HOLLY Willoughby shocked This Morning fans when she rolled her eyes at Phillip Schofield in a rare sign of conflict between the pair.
The bubbly blonde presenter – who is said to be close pals with Phil off-screen – appeared to hint at her secret feelings on yesterday's show.
The 41-year-old star was talking when her co-host, 60, spoke over her during an interview with a guest.
Now a body language expert has claimed Holly felt "anger and contempt" towards Phil when he spoke over her.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, on behalf of Slingo, Darren Stanton said: "In psychology, sometimes it’s the smallest, minute gestures which paint the biggest picture.
"Just in these very few seconds of footage of Holly, we have a great insight into her inner mind and the emotion Holly was experiencing right then in that instance when she appeared to be cut off mid-sentence by Phil.
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"It’s very clear that as Phil interjected, Holly was left irked and we immediately saw her manifest an emotion of mild anger and contempt."
Darren goes on to explain the gestures Holly made that gave away her real feelings.
"The first gesture we see is a definite eye roll," said Darren.
"In any other circumstance, it's generally a sarcastic gesture, however, we then see the lips come together and those muscles engage.
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"In doing so, Holly then displayed a micro-expression of anger, if only for a moment.
"We also saw the left hand side of her mouth move forwards, which suggests she was feeling contempt.
"These subtle signs reveal that Holly wasn’t happy with her co-star during that interaction and it suggests she felt he had been rude towards her."
The This Morning presenters have been under pressure in recent weeks since the queue-gate row.
Holly and Phillip faced a huge backlash as they were accused of jumping the line to see the Queen lying in state.
However, they denied skipping the queue and refused to apologise.
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They have since continued to front the ITV show from Monday to Thursdays as normal – despite a petition with 78,658 signatures calling for them to be sacked.
Those close to Holly and Phil — who have presented the show together since 2009 — say they have no intention of leaving their roles.
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