Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby were left very red-faced during a ‘feisty’ interview with Ann Widdecombe.
The former Conservative politician, 70, was on the show to defend her comments about feminism, after she claimed ‘women have never had it so good’ and called the Me Too movement ‘whinging’.
Ann ranted about high-profile women campaigning for equal pay with their male co-stars, hinting that Phil got paid more than Holly.
Phil quickly defended himself saying that the pair ‘get paid the same’, which Holly confirmed.
Later Ann snapped at Holly for interrupting her, asking her if she ‘gets paid per interruption’.
The moments left This Morning viewers in stitches, with one telling the pair: ‘That’s you told!’
Ann Widdecombe (right) left Holly Willoughby (middle) and Phillip Schofield (left) red-faced on This Morning on Wednesday when she questioned their pay and scolded them for interrupting
Ann’s argument was that women get paid less than men because they sometimes go part time after they have families or go on maternity leave to have babies.
She said in the case of the media it was because male stars are often more experienced or more famous than their female colleagues.
She said: ‘When it comes to the more esoteric pay gaps we’ve seen such as in the media, such as the male presenter is paid more than the female.’
Quickly realising that she was talking about Holly and himself, Phil said: ‘We’re paid the same!’
The moments left This Morning viewers in stitches on Twitter (pictured), with one telling the pair: ‘That’s you told!’
Holly confirmed this, saying: ‘We are!’
Ann sarcastically told them ‘well done’ before calling Phil and all other men ‘wimps’ for putting up with feminism.
Later Holly asked Ann why she was so against the Me Too campaign, which Ann had called ‘whinging’.
Holly said the campaign had made ‘such a difference’ to women, but Ann disagreed.
During the debate Ann (pictured) ranted about high profile women campaigning for equal pay with their male co-stars, hinting that Phil got made more than Holly
Phil (left) quickly defended himself saying that he and Holly (right) get equal pay, which she confirmed
‘No I don’t believe that,’ she said.
Before letting her explain Holly asked ‘why’, to which Ann fired back: ‘I’m about to tell you if you have some patience!’
Ann’s cutting remarks left This Morning viewers in hysterics, with many taking to Twitter to praise her for ‘schooling’ Holly and Phil.
One tweeted: ‘Get in there Ann putting holly in her place!’
Holly looked awkward (pictured) when Ann scolded her for interrupting her when quizzing the politican about Me Too
Ann (pictured) recently claimed ‘women have never had it so good’ and called the Me Too movement ‘whinging’
Another posted: ‘Well that’s you told Holly and Phil stop laughing.’
‘Good god just agree with her you will get the interview over quicker,’ another said, followed by laughing emojis.
Ann recently said that while feminists in the 1970s called for equal pay, nowadays women make ‘pathetic whines for special privileges’.
Writing in Radio Times, she said: ‘Women have never had it so good. We have a woman Prime Minister (again) and a woman in charge of the Metropolitan Police; and we have women chief executives, women judges, women running media.
‘Here a woman, there a woman – but everywhere a bleat, bleat. It’s the age of the whine and the whinge, of the moan and the groan. And, oh, do the women know how to milk that for all it’s worth, while the men, poor wimps, stand by and meekly watch.’