Stephen Mulhern is in talks to host Dancing On Ice – but Holly’s future is uncertain
18.10.2023 - 16:23
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Stephen Mulhern has revealed he is in talks to take over hosting Dancing On Ice from Phillip Schofield – with Holly Willoughby’s role on the show uncertain. The 46 year old presenter said it would be “amazing” to front the programme that he already knows so well. He has previously hosted Dancing on Ice spin off show Defrosted and he also stood in on main show presenting duties last year when Phillip, 61, was struck down with Covid.
Phillip had hosted the show alongside Holly for the past 12 series but will no longer be involved with the programme after ITV severed all ties with him following his affair scandal earlier this year. Station bosses axed him after he left This Morning and admitted to lying about a romantic relationship he’d had with a former younger colleague. But, while Stephen is discussing hosting Dancing on Ice with ITV bosses, producers are said to be still unsure whether Holly will return to present it.
Holly, 42, quit ITV’s flagship daytime show This Morning earlier this month. Stephen said he’d had a “great time” presenting Dancing on Ice with Holly last year and added he was keeping tabs on the line-up for this season in case he landed the job permanently this year. Speaking to MailOnline, he said: “We are talking about it, but I promise you now that nothing is confirmed but if it happens, it will be absolutely amazing...
if it doesn't, look, it doesn't.” He added: “The lineup is the best it has been in a few years... I am keeping across the lineup, just in case... It is a huge staple, and it has been around.” Holly’s future in television remains unclear after her decision to quit This Morning after 14 years.
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