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Phillip Schofield joins Gordon Ramsay and Chris Brown in latest celebrity planking craze

Phillip Schofield enjoys lying flat in unlikely locations

Phillip Schofield's a bit of a plank

Phillip Schofield has joined the new online craze of planking.

The This Morning presenter Tweeted a photo of himself trying out the prank - which involves lying flat with your hands by your side in an unlikely public place - across a chair in the TV studios today.

'It was only a matter of time before planking founds it's way into the the This Morning studio!' Phillip, 48, Tweeted, before posting a photo.

'My leaping Salmon plank.'

Phillip even persuaded co-host Jenni Falconer to lie on the back of a sofa and do a 'very rare pregnant reverse plank.'

The phenomenon, which requires fans to stay horizontally rigid and completely expressionless, proved controversial recently when an experimenting youngster fell to his death from a balcony in Brisbane.

Nonetheless celebs including Chris Brown, Kristen Bell and even chef Gordon Ramsay can't stop themselves giving it a go.

'17 knots and #Planking towards Newport Beach !!,' Tweeted Gordon, 44, along with a photo of him lying flat on a boat's railings.   

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