Holly Willoughby 'shunned TRIC Awards to avoid humiliation'
Holly Willoughby ‘shunned prestigious TRIC Awards to avoid the humiliation of losing out to A Place in the Sun and face-to-face reunion with ex-colleague Eamonn Holmes’, ITV insider claims… just 12 months after This Morning won best daytime show
- Holly Willoughby said to have shunned Television & Radio Industry Club awards
- It emerged This Morning has lost its highly-prized gong as best daytime show
It was just twelve months ago that Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield took to the stage to collect their award on behalf of This Morning as it won best daytime show at the prestigious Television and Radio Industries Club Awards.
But today, things could not have been more different for the programme – and indeed Ms Willoughby and Mr Schofield – as it lost out to Channel 4’s A Place In The Sun.
This Morning was heavily criticised after Schofield admitted that he had had an affair with a much younger runner and then lied about it, also won the gong in 2021 and 2020.
Ms Willoughby, 42, did not attend the ceremony, held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, saying that she had ‘other commitments’ that she had agreed to before the invitation came to today’s awards – meaning that she missed out on what could have been an embarrassing reunion with her former colleague Eamonn Holmes who lambasted her in an interview on GB News earlier this month.
Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield pictured after This Morning won best daytime show at last year’s prestigious Television and Radio Industries Club Awards
Holly Willoughby, pictured with her husband and friend catching a helicopter to Glastonbury, did not attend this year’s awards
Ellie Simmonds, centre, and the rest of the team from ‘A Place in the Sun’ celebrate winning the Daytime award The TRIC Awards – beating out This Morning, which had won the award three years in a row
Holly’s attendance could have led to an embarrassing reunion with her former colleague Eamonn Holmes (pictured) who lambasted her in an interview on GB News earlier this month
Susanna Reid and Charlotte Hawkins with the TRIC Special Award for Good Morning Britain
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The presenter spent the weekend at Glastonbury where she reportedly enjoyed a 12-hour party with her husband Dan Baldwin – who was present at the ceremony.
This Morning’s under fire editor Martin Frizell also missed the event, along with the show’s other main presenters Dermot O’Leary, Alison Hammond and Craig Doyle. ITV’s head of daytime Emma Gormley, who has also been embroiled in the scandal, was absent.
Meanwhile, Holmes, 63, arrived on the red carpet with the aid of two crutches following a hip operation.
One ITV insider said: ‘If you were Holly you wouldn’t have gone, would you? Not only would you have come face to face with Eamonn but you would have had to go through the humilation of losing out to A Place in The Sun.
‘It was all very different to this time last year when Holly and Phil turned up, big smiles on their faces, and were the toast of the do.’
Ellie Simmonds, who revealed that she had been adopted at birth, was presented the award to A Place in The Sun.
This Morning was heavily criticised after present Phillip Schofield (pictured) admitted that he had had an affair with a much younger runner and then lied about it
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Other winners included Roman Kemp – son of Martin Kemp – who was named Radio Personality of the year and said told the guests at the event as he collected it: ‘Nepotism works!’
Ricky Gervais’ After Life beat Bridgerton, The Crown and White Lotus to win Best Streamer.
Paul O’Grady won a posthumous award for Best Factual for his show For the Love of Dogs and received a heart-warming tribute.
The Chase won game show of the year while Bake Off won Best Food. Peaky Blinders won Best Drama while the Queen’s Funeral was named Best Live Event.
GB News Breakfast won best multi-channel news while Gogglebox beat Strictly and I’m A Celebrity to win Best Entertainment.
Earlier today, it was reported how Holly Willoughby had lost her voice after partying at Glastonbury Festival.
The presenter, 42, spent the weekend with friends at Worthy Farm, raising eyebrows when it emerged she had taken off Monday’s This Morning, prompting Josie Gibson to take her place.
While she may have had a day to rest, Holly wasn’t fully recovered by the time she returned to the show, with co-host Craig Doyle remarking on her croaky voice.
As he probed: ‘Is that a summer cold is it? Allergies? Pollen?’ Holly quipped: ‘I’ve been offically Glasto-d! That’s what this voice is.
‘It’s always my first thing to go and actually I blame Elton John for this because – did you see him on stage? It was just so amazing, it was one of the best bits.’
‘I’ve been offically Glasto-d!’: Holly Willoughby revealed she lost her voice after her ’12-hour Glastonbury bender’ as she returned to This Morning on Tuesday with Craig Doyle
Ms Willoughby, 42, did not attend the awards ceremony, held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, saying that she had ‘other commitments’ that she had agreed to before the invitation came
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She continued: ‘The whole weekend was incredible but to finish on this moment and I sang my socks off and now I sound like this! But honestly I just had the best weekend ever.’
One snap saw her posing with a pal in a white broderie anglaise dress and cowboy-style had as the sun set behind her, while in another she looked out on the stage as her husband Dan Baldwin put his arm around her in a rare PDA.
Holly – who missed Monday’s This Morning due to the festival – reportedly enjoyed a boozy 12-hour day out at Glastonbury on Friday, when the Arctic Monkeys headlined.
