Gino D'Acampo stepped in to replace Dermot O'Leary as This Morning's host in a hilarious moment that saw him clash with Janet Street Porter.
The Italian chef is a regular fixture in the ITV daytime show's kitchen and was back today (Tuesday, 20 June) to demonstrate a range of summery desserts and cocktails.
When the show returned from an ad break, Gino had was in a different spot and had taken host Dermot's place behind the presenters' desk alongside long-time presenter Holly Willoughby.
As the episode reopened, he could be heard asking Holly: "So that's the professor's gonna tell us about the mosquito?"
Gino then continued: "Anyway, welcome back, still to come… which one, this one? It's the same thing," as he struggled with which camera to look at. Holly told him: "No, red light means look at it, green light means don't."
Then Gino teased a longer presenting stint as he revealed: "Well, I'm rehearsing for September when I'm going to present this show." A laughing Holly said: "So I've just found out."
Gino continued his link and said: "We are not the only ones enjoying this weather, the high temperature have led to a boom in mosquitoes in the UK. Your turn." Holly told him: "It's still you!"
Gino said: "It's still me? How do you stop the mosquito bite? If you're asking that question we have a professor here in the studio. We need a professor to tell us slap the mosquito? Our professor will be telling us more next. Next when?"
Meanwhile, host Dermot was over in the kitchen giving his best impression of Gino, who looked horrified as Dermot said: "I can't believe this guys, how am I supposed to work with this? I'm going to make this later, I've got the recipe like my mama used to tell me."
Gino said: "He was taking the mick."
The presenters then linked up with Loose Women to hear the teaser for their show, as Ruth Langsford said: "Holly have they been drinking? Do you need us to come and rescue you?"
Gino said to an annoyed looking Janet Street Porter as she sat on the Loose Women panel: "Every time I go to Loose Women I kiss everyone except Janet, Janet has a problem with kissing. You never kissed boys when you were younger, a little girl? You never kissed boys, girls, whatever you're into?"
Janet hit back: "What is this interrogation, are you MI5 or something?"
Gino replied: "We're just having conversation, now that I'm the new presenter on This Morning I'm just getting myself in conversation with some Loose Women."
At the end of the show, Gino confirmed again that he will be back as a guest presenter on This Morning, which has still not signed up a permanent replacement for Phillip Schofield. He said: "Thank you everyone for having me here, I will see you in September when I will be presenting the show."
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