WHEN Jeremy Vine fans tuned in to his show this week, they were shocked to see that the broadcaster had been replaced by a well-known household name.
Podcast host Gemma Forte and TalkTV presenter Cristo Foufas joined the guest host on the popular Channel 5 talk show as they discussed current affairs.
Viewers of the Jeremy Vine show were pleasantly surprised to see Vanessa Feltz stepping in to cover for Jeremy on Monday’s edition of his eponymous talk show.
During the show’s introduction, the beloved broadcaster and journalist revealed she would be hosting the show for a week but gave no explanation for the 59-year-old’s absence.
Gemma, Cristo, and Vanessa discussed how Keir Starmer’s win has affected the public so far, England‘s lucky fate at the latest Euros match, and many other recent topics.
Fans of the show seemed to enjoy the hosting shake-up as many took to social media and expressed that Vanessa is ‘better’ suited to run the programme.
Taking to X, one fan quizzed: “Where’s Vine, still trying to recover from Thursday’s GE result. #jeremyvine.”
Another added: “Jeremy Vine has more holidays than Judith Chalmers. #JeremyVine.”
A third stated of Vanessa: “Better than Jeremy.”
However, other fans of the show were left baffled, as someone else joked: “WTF…!! It’s turned over, and it’s the Vanessa show?”
While another wasn’t left too impressed by the change as they penned: “Vanessa Feltz? What? Why? #JeremyVine.”
Towards the end of May, Jeremy announced that he was making a massive career move away from his daily TV chat show.
The star revealed he would be writing his first-ever murder mystery novel, Murder On Line One, which inspired his obsession with Agatha Christie.
The book, which will be published by HarperCollins next year, centres around Edward Temmis, a Devon-based local radio host turned sleuth.
The first novel in the murder mystery series follows Edward as he encounters Stevie, a woman whose grandmother was a devoted listener of his station but recently died in mysterious circumstances.
Regarding the upcoming novel, Harper Fiction’s Martha Ashby said: “Jeremy’s book has it all – a clever, funny, characterful murder mystery with a great sense of humour and remarkable emotional depth.”
Jeremy revealed that, by the age of 18, he had read all of Dame Agatha’s detective novels.
Praising the well-known author’s books, the TV personality said: “She has inspired me since I first read her at 11. I don’t know why I waited 47 years to dive into the world she created in my mind.”
The Jeremy Vine show is on Channel 5 daily at 9.15am.
