This Morning viewers just couldn’t get enough of Ore Oduba when he made his debut presenting the show – while tackling his fear of birds.

The sports presenter stood in for Phillip Schofield, co-hosting the ITV show with Holly Willoughby.

And viewers loved it.

Oooo Ore😍. When is Phil due to retire? #soonihope 😜#thismorning

— ☄Ash Green☄ (@ashlienicolee) November 24, 2016

OR-e to @OreOduba on fire #ThisMorning!!! xx

— Emily Davis (@emilydavi5) November 24, 2016

Ore doing a good job 👍 #thismorning

— mandy (@mandybanger) November 24, 2016

@thismorning @OreOduba is killing his TM debut!! hope he becomes a regular 😍 #ThisMorning

— Fay Alani (@fayalani) November 24, 2016

Lovely Ore on #thismorning ☺ he's awesome!

— Mrs TeePot (@MrsTeepot) November 24, 2016

The Strictly star came face to face with his fears as he tried to cure his phobia of birds.

He had a 20-minute session of therapy with experts before handler Steve brought parrot Indie into the studio and Ore braved stroking the bird.

Ore had told how the phobia was “crippling”, adding: “I really want to get over this.”

But after a few moments of Indie perched on his arm, he had enough.

👏 @OreOduba meets beautiful Indie the parrot, as he addresses his phobia of birds 🐤 @thespeakmans pic.twitter.com/41mb6pSbsK

— This Morning (@thismorning) November 24, 2016

“Steve, do you mind if you take Indie back just for a minute?” he asked.

And he breathed a sigh of relief after the bird was taken away, saying he felt uncomfortable when Indie put its “claws on my arm”.

But the experts congratulated Ore, saying he had made tremendous strides forward in tackling his phobia.

Ore had said he was excited about co-hosting the ITV show, telling Holly: “I’m a little bit like an excited child. You know when a child meets their hero and they just stare. I will try not to do that!”