Adrian Chiles on the shock of being axed from 'Daybreak'...

Adrian Chiles has confirmed that he and Christine Bleakley have been sacked from Daybreak.

The presenter, who moved to ITV last year with his former One Show partner to front the newly-launched breakfast show, told The People that he is "angry, upset and acutely embarrassed" by the way the news was leaked.

Chiles is quoted as saying: "We were assured we could go with our dignity intact. That's obviously not happened.

"We were enjoying the show and we thought things were going well. We didn't want to go."

The 44-year-old added: "It was a bolt out of the blue and has come as a big blow to our careers that we've been dumped at this time.

"Dark forces have leaked it for their own ends and I am mightily unhappy about it."

New Dancing on Ice host Bleakley tweeted: "Morning, what a lovely headline to wake up to. My sarcasm comes across in this tweet I hope x"