She partied and danced with the likes of Princess Eugenie, Peter Crouch, actor Jamie Dornan and Lily James until the early hours of the morning, according to The Sun.
Holly missed Monday’s This Morning as she travelled back from the festival and Craig Doyle and Josie Gibson filled in for her. She will return for Tuesday’s programme.
The star was spotted arriving at the hotly-anticipated festival by helicopter along with Dan.
It was her first big public outing since Phillip stepped down from ITV, as he admitted to having an affair with a much younger male This Morning colleague.
Video footage obtained by the publication showed Holly having the time of her life as she put her worries behind her and danced the night away.
Fun: Holly shared snaps from her Glastonbury 2023 trip on Tuesday where she enjoyed a ’12-hour’ boozy day – after missing Monday’s This Morning due to the festival
Sweet: Earlier in the day the presenter, 42, took to Instagram to give a glimpse at her time at the festival as she took in all the musical acts (pictured with husband Dan Baldwin)
Ready for action! The star was spotted arriving at the hotly-anticipated festival by helicopter along with her husband Dan Baldwin
A source told The Sun of her day at the festival: ‘Holly was laughing and joking with her friends from the moment she touched down.
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‘They had access to the VIP Winnebago camping area but Holly seemed keen to get among the crowds.’
Holly was said to have watched headliners the Arctic Monkeys in the crowds with footballer Peter Crouch and his wife Abbey Clancy.
The presenter was also said to have socialized in the VIP area before partying at The Rabbit Hole with the likes of actress Lily and Irish star Jamie until 2am.
An onlooker added: ‘She was dancing non-stop and having a ball. It was clear the stress of the past couple of months had subsided and Holly looked happier than ever.’
It comes after her former co-host Phillip, 61, resigned from ITV and was dropped by his agency YMU after admitting to an ‘unwise, but not illegal’ affair with a younger male colleague.
Since returning to This Morning on June 5, Holly has brushed off the drama surrounding Phillip’s exit and has presented This Morning with a rotation of co-hosts.
The tryst was kept secret for years until Phillip admitted to The Mail on Sunday he had lied about it having been just rumours.
He went on to confess he had misled his employer ITV, his colleagues, his friends and his then agents at the management firm YMU.
Then, in an extraordinary series of mea culpa interviews, he apologised for all of the hurt he had caused.
It sparked an extraordinary domino effect for the show and ITV, with Holly having to issue a statement saying she knew nothing about it.
But Phillip insisted he had not ‘groomed’ the man, despite first meeting him when he was 15.
All change: Josie Gibson stepped in alongside Craig for Monday’s This Morning as Holly was absent due to her Glastonbury trip
Drama: Since returning to This Morning on June 5, Holly has brushed off the drama surrounding Phillip Schofield’s exit and has presented This Morning with a rotation of co-hosts
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He declared: ‘Attraction is attraction. It’s no different in the gay world as it is in the heterosexual world or in the lesbian world.
‘There shouldn’t be a difference. This is where homophobia comes in. We did first meet when he was 15, I visited the drama school [he attended].
‘So yeah, there’s a difference. It’s accepted by Leonardo DiCaprio, it’s not accepted if it’s in the gay world.’
Titanic actor Leo, 48, has reportedly had several relationships with women who are younger than him.
Nevertheless, crowds at Glastonbury on Friday night couldn’t resist an opportunity to mock Schofield – at the same time his former-co star Holly Willoughby hit the VIP bar.
Festivalgoers took a dig at the former ITV star once more during the Arctic Monkeys’ 90-minute headline set on Friday night in Worthy Farm, Somerset.
Meanwhile, his former co-star and close friend Holly Willoughby was still embracing a glamorous celebrity lifestyle, as she was snapped hitting the VIP bar after arriving at the festival by helicopter.
Some members of the crowd were seen by The Mirror holding up a huge flag displaying Schofield puffing on his Lost Mary vape in his interview with The Sun – his first newspaper chat since admitting to the affair.
Crowds at Glastonbury on Friday night couldn’t resist an opportunity to mock fallen TV presenter Phillip Schofield
It was captioned: ‘Phillip Schofield says he’s vaping so much his hands are blistered,’ mocking the presenter’s dishevelled appearance in the interview.
During the interview, Schofield showed his ‘collection’ of blisters and calluses, according to The Sun.
He said: ‘I’ve been vaping, a lot. I didn’t realise until suddenly it hurt, but I’ve been sitting looking up at the sky or out of the window, just staring into space.
‘I just sit on the sofa and stare. I realise by doing that, I’ve blistered both hands.’
At the same time as Schofield was ruthlessly mocked by the crowd, Holly Willoughby was snapped enjoying the festivities.
She donned chic festival gear with husband Dan Baldwin as they made their way via helicopter to the West Country before grabbing a drink at the VIP Butt’s bar.
Earlier on Friday, Phillip was pictured looking ‘very tired’ with a plastic shopping bag in Cornwall as he was caught on camera by a member of the public.
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