I’m not keen on the term ‘catfight’, but you can bet it’ll be appearing on every bit of news you see about GMTV presenters Fiona Phillips and Kate Garraway this week. Everyone’s muttering about the two hating each other since Phillips spoke rather openly of her feelings, before quitting GMTV. The presenter attempted to put the record straight on Al Murray’s chat show, last night…

“People pick on ladies and say they don’t get on and it’s just not true,” she said. “I know what you are referring to, but it is a pack of untruths. People should celebrate women with children still working and doing things. All they want to say is catfights in the corridors.”

All of which needs to be put in the context of the fact that Fiona did said in a previous interview that Kate goes to “the opening of an envelope” and: “She is probably quite pleased that I am going. I have the top job. It wouldn’t be natural and she’d be lying if she said she didn’t want it. It doesn’t annoy me that I haven’t heard from her. Nor am I basing any of my decisions on how she feels.”

Kate’s agent responded: “Kate is in the middle of her contract and she is working as she always does,” she said. “I don’t see what else we can do. I don’t know why people are so worked up about this when there are wars going on in the world. That’s all I have to say on the matter.”

Brilliant.