ITV also released a statement saying they felt “deeply disappointed” and “badly let down” by Phillip, announcing they would also be launching an investigation.
Carol, who also appeared in the twelfth series of Celebrity Big Brother, has since described the work environment at ITV Daytime as “cut-throat and ruthless”.
After recently branding Phillip “fake”, she also suggested there was a “dysfunctional” set-up behind the scenes amid ongoing accusations of toxicity at ITV.
In her column for Best magazine, Carol wrote: “They go on about the ‘ITV Daytime Family’ being cosy best mates, all caring and kind, but in my opinion, it’s about as dysfunctional as they come.
“It’s cut-throat, competitive and ruthless, and can be quite unpleasant, and as soon as your face doesn’t fit anymore, or you disagree with their narrative, you’re out the door.”
An ITV Spokesperson told Express.co.uk: “ITV and the This Morning team are incredibly proud of the twelve and a half hours of award winning live television they produce five days a week.
“It takes a huge team of people to all pull together to make the award winning, much loved programme which each week reaches 4.4million loyal viewers.
“It’s a fast paced environment turning around a daily show that covers live and ever changing issues. We have robust mechanisms in place for complaints to be raised and those that are, are appropriately investigated.
“What we’re hearing from the This Morning team is that they just don’t recognise the picture that some are painting about the show.”
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