According to The Sun (you don't often read that on Work Clinic ...), the gender pay gap is alive and well, as personified by the hosts of ITV's This Morning - Philip 'Silver fox' Schofield and Fern 'skinny malinky' Britton.
The Sun reports that Schofield is banking £45,000 per show to host the second series of Mr And Mrs while Fern will take home 'just' £15,000 for each programme.
A source from the show told the Sun: "Fern asked for the same pay cheque as Phil but there isn't a huge production budget.
"Phillip's pay is basically pre-agreed, while Fern is only on an exclusive daytime deal with ITV. Fern won't be aware of this pay difference."
Phillip is believed to be earning more because of his £2 million exclusive contract with ITV, which also includes his presenting duties on Dancing On Ice.
Call me a cynical old grump, but isn't even £15,000 an episode a ridiculous amount of money for sitting on your backside reading from an autocue?
