‘No job’ Fern Britton claims she faced the ‘sack’ on This Morning after giving birth | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV

Fern continued: “I said [to a producer] ‘well, unfortunately, I’m 44, the other two pregnancies I had I had to have cesarean and I know that this baby is going to be born by cesarean so I know I won’t be able to do anything for the first six weeks anyway’.”

“[He said] oh my wife was driving after two or three weeks’ and I said ‘oh was she? How old was she?’ She was like 30.”

Fern and John were promoted to main hosts, with her requests met by ITV, that Winnie would go to work with her every day because she was feeding and “couldn’t be without her”.

The former This Morning host said it happened two decades ago when “things hadn’t moved as fast as they have now”.

An ITV spokesperson told Express.co.uk: “ITV has clear policies and procedures in place to support all of our colleagues when it comes to flexible working. We pride ourselves on being a flexible and inclusive employer and listen to our colleagues and their needs.”