Mollie Willoughby hosts This Morning! King bears striking resemblance to ex-host Holly as she co-presents show

Mollie King bore a striking resemblance to Holly Willoughby as she guest-hosted This Morning on Wednesday.

The Saturday singer, 36, co-hosted the daytime show with Andi Peters and looked a lot like ex-host Holly.

Mollie's blonde locks were styled in an almost identical version of Holly's bob for the day, while she was dressed in a green turtleneck.

The presenter paired it with a matching pencil skirt and added height to her frame with burgundy heels.

Mollie wore a light makeup palette and completed her look for the show with a pair of earrings.

It comes after viewers mistook the star for Holly as her appearance on Tuesday's show left fans doing a 'double take'.

The singer co-hosted the program with Dermot O'Leary, while his usual co-star Alison Hammond takes a step back from presenting to appear in a Christmas pantomime.

The ITV show is currently trying to find permanent replacements for Holly, who quit the show in October after 14 years, and her old co-star Phillip Schofield, who resigned in May.

A number of presenters have taken turns presenting the show, with Rochelle Humes, Rylan Clark, Josie Gibson, Craig Doyle, Cat Deeley and even Emma Willis appearing in recent weeks.

Fans of the show claimed that producers had finally managed to find Holly's 'doppelgänger', while many initially thought she had returned.

Dermot welcomed Mollie to the studio with a hug and said: 'It's nice to see you, how are you?'

Mollie replied, “I'm doing well, how are you?” before Dermot asked how long it had been since she was last on This Morning.

“I think it was about 18 months ago, so a little nervous, but you're going to steer this ship, aren't you?” she admitted.

One person shared their thoughts on X (formerly known as Twitter): 'Congratulations to This Morning #ITV for finding Holly's doppelgänger.'

Another commented: 'I just got home from work, turned on #ThisMorning and did a double take because I thought Holly was back.'

“Molly King looks a little too much like Holly today,” someone else added.

One viewer joked: 'I wonder if Holly is going to call and thank Mollie for being a great stunt double.

Fans have seen a host of presenters taking turns presenting This Morning since Holly and Phillip left the ITV breakfast show.

And as Alison appears in a Christmas pantomime, channel bosses have found three new but old contenders for this week.

Saturdays' Mollie, TV presenter Lisa Snowdon and Loose Women's Christine Lampard are all lined up to share next week's shows.

Although Lisa is already a familiar face on the show, the star has not co-hosted the two-and-a-half-hour program since 2018.

She will co-host the show on Thursdays and Fridays, while Mollie, who last co-hosted the show with former bandmate Rochelle in 2019, will host Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Viewers are used to the Christine panel hosting the ladies on Loose Women, but will appear on the show with Dermot on Monday.

Recently, Emma Willis co-hosted the show with Rylan – and it went very smoothly with viewers.

Viewers even begged producers to make Emma and Rylan Holly and Phillip's full-time replacements.

The former Big Brother presenter, 47, and X Factor star, 35, took center stage on the show last week to the delight of excited viewers, who praised their on-screen chemistry.

Twitter users wrote: 'What a fantastic week with @Rylan and @EmmaWillis. I haven't enjoyed the show this much in a long time!!!…just announce @EmmaWillis and @Rylan as the main presenters! There is no one better'.

In October, Holly left the show after 14 years – months after her longtime co-star and close friend Phillip left in the wake of the shocking scandal surrounding his 'ill-considered but not illegal' affair with a younger colleague on the show.

This Morning fans were delighted on Monday when Emma, ​​who replaced presenter Cat from last week, and Rylan reunited to present the ITV show.

Emma previously hosted Big Brother during its previous incarnation on Channel 5, while Rylan, 35, fronted sister show Bit On The Side, and the duo have hosted This Morning together in the past.

On Friday, viewers quickly flooded Twitter with pleas to make the collaboration permanent, reaching out to the producers on the microblogging site.

Users wrote: 'What a fantastic week with @Rylan and @EmmaWillis. I haven't enjoyed the program this much in a long time!!! Please keep them!!!…Yes please, I can't live without you and Emma presenting @thismorning…

“@Rylan &@EmmaWillis, you should be 100% full-time presenters. You have a natural chemistry and that is what is needed rather than a forced chemistry. @this morning you know it makes sense and will take you back to the top!…'