EXCLUSIVE: Steve Jones joins This Morning alongside Josie Gibson with ITV bosses ‘thrilled’ about being added after Phillip Schofield’s departure

TV presenter Steve Jones is participating in This Morning and will present the program together with Josie Gibson on Wednesday, MailOnline can reveal.

ITV bosses are ‘thrilled’ with the new addition to the show following Phillip Schofield’s departure in May.

Sources at the channel say if viewers like him he will ‘almost certainly’ be part of the This Morning’s rotations of hosts who will present with Holly Willoughby alongside Ms Gibson, Alison Hammond, Dermot O’Leary and Craig Doyle.

One told MailOnline: ‘The hope is that those watching at home will love Steve, he is a very experienced announcer but also very sassy.

“There is no permanent replacement for Phil, Holly will present with Alison, Josie, Dermot and Craig, and now probably Steve.”

“Hopefully he will be part of the new dawn for This Morning after the Schofield scandal, and help give it a fresh new look.”

Jones, 46, from Wales, who currently anchors Channel 4’s Formula 1 coverage, rose to fame in 2003 when he co-presented Channel 4’s T4 with Miquita Oliver. He was later hired by Simon Cowell to host the X Factor USA.

However, he soon became best known for his romantic antics after dating a number of celebrities – most famously Pamela Anderson.

He also enjoyed romances with Mrs Willoughby’s good friend Fearne Cotton, Denise Van Outen, former Emmerdale actress Amy Nuttall and the late Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding/

Jones also had a three-year relationship between 1999 and 2002 with fellow Welsh presenter Alex Jones, presenter of the BBC’s The One Show.

Last month, the couple went through an awkward reunion when she interviewed him about his new book about the show.

The excruciating exchange came just months after Ms Jones, 46, revealed the shocking reason behind their split in 2002 after they dated for three years.

She told how Jones lied about being unwell so he could steal an exclusive interview with Angelina Jolie for their Channel 4 show Rise.

On screen: Sources at the channel say if viewers like him, he will ‘almost certainly’ be part of the This Morning’s rotations of hosts (Josie pictured)

Stop: ITV bosses are ‘thrilled’ with the new addition to the show following Phillip Schofield’s departure in May

Mrs Jones had ‘read everything’ about her ex’s book before the presenter awkwardly asked her how much of it she had read.

She turned to him and said, ‘As a prolific reader, you sure are good at writing! I read part of the book and it got me hooked.

He replied, ‘How much is a little? What page are you from Jones?” before replying, “Maybe a quarter of the way.”

Jones settled in 2014 when he married American Phylicia Jackson-Jones since 2014 after meeting her in Los Angeles A when he hosted The X Factor USA in 2011.

Speaking of his wife, Jones recently said, “My good marriage, my healthy marriage – it’s my greatest achievement. I like being with my wife. She’s definitely my favorite person.’

ITV bosses have decided not to replace Schofield, 61, who admitted in May to having an affair with a much younger colleague and then lied to The Mail on Sunday about it.

Instead, Ms Willoughby, 42, will take center stage in the program from Monday to Thursday, featuring a member of what ITV chefs call the ‘This Morning family’.