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Fern Britton reveals tears over reuniting with former This Morning co-star John Leslie

They enjoyed a catch up earlier this week

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Fern Britton has reunited with her former This Morning co-star John Leslie in a sweet pic.

The pair hosted the show together from 1999 to 2002 before John was replaced by Phillip Schofield.

Fern, who left This Morning in 2009, took to Twitter on Wednesday to reveal she and John met up on her birthday.

Read more: John Leslie returns to This Morning to discuss “ruined life”

The photo sees Fern cuddling up to John, 53, as they both grinned for the camera.

She captioned the post: “The best birthday present! Meeting up with my ‘little brother’ after too long. Tears and love xxxx.”

John replied to Fern’s tweet, saying: “Can’t say how much today meant to me. Had a long overdue catch up with one of my best friends, which made it even more special.”

Fans were thrilled to see the duo back together again after so many years.

One person said: “I always loved you both on @thismorning,” while another wrote: “What a lovely picture.”

A third added: “Lovely pic… still miss you both on This Morning.”

John has had a tough time this past year after he was accused of sexually assaulting a women as they danced on her hen night in the Atik nightclub in Edinburgh last June.

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John said he was emotional to be back on This Morning (Credit: ITV)

However, John was cleared of the claims last month.

Earlier this month, John, who was cleared of the allegations, returned to This Morning to speak about how the allegations “ruined” his life.

During the chat, he also spoke about his relationship with Fern.

He admitted he regrets “breaking up the relationship” he shared with Fern on the daytime show.

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John said he regrets breaking up his friendship with Fern (Credit: ITV)

When asked if he would like to be back on TV, John said: “Not really. I don’t think I can handle it. I miss this [This Morning] it’s an experience, and I feel like I’m in a parallel universe.

“It’s bizarre. I loved the job as you know, and I regret breaking up the relationship with Fern.”

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Fern hosted the show with Phil after John left (Credit: ITV)

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Meanwhile, earlier this year Fern opened up about why she decided to leave This Morning.

She told Hello! magazine: “I did ten years of it and I loved that show – I can’t tell you how much I loved it. But after ten years I just felt it was right to stop.”

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Rebecca Carter
Associate Editor (News)

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