As last night on Al Murray's chatshow she made a spectacular U-turn when Murray broached the subject of how well she and Kate got on.
In an appearance on comic Al Murray's The Pub Landlord Show, she backtracked on comments made in her first interview since making public her decision to leave.
Fiona Phillips laughed off the war of words with Kate Garraway as she backtracked on comments she made last week about her GMTV colleague
Fiona said: 'Where do I start with this? You wouldn't say that about you and big
Bob, or him(Phil Collins) and Mike Rutherford.
'But people pick on ladies and say they don't get on and it's just not true. I know what you are referring to but it is a pack of untruths.
'In fact Kate and I phone each other up the weekend it was in and
laughed about it.'
'People should celebrate women with children still working and doing things. All they want to say is catfights in the corridors.'
No catfight: The GMTV presenter denied any problems between her and Kate and said they both laughed off the reports
Fiona television appearance contrasted greatly with the comments she made last week which started the row when she accused Kate of courting celebrity, and going to the opening of an envelope.
She added that Kate would be quite pleased at the newsof her departing GMTV, and said that regarding taking her place Kate would be 'lying if she said she didn’t want it.'
While Kate is said to be lobbying furiously for the soon to be vacant spot on the GMTV sofa, it appears she's also taking style tips from outgoing presenter Fiona.
The ambitious presenter attended the TV Quick and TV Choice Awards on Monday night wearing the very same frock that her rival Fiona modelled in her first interview since her resignation.
Seeing double: GMTV presenter Kate Garraway is vying for Fiona Phillips' place on the sofa and turned up at the TV Quick awards in her rival's Reiss dress
Kate wore the body-hugging electric blue dress, £159 from high street store Reiss, days after Fiona, and a source from the show said: 'A GMTV stylist tipped Kate off about the dress.
'It seems that he gave the same advice to Fiona without thinking they would both go out and buy it.
'Obviously both Fiona and Kate have a lot in common, including good taste. It really is just a coincidence.'
Last night Murray dubbed Fiona the Queen of TV, to which she answered: 'They'll get another queen it's alright. Kelly Osbourne is 50-1, Lily Allen been mentioned.
'I think I'd watch them in the morning. I'd set my alarm to watch them.
'No one is irreplaceable.'
But she poured cold water on rumours that Ulrika Jonsson might take her place.
'She's brilliant, she was in last week on the sofa and said this
really suits me.
'But she has got four children so she doesn't want that.'
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