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holly and phil-weird holiday dynamic

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hellosally · 03/08/2019 11:25

just reading online today about the "hilarious" time Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby are having on holiday together with respective families in tow. is it just me or is this "friendship" very strange? always getting drunk together, she is 20 odd years younger than him and probably parading around looking amazing in a bikini-I cant believe this is purely platonic and don't get how their families put up with it -or am I just being miserable?(obviously bored today and over-invested I know)

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fancynancyclancy · 03/08/2019 12:34

I’ve been on holiday with work colleagues, some are really good friends.

sonjadog · 03/08/2019 12:36

How does one "parade around in a bikini" as oppose you just walk around in it? I want to practice in the back garden this afternoon.

EssexGurl · 03/08/2019 12:39

Holly was also in holiday with Rochelle Humes and her family recently. All this holidaying with other families is very odd.

chipsandgin · 03/08/2019 12:40

So the rules are you can only be friends with people the same age and the same sex as you? I missed that memo. Thankfully.

Also totally agree that the use of the word 'parading' says a lot about you OP!

joyfullittlehippo · 03/08/2019 12:41

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HaudYerWheeshtYaWeeBellend · 03/08/2019 12:42

So because he’s 20 years her senior that means they cannot have a friendship, or they must be having an affair. Hmm

A women wearing a bikini on a holiday means she’s flaunting her body, Hmm

Sometimes it’s just what it says on the tin, nothing more or nothing less!!

Her husbands also a producer for ITV Confused so yes clearly all kinds of kinkyfuckery is going on.

HaudYerWheeshtYaWeeBellend · 03/08/2019 12:44

Holly was also in holiday with Rochelle Humes and her family recently. All this holidaying with other families is very odd.

Hmm Really I holiday with other families several weeks a year, what is odd about friends and families holidaying together Confused

TSSDNCOP · 03/08/2019 12:48

Holly seems like the sort of person people like working with. I don’t get the feeling she’s a flaunter, just fun. Then again I also like Philip so I must be a TM drone even though I work full time and rarely watch it

TSSDNCOP · 03/08/2019 12:50

Only in MN must families on holiday travel as a locked unit unable to socialise with any others.

Mychitchatdays · 03/08/2019 12:51

I think they both have holiday homes close to each other in Portugal.

Oilyskinproblems · 03/08/2019 12:51

I used to work with a guy who was about 15-20 years older. Got on really well with him and a woman who was my age. We all used to get on and socialise on work nights out. However he very rarely came out with us on any in related work night out and if he did it was always secretive with everyone about it because he didn’t want to look like an older creepy guy.

If anyone finds friendships like this weird or creepy they are the ones with a problem. It’s actually really shit that people feel like they can’t have friendships with people they get on really well with because of other people judging and gossiping.

ithinkiammelting · 03/08/2019 12:51

I'm really trying....

...nope, it's not good. I really couldn't care less.

LucheroTena · 03/08/2019 12:53

I’ve heard she’s not his ‘type’.

TSSDNCOP · 03/08/2019 12:53

I don’t think your trying hard enough melting put your back in and dig something out for the love of baby Jesus!

TSSDNCOP · 03/08/2019 12:54

True Niles Holly is not a Gopher.

allthegoodusernameshavegone · 03/08/2019 12:54

We go on holidays with groups of friends ranging from 60s down to 20s I’m in my 40s not ever considered it an issue

Nanny0gg · 03/08/2019 12:55

Holly was also in holiday with Rochelle Humes and her family recently. All this holidaying with other families is very odd.

What???

Because they're famous they can't be friends?

And their spouses and children just go along with it?

FGS!

tenterden · 03/08/2019 12:56

Um, Nope. You sound really weird OP.

BlueJava · 03/08/2019 12:57

I think there has to be a certain dynamic between them otherwise their show wouldn't work. I think it's lovely they go on holiday with their families together. Personally I don' think there is anything between them except friendship and a good working relationship.

NCforthis2019 · 03/08/2019 12:58

You think he’s grooming her or something? Because of the age gap? Or he’s some grandpa-pedo perving over her in a bikini? What the fuck has this world come to. Maybe you need to find something else to wonder/worry about. Maybe, just maybe they might light each other and get in well? You don’t hear shit about ant and Dec - why, because they are two men and holly is a woman? Envy

EdWinchester · 03/08/2019 13:00

I think it’s nice that they seem to have a genuine friendship.

The ‘parading around in a bikini’ comment is most odd.

Timandra · 03/08/2019 13:02

I would imagine that holidaying with other families who are unphased by your celebrity status offers a degree of normality you might otherwise miss out on and possibly some protection too, as the rest of the party are used to taking the same precautions. It makes sense to me.

fancynancyclancy · 03/08/2019 13:02

Nothing wrong with going on holiday with other families, work colleagues or being friends with the other sex.

TM staff are clearly encouraged to holiday together & share on social media because they are one “big family”. If you watch then you too can be in the family, 🙄

JustDanceAddict · 03/08/2019 13:05

Eh? It’s prob part friendship, part PR but if they have holiday villas close to each other it’s not that odd ffs. Why wouldn’t they be friends irl if they work together, some of my best friends are from my workplace (they keep me sane!). There’s prob 10 years between two friends of mine (I’m in the middle age wise) and as a 3 we go out socially etc.

FrenchSchnoodle · 03/08/2019 13:06

I'm not sure that I can being myself to care. As long as they're all enjoying themselves why on earth not.

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