Ex-This Morning presenter Fern Britton takes swipe at Phillip Schofield on Celebrity Big Brother

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Fern Britton has alluded to her rivalry with former This Morning colleague Phillip Schofield on Celebrity Big Brother. The reality show has returned for its first all-star run since ITV rebooted the series, and Britton is one of the housemates alongside X Factor judge Louis Walsh – who has already shocked viewers with an “incredibly rude” comment, Love Island winner Ekin-Su and Kate Middleton’s uncle. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free During their working relationship, Britton clashed with Schofield, with the latter revealing in his 2012 memoir Life is What You Make It that Britton once accused him of “meddling” with the daytime show’s content, forcing him to “calmly” tell her: “Please don’t do that to me again.” open image in gallery Fern Britton has signed up to ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ When Britton quit the show, being replaced by Holly Willoughby, she released a statement addressing the show’s team in general – but did not specifically name Schofield. I would have loved to have been there but I didn’t get an invitation.” open image in gallery Fern Britton and Phillip Schofield hosted ‘This Morning’ together When Schofield pointed out that she was on stage in Scotland at the time of the event, Britton replied: “I wasn’t on Monday night – I would have come but I wasn’t invited.” Schofield told his social media followers that Britton had “memory loss” and would have been welcome to attend.