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Jessica Sansome

ITV This Morning viewers feeling 'ill' and ask 'what fresh hell is this' as major change made

Viewers were baffled as to what was going on when they tuned into the latest episode of This Morning. Holly Willoughby was back at the helm of the ITV daytime show for the last time before she takes her Easter break.

And again, she was without her usual co-host Phillip Schofield who is taking the week off. It meant that Joel Dommett was back alongside Holly after making his hosting debut on the programme on Wednesday (March 29).

During his first show, the comedian and presenter confessed to having nerves. "I wasn't nervous until I heard the theme tune," The Masked Singer host admitted to which Holly replied: "It's that iconic sound. It's like, 'It's happening!'"

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"I wasn't nervous until I heard the theme tune," The Masked Singer host admitted to which Holly replied: "It's that iconic sound. It's like, 'It's happening!'"

Despite his nerves, Joel proved a huge hit and viewers were expecting to see him and Holly on-screen once the opening credits rolled on the penultimate episode of the week. However, they were treated to something completely different.

Instead of the new hosting duo, estate agent Claire Cossey appeared in the studio after she went viral. It came after a bizarre house tour video for a property she is selling for £700,000 left people online in stitches.

The video, made to show off a five-bedroom detached house in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, featured Claire singing a hilariously odd parody of Never Ending Story by Limahl, with the lyrics changed to describe the property.

Claire gave the This Morning theme tune a revamp (ITV)

The clip was filmed and uploaded to the Rightmove property listing when the house first went on sale in September last year, but after Claire - who is the owner and director of Just Knock estate agents alongside her business partner Tony Bailey - recently made a price change to the listing, people found the video and re-posted it all over social media.

Wanting their own slice of the action, This Morning drafted Claire in who gave the theme tune its very own lyrics which she delivered while making her way around the studio as if she were selling the kitchen and living room-inspired space.

And viewers watching at home didn't quite know what was going on or how to feel about it. @Pr4wnSandwiches tweeted: "What in the fresh hell is this! #ThisMorning." @DebsGlynm wrote: "Wtf is this madness… #ThisMorning."

@mikepriestley13 asked: "Wtf was that? #ThisMorning." @hannmrfitz posted: "Who is this woman and why is she singing like that? #ThisMorning." @FitzjohnVicky commented: "Cringe cringe cringe!!!! #ThisMorning." @ziggy3111 shared: "Make it stop, it’s far too early for this. MY EARS #ThisMorning." @MichelleBoudin_ added: "This is making me ill #ThisMorning."

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