Holly Willoughby’s full statement: Presenter opens her return to This Morning by addressing Phillip Schofield’s ITV exit and affair with ‘much younger man’
- Willoughby’s full statement as she returns for first time since Schofield scandal
Holly Willoughby has returned to This Morning for the first time since Phillip Schofield’s admission of an affair with a ‘much younger man’.
Making her return to the show following her former co-presenter’s exit from ITV, Willoughby made her first public statement on the scandal involving her former colleague.
But what else did Willoughby say on her return to This Morning?
Read Holly Willoughby’s statement in full below.
Holly Willoughby has returned to This Morning for the first time since Phillip Schofield’s admission of an affair with a ‘much younger man’
‘Hi there. Good morning. Josie (Gibson), thank you for being here. Right, deep breath.
‘Firstly, are you OK? 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.
‘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 loved. That is a lot to process.
‘And it’s equally hard to see the toll that it’s taken on their own mental health. I think what unites us all now is a desire to heal for the health and wellbeing of everyone.
‘I hope that, as we start this new chapter and get back to a place of warmth and magic that this show holds for all of us, we can find strength in each other.
‘And, from my heart, can I just say thank you for all of your kind messages. And thank you for being here this morning. ‘Myself, Josie (Gibson), Dermot (O’Leary), Alison (Hammond), Craig (Doyle), and every single person that works on this show will continue to work hard every single day to bring you this show that we love.’
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