Bookies have predicted that Rylan Clark is facing high odds of being sacked from This Morning after his comments sparked an influx of Ofcom complaints. The ITV daytime show, which the Essex-born presenter was co-hosting, was hit with 576 Ofcom complaints after he issued a blunt statement on the UK's small boats crisis.

Rylan said on live on air last week: "This country is built on immigration. Legal immigration — a lot of the nurses, the doctors that have saved my mum’s life have come over here from other countries. They’re living a great life, they’re paying into this tax system, they’re helping this country thrive. I find it absolutely insane that all these people are risking their lives coming across the Channel. And when they get here, it does seem, and I think this is why a lot of Labour voters as well are saying there’s something wrong, it feels like, ‘Welcome, come on in’. That’s the narrative we’re being fed. Here’s the iPad. Here’s the NHS in reception of your hotel. Here’s three meals a day. Here’s a games room in the hotel. Have a lovely time and welcome."

He continued: "There are people that have lived here all their lives that are struggling. They’re homeless. Let’s not even discuss our homeless. There are people living on the streets, veterans, all of this.

"Let me be honest, everyone’s going to have an opinion about this and you’re going to upset someone. Something major needs to be done about this. The money that it’s costing us, the amount of people that are in this country that we have no idea who they are, what they’ve done, what they’re capable of – and clearly we see a lot of it in the press at the moment. Not all, but some, what some are doing to people in this country."

He finished off his statement by claiming that if he touched down at Heathrow Airport as a British citizen and left his passport in Spain, he wouldn't be permitted entry, before questioning: "If I arrive on a boat from Calais, I get taken to a four-star hotel?"

The fallout has cast doubt over his future on the long-running daytime programme. According to Pundit Arena, while Clark is 4/6 to be let go altogether (60% implied chance), he is 3/1 to return as a stand-in presenter before the end of 2025, and 2/1 to return at some point in 2026.

Odds on him becoming a permanent presenter by the end of 2026 have drifted to 10/1 from 3/1.

Joe Lyons, spokesperson for Pundit Arena, said: “Rylan Clark has faced some strong backlash on social media following his comments last week on ‘This Morning’, with hundreds of complaints flooding into Ofcom and mounting pressure on ITV to respond.

“The odds suggest his position is genuinely at risk, with a price of 4/6 implying he’s more likely than not to be dropped from the show. That said, Clark remains a popular figure with some viewers and ITV bosses may opt for a short-term timeout rather than a full dismissal. He’s 11/10 to avoid the sack from the show, with a return at some point this year on the cards at 3/1.

“One of the biggest moves in the market came in Rylan’s odds to be made a full-time presenter this year; his price has drifted from 3/1 out to 10/1.”