THIS Morning fans were left gobsmacked today when they discovered Dermot O’Leary’s age.
The TV legend is taking break from hosting to celebrate his 50th birthday, which is tomorrow.
Dermot has been drafted in last minute to front the show with Alison Hammond, following Phillip Schofield’s exit but he already had plans to be off for his special day.
His fans couldn’t get over good he looks for his age and took to Twitter to comment on it.
One person wrote: “No way is Dermot 50! Bloody hell, he doesn’t look it.”
A second added: “Happy Birthday Dermot!! #ThisMorning but 50? Wouldn’t have guessed that.”
While a third said: “Jeez Dermot looks good for 50!”
“No way Dermot is 50?!”, remarked a fourth.
He was surprised with a birthday cake and flowers as confetti rained down on the studio at the end of Tuesday’s episode.
Craig Doyle will take over alongside Alison Hammond for the next couple of days.
Dermot has lots to celebrate considering he’s been replaced as favourite in the race to replace Phillip alongside Holly Willoughby.
Our insider added: “Dermot’s the favourite to present This Morning Monday to Thursday, but Craig is in the mix to become a regular on the show as a Friday host.”
Following Phillip‘s abrupt exit, ITV have scrambled to plan who Holly will host with when she returns after a two-week break.
Bookies say Dermot‘s favourite to be her new sidekick with 4/6 odds.
Casinos En Linge has Alison at 4/1 odds of replacing Phillip, with Rylan and Rochelle following closely behind.
Alison and Dermot paid tribute to him on Monday’s show with a 30-second statement.
