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Simon Duke

Holly Willoughby 'crabs' slip up leaves This Morning presenter absolutely mortified

Holly Willoughby sent her co-host Phillip Schofield into hysterics with a 'crabs' slip up on Tuesday's This Morning.

On her second day back at work on the ITV show after an extended break, Holly and Phillip presided over a packed show which saw them discuss Sunday's Line of Duty finale and Phillip tell a caller to sack her bridesmaid, with a bit of advice that left his co-star awkwardly wincing next to him.

The final half hour of Tuesday's episode brought the day's game of Spin to Win which, unlike so few do, actually went rather smoothly, with a caller from Scotland winning £2,000 from the balls and then a goody bag of treats after successfully answering a question.

As they bid goodbye to the winning caller, Phillip and Holly then teased another competition and that's where it went wrong for Holly as she told viewers at home, there was a brand new BMW and £90,000 "up for crabs," rather than 'grabs.'

Immediately realising her mistake, Holly repeated "crabs!" before putting her hand over her mouth as Phillip started laughing next her, quipping: "that's unfortunate!"

Holly Willoughby left red faced by 'crabs' slip up on This Morning (ITV)

Struggling to regain composure, Holly put her head down to the floor before Phillip shouted: "are you up for crabs?!"

Finally manging to speak, Holly replied: "you don't wana win that one!"

Not letting it go, Phillip added: "what did you get from This Morning? Crabs!"

Holy finally clarified things, saying "up for grabs" before crossing over to Vick Hope to give further details on how to win the prize package.

Reacting to Holly's hilarious error, one viewer tweeted: "Holly very wiggly and dancey today! And then she says “up for crabs”. Brilliant!"

Another wasn't quite so amused, bemoaning: "The money's for crabs that wasn't really funny was it really. Another chance for Holly and Phil to perform a laughing fit"

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