This Morning fans were stunned on Wednesday as Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby discussed whale penises.
The TV duo were in hysterics as they spoke about a recent news story in which it has been claimed that a picture of the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland may actually be the genitalia of a whale.
"Right, well we're desperate to get to this final story," dad-of-two Phillip began. "A team of fact checkers have been looking at pictures of the Loch Ness Monster and are claiming that the sightings could in fact be a whale penis."
Looking shocked and rather disgusted, Holly quickly said: "I can’t look at that picture!"
Their guest then commented: "Which apparently grow to a size of 1.8 metres long, the average whale penis, so who knows, it could be."
Once again Holly looked stunned, as Phillip continued: "We were talking to our editor, who is Scottish, and saying, 'how does a whale get into Loch Ness in the first place?' and there is apparently river access. But also did it go in there as a baby and grow up in there?"
Holly then interjected: "You’d think you’d see it more wouldn’t you? So do whales swim on their backs? How is that happening? It’s like a snorkel!"
The guest then revealed: "I once knew a man who had a yacht and he had a whale penis sofa made from whale penis skin which is apparently very soft and waterproof.
Taken aback, Phillip replied: "What a shocking thing to have on your yacht though, although I would say that I would have thought most penises were waterproof?"
As the ITV show returned from an ad break, Phillip admitted that he and Holly - along with the rest of the This Morning team - had been Googling whale penises.
Viewers were shocked and also found the segment rather funny and took to Twitter to comment.
"Phillip and Holly always have a whale of a time on #ThisMorning!" one person tweeted, followed by laughing face emojis.
Another viewer added: "A 1.8m whale penis. Ok #ThisMorning has officially lost the plot."
This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV.
