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Christine Bleakley pops into Loose Women studios off-air after calling them dogs live on This Morning
The TV presenter made the faux pas during a segment about pets
IT seems Christine Bleakley wanted to make amends with the Loose Women after comparing them to dogs on This Morning.
During a break in their show, Christine went around to their studio to speak to Ruth Langsford – who had told Christine after her slur: “We used to think you were nice!”
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Loose Women shared the video of Christine, whose friends with some of the panellists, popping in less than an hour after she’d made the error.
Touching Ruth on the arm, Christine then smiled and waved at the audience before heading home.
On Tuesday’s This Morning Christine joked with her co-host Phillip Schofield that a picture of a dog watching television was like “Loose Pugs”.
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After their pets pictures feature ended, Phillip awkwardly said to Christine that the Loose Women were coming up next and the panel, headed up by Ruth Langsford, suddenly appeared on screen.
As Christine squirmed, Ruth said: “We used to think you were nice Christine!”
The Loose Women continued their teaser of the show and when the camera returned to Christine and Phillip, Christine appeared to try and make amends.
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She asked Phillip: “Can you please explain next time?” to which he replied: “No I’m going to leave you hanging!
“You’ve only been here for two days and look what you’ve done!”
When the show was over, Christine made her way across to Ruth and the other Loose Women.
The presenter is standing in for Holly Willoughby, who won’t appear on the programme all this week.
An ITV spokesperson told The Sun online: “Just like in previous half term breaks Phil and Holly have split the time off.
“Phillip and Christine are back hosting Monday to Thursday this week with Eamonn and Ruth on Friday.
“Then next week Holly will be back with Ben Shephard for Monday to Thursday and then Rylan and Dan will present on Friday.”
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Christine, 37, is no stranger to the famous ITV sofa having taken over Holly’s roles while she was off on maternity leave.
On Monday she revealed that she hasn’t forgotten her old early morning stats coping strategy as she tweeted a photograph of herself drinking a cup of coffee at 7:27am, adding it was the “first of the day”.
She joked: “First coffee of the day! See you soon @thismorning @Schofe”.
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Holly is likely to be tuned in from home seeing how the show is getting on without her.
She and Christine are firm friends, and often socialise together with their respectivehusbands, producer Dan Baldwin and footballer Frank Lampard.
Fans found out about today's change via the show's Facebook page.
The usual timeline pic of Phil and Holly cryptically became Phil and Christine.
One fan commented: "I like Christine as a step in, good luck!!!"
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