The presenter was emotional as he closed his final GMB show. <\/p>
Good Morning Britain viewers were left feeling emotional as Ben Shephard presented his final show on Friday (23rd February).<\/span><\/p>\n The TV presenter recently confirmed his departure from the early morning show<\/a> for a new role on fellow ITV programme, This Morning<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Shephard will join the show in March<\/a> as a regular presenter alongside Cat Deeley, with the pair replacing Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, who left the programme last year.<\/span><\/p>\n Closing GMB on Friday, Shephard said in an emotional speech: <\/span>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be able to do this if you lot weren\u2019t amazing and hadn\u2019t been such fabulous friends and brilliant colleagues. The team behind the cameras and everybody, thank you to them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n He continued: \u201cAnd thank you to the viewers as well, for trusting me to wake you up in the morning with this amazing team.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThank you, thank you for making this so special.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n And it appears Shephard wasn\u2019t the only one feeling emotional about his departure, with fans flocking to social media to express their disappointment.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cGutted Ben is leaving he is one of my absolute favourites grew up watching gmtv before school aswell [sic],<\/span>\u201d one fan penned<\/a> on Twitter, which was recently re-branded as X.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBen shepherd [sic] is so genuine, we need more people like him in the industry. He will be missed on the show,<\/span>\u201d another fan added<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n We love you Ben! \ud83e\udde1@benshephard<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/M8Chppf2oj<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Good Morning Britain (@GMB) February 23, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>