Holly Willoughby ‘will never speak’ about Phillip Schofield again

Holly Willoughby's This Morning statement

Holly Willoughby, 42, is reportedly set to “never speak” about her former ITV co-star Phillip Schofield, 61, ever again, after her brief mention of him on Monday’s This Morning divided viewers.

Yesterday, the former model broke her silence in a carefully worded statement delivered to This Morning viewers.

A source said her monologue, which only mentioned Phillip by name once, showed how upset she is.

They claimed: “This is the only time Holly will ever speak about Phil and what has happened.

“She still feels incredibly angry and upset by his actions and is very much still trying to get her head around it.

“It took a lot for Holly to compose herself and speak about what has gone on in the last few weeks.

“But people expecting her to sit and pour her heart out will be waiting for a long time.

“Holly is upset that Phil, who she believed to be a very close friend, lied to her about his affair,” they told The Sun. 

They also claimed it “will take her a long time” to come to terms with.

Express.co.uk has contacted representatives for Holly for comment.

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Holly told viewers she felt let down after Phillip, 61, confessed he had lied about his affair with a young showrunner, an admission which led to him leaving ITV.

The presenter — just back from a break in Portugal and wearing a sleeveless white dress — briefly held on to fellow presenter Josie Gibson’s hand before speaking to viewers.

She said: “It feels very strange sitting here without Phil and I imagine you might be feeling a lot like I have — shaken, troubled, let down, worried for the well-being of people on all sides of what’s been going on, and full of questions.”

She added: “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.

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“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 well-being 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.”

Last night, ITV confirmed Holly’s statement was already the sixth most watched video across all its platforms with 6.3 million views.

A 90-second video of the statement posted on Twitter by This Morning had 8.1 million impressions.

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