This Morning presenter Ben Shephard said an emotional goodbye to one of his ITV colleagues, who has been working with him for over two decades, whilst live on air
17:04, 10 Dec 2025Updated 17:08, 10 Dec 2025
Ben Shephard said goodbye to a longstanding colleague on air today(Image: ITV)
Ben Shephard took a moment whilst live on air to bid an emotional farewell to a This Morning legend, who has worked with him for over two decades. The ITV presenter said goodbye to his colleague, who only has days left on the show after quitting. During the show on Wednesday (10 December), Ben and his co-host Cat Deeley were making some Christmas crafts with Sara Davies, when Ben mentioned the incoming loss on the show.
“Darren’s on camera four, it’s Darren’s last week with me,” the presenter said. Cat replied with a sweet but sad, “Aw!”, before Ben continued to talk about his time with Darren. “Darren and I have worked together since the early 2000s.” In the early 2000s, Ben was on GMTV, the weekday breakfast show on ITV, where Darren Bramley was already a camera operator.
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Ben Shephard was making Christmas trees with Cat Deeley when he mentioned the imminent loss(Image: ITV)
Darren the camera men is set to leave the show(Image: ITV)
Ben’s words came shortly after he made a mistake with one of his crafts, as he didn’t realise he had to seal his paper Christmas trees with glue. Nodding towards Darren, he noted that the camera man was amused by his error.
“You knew this was going to happen, didn’t you, Darren?” Ben said. Another camera then turned to Darren who was chuckling from behind his own equipment.
This comes just a day after fans were left confused when Ben wasn’t joined by Cat on the show. The two are the usual hosting duo for This Morning Monday through Thursday.
Ben and Cat are the hosts of This Morning(Image: ITV)
Fans were baffled when Alison Hammond stepped in(Image: ITV)
Ben instead presented alongside Alison Hammond on Tuesday 9 December. Though the pair referenced the presenting lineup change, they did not explain Cat’s absence.
Instead, Ben simply said: “How about this, Alison Hammond!” Bake Off host Alison replied: “What am I doing here, what is going on?” Ben said: “Christmas wishes do come true, that’s all I’ll say.
“Our first time together – you never forget your first time, Alison,” he added. Alison responded: “It was bound to happen, it was always going to happen.”
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