GB News prima Isabel Webster was replaced arsenic Eamonn Holmes' co-host aft her narration with the channel's bosses turned sour, insiders person revealed.
Webster, 41, was replaced connected the channel's meal amusement by 31-year-old Ellie Costello, dubbed arsenic the organisation's 'own Holly Willoughby'.
The daze shake-up was 1 of a fig of changes made by Britain's newest quality channel, arsenic Jacob Rees-Mogg saw his hours chopped and Mark Dolan replaced connected his play show.
According to The Sun, Webster's daze exit was caused by a concealed feud with her employees implicit her moving hours.
The presenter 'wasn't happy' that the channel's elder chiefs were expecting her to summation her days on-screen from 3 to 5 a week and 'refused to bow to demands'.
'It had go a sticking constituent successful negotiations and was causing hostility down the scenes,' an insider told The Sun.
'Eamonn's evidently the main prima of the amusement and likes to beryllium successful complaint - he's present looking guardant to moving with Ellie who's a young endowment helium tin assistance mould arsenic her vocation progresses.'
Responding to these claims, A GB News spokesperson said: 'This is wholly untrue.'
Isabella Webster (pictured with Eamonn Holmes) volition beryllium replaced by Ellie Costello, 31, arsenic big of the meal amusement programme during the moving week
Webster 'wasn't happy' that the channel's elder chiefs were expecting her to summation her days on-screen from 3 to 5 a week
Talks betwixt Webster and GB News broke down connected Wednesday and she was subsequently axed from the company, a determination which 'blindsided' her workfellow Holmes.
The brace had conscionable finished their last amusement of the twelvemonth and they were allegedly readying to observe Christmas together.
But she was instantly replaced by Costello - who volition articulation Holmes from Monday to Wednesday and Stephen Dixon connected Thursday and Fridays.
Holmes past gave a 'savage' effect to Webster's sacking, replying 'Bye my miss x' to a tweet astir her departure.
Insiders accidental the station failed to decently wage tribute to a workfellow helium had worked with since the amusement launched successful 2022.
The brace were said to beryllium 'good friends' and 'worked good together', but questions person present been raised astir their narration aft their 'wasn't a gushing post' astir Webster's exit.
Holmes volition proceed to enactment 3 days a week arsenic it's 'always the bigger sanction who works less days on-screen', different root told The Sun.
Another elder fig astatine GB News told MailOnline earlier contiguous that bosses astatine the transmission deemed Webster to beryllium 'too woke' and left-wing.
Eamonn Holmes ' caller GB News co-host is Ellie Costello, 31. The brace person 'great chemistry', 1 insider said
Presenter Mark Dolan besides announced that helium had been 'relieved from his duties
Mr Rees-Mogg, paid £324,000 by GB News past year, volition present beryllium doing 2 nights alternatively of four
Ben Leo volition regenerate comedian turned quality anchor Mark Dolan
Another insider told MailOnline: 'Ellie Costello is GB News' Holly Willoughby. The bosses and Eammon privation to mould her. Plus, Eamonn and person Ellie person large chemistry'.
Elsewhere connected the channel, Ben Leo, 34, volition instrumentality implicit from Mark Dolan, 50, who revealed helium had been sacked from his regular amusement connected a Saturday and Sunday night.
Former Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, who was paid £300,000-plus past year, is different GB News presenter to beryllium deed by changes astatine the station.
He had been hosting his State of the Nation programme 4 nights a week - connected Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. But present helium volition lone bash Mondays and Tuesdays.
'Jacob is excessively costly - and his viewing figures are not large either', 1 root said.
Pre-tax losses astatine GB News reached £42.4million successful 2023 - up from £30.7million successful 2022.
It was besides deed with a £100,000 good by broadcast regulator Ofcom implicit an 'egregious' breach of broadcasting rules during a Q&A with Rishi Sunak.
Webster, a erstwhile BBC broadcaster, was 1 of GB News' prima hires from Sky News successful 2021 but she is present leaving aft conscionable implicit 3 years.
'Isabel was excessively woke and not connected message', 1 elder insider told MailOnline today.
Mark Dolan is retired and Jacob Rees-Mogg has seen his hours halved
Presenter Dolan besides announced connected Wednesday evening that helium had been 'relieved from his duties'.
'Mark's viewing figures were not good', the aforesaid root said, but added that his amusement had been up against Strictly Come Dancing.
Dolan has vowed to 'speak publically astir this successful owed course', but has remained soundless 24 hours on. One insider said that his flip-flopping connected Brexit implicit the years had not helped him with bosses and immoderate viewers.
Ben Leo volition regenerate him from January. He volition besides proceed to co-host Britain's Newsroom connected a Friday.
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