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<\/p>\nGood Morning Britain will be mixing up its presenting line-up to compensate for Susanna Reid’s leave of absence.<\/p>\n
The presenter, 52, is a regular news anchor on the ITV breakfast show and is often joined by co-hosts\u00a0Richard Madeley\u00a0and Ben Shephard among others.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday’s programme Susanna announced she will be taking some time away from the show.<\/p>\n
She said she would be making her return in two weeks, suggesting that she is taking a break to spend time with her family during the half-term holidays.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The journalist shares three sons with her ex-partner Dominic Cotton – Sam, 21, Finn, 19 and Jack, 18.<\/p>\n
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Switching things up!\u00a0Good Morning Britain will be mixing up its presenting line-up to compensate for Susanna Reid ‘s leave of absence (pictured Wednesday)<\/p>\n
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Main: The presenter, 52, is a regular news anchor on the ITV breakfast show and is often joined by co-hosts Richard Madeley and Ben Shephard among others (Susanna and Richard pictured on Tuesday)<\/p>\n
Susanna discussed her time off with her co-host Richard and fellow ITV broadcaster Lorraine Kelly.<\/p>\n
She assured them: ‘I am back in two weeks,’ as Lorraine replied: ‘We will miss you! Have a great time, Susanna.’<\/p>\n
Richard chimed in to add: ‘Have a lovely time off!’<\/p>\n
It is not yet known who will be presenting the show in the Susanna’s absence, but it is assumed that it will be fellow main anchors Ben and Kate Garraway, or one of the rotational hosts,\u00a0Richard,\u00a0Ed Balls or Martin Lewis.<\/p>\n
Susanna’s departure comes after Good Morning Britain came under fire last week as the show opened\u00a0addressing Holly Willoughby’s This Morning exit, instead of prioritising the latest update in the Israel-Hamas war.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Viewers took to X – formerly known as Twitter – to say it was ‘absolutely disgraceful’ hosts Susanna\u00a0and Ed had begun by<\/span> talking about Holly’s resignation before discussing the horrors happening in Israel.<\/p>\n Susanna sent her ‘best wishes’ to the presenter, 42, while Ed, 56, said Holly’s departure was a ‘big loss’.\u00a0<\/p>\n Holly stepped down\u00a0after a former Pizza Hut worker was remanded in custody this month charged over an alleged plot to kidnap and murder her.<\/p>\n Break:\u00a0On Wednesday’s programme Susanna announced she will be taking some time away from the show (pictured with Ben last week)<\/p>\n Time off:\u00a0She said she would be making her return in two weeks, suggesting that she is taking a break to spend time with her family during the half-term holidays<\/p>\n ‘I just want to open the show by sending I’m sure all of our best wishes to\u00a0who has made what is clearly a difficult decision to step down from This Morning on daytime after 14 years at the programme,’ Susanna said.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘And she’s clearly made the right decision for her and her family as she says, a very difficult goodbye. But family first.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘So our very, very best wishes to Holly – a beloved colleague. I will miss seeing her walking past as she goes to work.’<\/p>\n Ed added: ‘She’s had such a tough year but you feel confident that she will be back on television soon. We don’t know when. But she’s a total star and it will be a big loss.’\u00a0<\/p>\n However, viewers blasted the programme for starting with Holly’s exit over what was happening in Israel.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the early hours of Wednesday, Israeli forces conducted 250 airstrikes in just one hour across northern and eastern parts of the Gaza strip to pave the way for a massive ground operation.<\/p>\n One viewer wrote: ‘Important and horrific news events going on in the world but <\/span>GMB\u00a0open with Holly Willoughby stepping down from This Morning and how SHE has had a hard year. Get real will you!’<\/span><\/p>\n Slammed: Susanna’s departure comes after Good Morning Britain came under fire last week as the show opened addressing Holly Willoughby’s This Morning exit , instead of prioritising the latest update in the Israel-Hamas war<\/p>\n Priorities: Susanna sent her ‘best wishes’ to the presenter, 42, while Ed, 56, said Holly’s departure was a ‘big loss’ ahead of\u00a0discussing the horrors happening in Israel (Holly pictured last month)<\/p>\n Heartbreaking: This picture taken on October 11, 2023 shows an aerial view of buildings destroyed by Israeli air strikes in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/18\/12\/76703223-12644479-image-a-43_1697629001477.jpg\")
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