Today’s This Morning hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield welcomed Harry Potter and The OA star Jason to the show via video link to talk about his latest movie. As they talked about his character Dick Dastardly, Jason was shocked when he learned Holly’s age insisting she was “too young” to know what he was discussing.
Jason remarked: “First of all Holly, you’re too young to remember. It’s kind of you to say but you weren’t around with Dick Dastardly.”
“No I’m not! Wacky Racers, I do!” Holly hit back. “I don’t know when it was the first time.”
Jason asked: “You watched Wacky Racers?” as Holly explained: “Yeah! Penelope Pitstop!”
The actor replied: “You’re a lot older than you look!” which left the This Morning host speechless.
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The presenter explained his mother Pat has been on her own after they lost his father in 2008.
Speaking during a call-in segment about loneliness in lockdown, Phillip told viewers: “We lost my dad in 2008, and my mum will be watching now, this will make her cry.
“She feels exactly the same, it never goes away, she still feels lonely and she surrounds herself with family when she can.
“After lockdown, when things begin to get back to normal, it will get a bit better, you will always going to miss him.
“There’s always going to be that big hole in your heart.”
He went on to tell caller Julie, who is dealing with bereavement and loneliness it “will get better”.
“Once you can start to see your friends a bit more, and talk to your work colleagues, all I can say on behalf of my mum, is she still gets lonely but she surrounds herself with people, and it will get better,” he explained.
Phillip and Holly will present This Morning for the final time before the summer holidays tomorrow.
This Morning airs weekdays on ITV at 10am.