25-09-2023, 06:44 PM
They had Rylan and his then-husband presenting a handful of times, but this was a few years back now.
GMB seems to have the same hesitancy - it's more than happy to have two females presenting together -- in fact, in 2015, pre-Piers, there were more shows with a F/F pairing than not, as Ben was the only male 'main presenter' and he'd scaled back to two days a week -- but they've only ever had a M/M pairing once, and even then, this was not planned and they made it clear that this was a quirk of Sean having to quickly fill in for a called-in-sick-at-the-eleventh-hour Kate rather than - shock horror - them actually wanting two men at the desk together.
I think, on both GMB and TM, if they're going to have a carousel of presenters, any combination should be possible. The idea of Holly and Josie presenting together on TM, or Susanna and Kate presenting together on GMB seems perfectly normal, but it doesn't seem quite right to imagine Dermot and Craig fronting TM, or Ben and Ed being paired on GMB. I don't think that should be the case.
I'd like to see F/F and M/M appearing with equal frequency. Variety is the spice of life - if they're going to rotate the presenters, go full force, I say.
GMB seems to have the same hesitancy - it's more than happy to have two females presenting together -- in fact, in 2015, pre-Piers, there were more shows with a F/F pairing than not, as Ben was the only male 'main presenter' and he'd scaled back to two days a week -- but they've only ever had a M/M pairing once, and even then, this was not planned and they made it clear that this was a quirk of Sean having to quickly fill in for a called-in-sick-at-the-eleventh-hour Kate rather than - shock horror - them actually wanting two men at the desk together.
I think, on both GMB and TM, if they're going to have a carousel of presenters, any combination should be possible. The idea of Holly and Josie presenting together on TM, or Susanna and Kate presenting together on GMB seems perfectly normal, but it doesn't seem quite right to imagine Dermot and Craig fronting TM, or Ben and Ed being paired on GMB. I don't think that should be the case.
I'd like to see F/F and M/M appearing with equal frequency. Variety is the spice of life - if they're going to rotate the presenters, go full force, I say.