This Morning viewers fume show has 'lost the plot' as TikTok witches take over

Daily Mirror

5 days ago

This Morning viewers felt that they had to "switch off" during Thursday's show when Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard chatted to three witches who made them cast a series of spells on air.
This Morning viewers felt compelled to "switch off" during Thursday's show during a segment with witches from TikTok.
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Less than an hour into ITV's flagship magazine show, things took a spooky turn when hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley introduced social media stars Katy White, and mum-and-daughter duo Emma Griffin and Holly Kenyon to the sofa, who claimed that "anyone can be a witch" and that they had all had their "calling" to the magical practice. All three women have found success on social media and notched up thousands of followers, and wasted no time in showing the hosts some magic.
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First of all, Ben and Cat were told to chant "I refresh, I reset, I rise and I am back in my body now," as they held a crystal to their chest before sea witch Holly set about using water from a cauldron to "let go" of stress and then Emma taught them how to "manifest" any sort of wish into reality by "calling into the universe" via a written message.
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Ben asked for West Ham to win the Premier League, whilst Cat simply asked for her children to do what she asked them for the first time and they were instructed to chant "I am ready to receive the joy I deserve, everything I desire is already making its way to me, I am worthy of abundance, so it is done."
But the bizarre item was too much for some viewers to take, and they flooded social media with comments and blasted the ITV Daytime for running out of ideas, with one X user writing: "Totally lost the plot. Lack of content?", as another fumed: "This is so ridiculous and mind numbing, had to switch off, absolutely pathetic!"
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A third user complained that they didn't understand what they were watching, and finished their scathing post by describing the segment "as load of bo*****s."
In the world of social media, the witches have made a name for themselves, and Emma has even been described real-life Molly Weasley from the Harry Potter series. But Emma, didn't discover her mum was a witch until she was 17, when she rushed home in tears after visiting a psychic fair with her now husband Steve, when they were art students.
A tarot reader had told her that she and Steve, also 17 and now a graphic designer, would never have children. Determined to help, her mum confessed she was actually a sorceress and would teach Emma the skills to prove the reader wrong. And in 1999, she and Steve had their daughter Holly, followed by their son, Harry, three years later.
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Soon after, moving from the London area to Cornwall, to be closer to nature, alongside jobs ranging from fashion designer to illustrator, interior designer and photographer, Emma gave her clients spiritual guidance.Going public about her magical talents when her parents died, she became a full-time witch - going on to initiate Holly, a nursery manager, as a sea witch in 2021 - making her the third generation of witches in her family.
'When I tell people I'm a witch, the majority are fascinated and love hearing about what I do, the transformative stories I can tell, from helping people find their own happiness, to healing them, even helping them conceive like I did 25 years ago,' Emma recalled. "
Recalling her mass witch initiation Zoom session, which included women from as far away as Finland and Australia, she said at the time: 'Over that hour, I guided them through the ceremony, helping them all become witches, telling them to spread the word far and wide."