level. I’ve had my main career curve. I’m not seeking another huge career arch.
“We’ll see what happens, but I enjoy it, I enjoy doing it.”
TV legends Richard and Judy got together after meeting while working for Granada television in 1982.
They went on to front This Morning for 23 years until 2001, and later Richard & Judy for a further eight years.
Richard’s career continues with guest slots hosting Good Morning Britain, but Judy’s happily retired from a life on-screen and is thrilled for her husband to have his time in the spotlight once more.
Richard recently argued This Morning was very different when the pair fronted the ITV show.
Richard told the White Wine Question Time podcast while alongside his wife of 36 years: “This Morning is a hugely successful show today, but it’s hugely different show to when Judy and I were on it, because Judy and I were trained journalists.
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“We brought our newsroom experience with us and I’m not saying this made it any better, but it was more of a newsier show when we were doing it because our journalistic interests were piqued all the time on breaking stories.”
This Morning is currently fronted by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby four days a week, with Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary hosting on Fridays.
