Gardiner 'annoyed by Schofield hat reveal'

Jason Gardiner was reportedly left unhappy after Phillip Schofield appeared to hint at why he has recently been wearing hats.

The presenter joked about "magic stuff" happening under the Dancing On Ice judge's headgear. The Mirror claims that Gardiner has undergone a £12,000 hair transplant and is set to reveal the results on ITV's daytime show next month.

"I think there are miraculous things going on under that hat," Schofield said on the show yesterday, prompting co-host Holly Willoughby to exclaim, "Shut up Schofield!"

Ignoring her pleas, he continued to reveal: "There's magic stuff going on under there but we can't talk about it any more - but there is! Ah listen, when has Jason Gardiner ever held back? All I'm doing is playing one of his cards... simple as that."

Willoughby added: "Fair enough - but you're going to get it on Sunday."

However, a source told the paper: "Jason deliberately didn't go public with his hair transplant because he didn't want everyone analysing the regrowth and making cheeky jibes.

"He has nothing to hide and was always going to speak out about the op - but only once everything had settled down. The plan was to unveil his new look on This Morning and openly speak about why he went ahead with it at the end of this month, once Dancing on Ice has finished.

"Jason didn't watch the show live but was told about Phil's comments in the afternoon. It's fair to say he was less than impressed."

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