Holly Willoughby's rise from children's presenter to TV's golden girl
31.05.2023 - 09:19
/ ok.co.uk
Holly Willoughby has presented This Morning for 13 years, becoming a popular daytime television host after starting out on children's television. She is currently at the centre of furore sparked after her co-host Phillip Schofield admitted to an affair with a younger man while married to his wife and he departed the daytime show.
Here, we chart her rise to fame before the challenges and scandal she has faced in recent weeks. Holly, 42, first entered the limelight when she was scouted by a modelling agency as a teenager before starting to appear on screen in the noughties when she starred in CITV show S Club TV, a spin-off drama based on the lives of pop group S Club 7.
Further television shows she hosted at the time included children's game show Xchange on the BBC and she also starred in the children’s version of talent show Fame Academy. In 2004, she made the move to ITV, presenting Saturday morning children's show Ministry Of Mayhem alongside Stephen Mulhern.
She took over from Cat Deeley on children's music chart show CD:UK in 2005 before ITV bosses handed her a presenting slot on newly launched Dancing On Ice in 2006, where she hosted with Phillip Schofield for the first time. The pair’s on-screen warm chemistry providing a glimpse into what was to come on This Morning, which they began to present together in 2009 after Fern Britton left.
Holly and Phil were once good friends and earned Baftas and National Television Awards gongs for This Morning. In 2016, they famously appeared on air in the outfits they had worn the previous night at the NTAs and shared stories with viewers from a raucous after-party hosted by Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly.The presenters’ close bond appeared to be cemented even further in 2020
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