Daybreak host Adrian Chiles has lashed out at ITV bosses following the reports that he and Christine Bleakley will be axed from the show in the coming weeks.
Speaking to the Sunday People newspaper, the presenter revealed that he and Bleakley were informed that their run on the breakfast show would end in the New Year but that "we were assured we could go with our dignity intact."
"That’s obviously not happened," he told the paper. "We were enjoying the show and we thought things were going well. We didn’t want to go."
Adding that they have been left "angry, upset and acutely embarrassed," by the whole situation.
"It was a bolt out of the blue and has come as a big blow to our careers that we’ve been dumped at this time. Dark forces have leaked it for their own ends and I am mightily unhappy about it."
His equally annoyed co-host Christine wrote on her Twitter page yesterday: "Morning, what a lovely headline to wake up to. My sarcasm comes across in this tweet I hope."
An official announcement regarding Daybreak and its team is set to be made on December 1st
