Susanna Reid said goodbye to a fellow co-host on Wednesday's Good Morning Britain.
Martin Lewis, Adil Ray, and Richard Madeley are others to have regularly filled the hot seat since Piers Morgan's dramatic exit in March last year.
Since the festive period, Richard Bacon has cropped up on screen a handful of times in recent weeks and to kick off the new year he also took on the job as Susanna's co-presenter.
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But on the show, Susanna revealed that Richard had told her that it was his last day on the set after he joked that Susanna had attempted to fire him "twice in the last five minutes".
She said to him: "I’m not firing you at all I’m more than happy for you to be here as often as you’d like.
"But you told me that today is your last day."
Richard said: "It is my last day, yeah it is," which prompted a sad reaction from his co-stars.
When suggesting Sir David Attenborough should step into his place, Richard responded: "I am happy to confirm that that would be an upgrade.
The GMB host added: "I think if you'd replace Richard Bacon with David Attenborough, that's not a sideways move."
Fans were gutted to learn that Richard wouldn't be returning and took to Twitter to share their disappointment.
Suzanne said: "Can Richard Bacon be a permanent fixture on GMB please????!!! A breath of fresh air @GMB @richardpbacon."
Tracey said: "Richard needs to be full time! Love it when he is on!"
David said: "@GMB @susannareid100 Please please keep Richard Bacon."
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV
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