Fiona Phillips: I was paid far less on GMTV than Eamonn Holmes

Fiona Phillips, pictured with Emonn Holmes in 2001, says she also had to fight for maternity pay after being told by bosses that ‘viewers don’t like pregnant woman on TV’.The former GMTV presenter Fiona Phillips has revealed that she was paid considerably less than her co-host Eamonn Holmes.The pair formed one of Britain’s most memorable breakfast TV partnerships between 1996 and 2005, when Holmes departed for Sky News.