Holly Willoughby shares playful clip of Dermot O'Leary as she moves on from ITV drama
12.06.2023 - 19:09
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Holly Willoughby has shared a playful clip of one of her This Morning co-hosts, Dermot O'Leary as she moves on from the recent drama surrounding the show.The 42 year old mum of three took to Instagram to share a video of a very tired Dermot, 50, dunking his face into a bowl of ice and water, in a bid to wake himself up after a late night. It had previously been shown on Monday's This Morning, which the pair presented together.
Dermot had only had three hours' sleep, after hosting the Soccer Aid for UNICEF match in Manchester on Sunday evening, which included celebrity players such as Tommy Fury, who is the boyfriend of Molly-Mae Hague. As Dermot admitted to Holly on the This Morning sofa how little sleep he'd had, he revealed that his makeup artist had a shock-inducing way of ensuring that he looked more alert.
In the dressing room, prior to the start of the show, Holly could be heard squealing with laughter as she filmed Dermot plunging his face back into the mini ice bath, as she shouted "again, again!". After keeping his head in it for an impressive few moments, Dermot emerged and could be heard groaning as he pressed a blue towel to his sodden face, while Holly and the makeup artist laughed.
Holly is clearly moving on from the recent drama surrounding This Morning, a week after addressing the show's viewers over the Phillip Schofield scandal in a now-infamous speech. Rumours of a "feud" between Holly and Phil started in May, with the veteran presenter going on to quit his presenting duties on the show on May 20, after 21 years on-air.
He then admitted to having had an affair with a young male colleague on the show, and resigned from ITV altogether. After returning from a brief hiatus from the show, Holly made a
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