The perils of live TV! Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield made the funniest blunder on This Morning on Thursday, as they sat down to chat to a guest about scallops.
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There should have been a little red flag when the interviewee admitted he really didn't know much about the topic, but Holly just thought they had a "joker" on their hands. It turns out Holly and Phillip made a bit of a blunder and got a serious case of the giggles when the reality of the situation suddenly dawned on them.
Watch the video below to see why the pair were in fits of laughter during their presenting segment…
WATCH: Find out what had Holly and Phil in absolute stitches!
Phillip also took to Instagram to relive the hilarious moment. Between uncontrollable giggles, he said: "I'm going to explain in another video what we've just done. We have just spent five minutes talking to a man about scallops because he has such a fascinating life getting scallops from the Isle of Mull.
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"He said, 'Oh I don't know much about this and Holly and I thought, 'This is a little bit strange he doesn't know about scallops.'"
Holly interjected in the background: "We thought he was joking, like, 'Oh we've got a joker here.'" Watch the video above to see what happened next!
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