Holly Willoughby makes second comeback hours after This Morning with 'recharge' remark as fans spot 'blunder'
06.06.2023 - 17:23
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Holly Willoughby made another comeback just hours after she appeared on This Morning for the first time since the Phillip Schofield scandal unfolded. The presenter appeared on-screen on Monday (June 5) for the first time in a fortnight and was quick to address the elephant in the room.
Holly, 42, had been absent from the programme for a number of weeks after initially extending her break when her former co-star 'stepped back' from the show after rumours of a feud between them dominated headline. However, Phillip later admitted to lying to Holly, his employers, and others over a relationship with a much younger ITV colleague and announced that he was leaving ITV with immediate effect.
Holly later released a statement saying that she felt 'hurt' that she had been lied to. ITV bosses also said that they felt they had been 'badly let down' by the presenter. And during her return to screens, the mum-of-three addressed the scandal head on in a statement read out live on air.
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She started by addressing her former colleague and friend by name before not mentioning him again. Holly said: "Firstly, are you OK? I hope so. It feels very strange indeed sitting here without Phil. And I imagine that you might have been feeling a lot like I have – shaken, troubled, let down, worried for the wellbeing of people on all sides of what’s been going on, and full of questions."
Dressed in a sleeveless white buttoned dress, mum-of-three Holly continued: "You, me and all of us at This Morning gave our love and support to someone who was not telling the truth, who acted in a way that they themselves felt that they had to resign from ITV, and step down from a career that they