ITV bosses defend Holly and Phil after backlash over 'skipping queue' to Queen
17.09.2022 - 22:39
/ ok.co.uk
This Morning hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield paid their respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II as her coffin is Lying-in-State in Westminster Hall on Friday. Their appearance to pay their respects to the Queen at Westminster Hall came as Friday's This Morning was cancelled in favour of rolling ITV news coverage of the Queen.
However, the pair’s visit sparked a huge backlash online when viewers claimed they "skipped" the queue, with many calling for the pair to be "sacked". Many angry viewers took to social media to share their outrage at Phil, 60, and Holly, 41, "not standing in queue" like the other mourners to pay their respects to her late Majesty.
One person wrote on Twitter: “If indeed @Schofe and @hollywills jumped the queue to file past the Queen’s coffin it should be a matter of never ending shame for them.” Another added the hashtag #queuejumpers and wrote: “I find that discusting that holly and phil think they don't need to queue like the everyone else, just to make 'popular tv'. Do they think that was all the Queen was? If they got sacked i for one wouldn't care!” One noted that celebrities such as David Beckham and Susanna Reid queued up as they said: “So disgusted at Phil & Holly for using the "celebrity staus" and not queuing like everyone else to see the Queen lying in state - unlike David Beckham & Suzanna Reid !!!!! They should be sacked”.
This sentiment was echoed: “holly willoughby and Philip Schofield should be sacked for their disgraceful queue jumping. Suzanna Reid and David Beckham QUEUED FOR 13 HOURS!!!!” Another disgruntled Tweeter said: “If Holly and Phil jumped the queue to see Her Majesty the Queen lying in state they should be sacked”.
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