FERN Britton has taken another 'swipe' at her former co-star Phillip Schofield, who she hosted This Morning with for seven years.
Rumours of tension between Fern and Phil have been swirling for years.
Fern, 65, has now revealed she has been been in touch with Phillip's other rival and fellow ex This Morning host Eamonn Holmes.
Eamonn had been at the front of the ITV show alongside his wife Ruth Langsford from 2006 to 2021.
But the star was "dropped" by ITV when Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary were called in to present on Fridays.
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Taking to Twitter last night, Fern shared: “Unexpected calls from old mates are so lovely.
“Just had the loveliest catch up with @EamonnHolmes.
“I think we have known each other since the 80’s when we were babies (crying laughing emoji). Shooting the breeze (three red love heart emojis).”
She shared her timely tweet after The Sun revealed Phillip, 61, and his co-host Holly Willoughby's behind-the-scenes feud.
And her followers were thrilled with her Twitter update, with one quipping: “Did you have a nice chat? Bet you’re both cackling over Phillip.”
“Mmmm wonder what hot topic of conversation you giggled and snorted about,” another mused.
Fern has taken multiple swipes at This Morning since her exit and last year she claimed wasn’t invited to the BAFTA Film Awards to help celebrate This Morning’s 30th anniversary.
She later took to Twitter after Phil and Holly were criticised over seeing the late Queen lying-in-state.
She questioned: “There’s a VIP queue?” appearing to reference the pair being accused of jumping the lengthy queue to file past the Queen's coffin.
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Phillip originally co-hosted alongside TV veteran Fern - with their bitter feud eventually leading to her shock exit.
The pair have been embroiled in a clash since appearing on the famous sofa together, with Phil joining the daytime show in 2002.
Fern caused shockwaves when she sensationally quit the programme seven years later - with it reported at the time that she'd "had enough of living in Phil's shadow".
During their tenure together, there were some good times - with Phil even coining a brutal but friendly nickname for his co-star through a crude in-joke.
He called the star "Minty M*nge" after she dropped a bottle of mint sauce on the floor, and it splattered onto her nightdress.
It was also claimed that she was being paid a staggering £250,000-a-year less than her co-star when they presented Mr and Mrs together, with Phil reportedly banking £45,000 an hour, and Fern £15,000.
Four years after her exit, Phil confessed that they were no longer on speaking terms, telling Heat magazine in 2013: "We were involved in the show and mates at the time, but we don't really. I see Phil [Fern's then-husband, chef Phil Vickery] when he's in This Morning… But we're not in touch now."
Fern said a similar thing at around the same time, and referenced Phil and Holly's regular trips to Bardbados together with their families.
She told MailOnline: "I always say Phillip and I had an indefinable chemistry which seemed to work well on-screen. We 'got' each other.
"We enjoyed a laugh. And viewers seemed to warm to that. But, like Morecambe and Wise, we chose not to live in each other’s pockets. We were a great professional partnership but we never went on holiday together."
