Phillip Schofield’s very rude nickname for Fern Britton before she quit This Morning
The This Morning hosts have endured a turbulent relationships after once being King and Queen of daytime
Phillip Schofield’s rollercoaster relationship with Fern Britton is one of the hot topics in his brand new autobiography,Life’s What You Make It,
In recent years, relations between the pair are said to have grown frosty, with Phil revealing in his book that Fern didn’t bother to text him when he game out as gay in February – choosing to offer her support to his wife Steph instead.
But at one stage Phil and Fern were the best of friends with their bubbling chemistry driving their This Morning success for ten years.
Back when the pair were on good terms, Phil came up with a very rude nickname for his co-star.
Phil said he’d use the secret code name on This Morning to make Fern howl with laughter with viewers not realising what they were cracking up about.
Recounting the origins of the name in his new book, Phil recalls: “We laughed when she said she had dropped a pot of mint sauce on her kitchen floor at home and it had splashed up the inside of her nighty.
“In make-up I called her ‘Minty minge’.
“On the telly, just calling her ‘Minty’ had the desired effect,” he explained.
“She made me roar when she said that once, she was closing a sash window whilst naked. She suddenly realised the next-door neighbour was looking up at her and immediately repeated the pose in front of the bedroom mirror to see how she looked! She thought she must have looked like the three of spades!” joked Phil.
Elsewhere in his autobiography, Phil also opens up about less joyful times with Fern and their epic row that he believes led to her quitting This Morning and showbiz all together.
Phil said the pair had a huge fight when Fern accused him of ‘meddling’ in the ITV daytime show’s content.
Afterwards, Phil said that he found his former co-star and calmly told her never to do that to him again.
Phil, who continued to present the show with Holly Willoughby, said he believes that was the moment Fern decided her time on This Morning was over.
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