Forgotten This Morning star opens up on absence from ITV show

This Morning star Holly Jay-Smith has broken her silence after she was axed from the ITV show

A former regular feature of This Morning has opened up a year on from being axed from the show. Holly Jay-Smith, known as the coupon queen on the programme, was a regular feature offering money-saving tips.

She revealed in March this year that she had been dropped from the show. Since then, she has been inundated by fans asking her about it.

She admitted she was sad about how it came to a close. She posted: "I offered but they replied saying they had moved on (which is perfectly fine). Would have loved to have a last show tho."

Read more: Strictly couple 'have been told off'

Holly has now addressed her mysterious absence from the show on social media. She wrote on her Instagram story: "The fact that I haven't been on This Morning for over a year and people still tag me and say they miss me means so much. But please be kind to anyone else doing the 'money-saving' segments on the show it's not fair to compare us or pit us against each other. Much love x."

She concluded her post by tagging This Morning. Holly, who has autism, admitted she found it difficult to move on after being let go from the show.

In an extensive post, she shared: "Over the past few months, I've been feeling down about something that 'was,' instead of remembering how great it was."

"As an autistic person, it's hard to move on from something when you never received closure. It also has a habit of making you replay one negative experience over and over in your head, causing you to forget the hours upon hours of amazing times, the people you met, and the friends you made."

"ITV's Morning rescued me from a dark place and allowed me to share my special interest with millions of people every single Friday for nearly two years."

"So... to the presenters who I spent every week with, thank you for taking the time to understand my disability, for helping me get through the weeks where I was struggling and just for being amazing people."

"To the floor managers, hosts, producers, assistant producers, the makeup team, the art department, the cameramen and women (and everyone else behind the scenes) you are the glue that holds the show together. I thank you for putting a smile on my face every week."

Alice Beer and Martin Lewis are often on hand now, on This Morning, to share their money saving tips.