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To like Holly Willoughby?

78 replies

fimimifi · 19/01/2021 11:31

I know she gets a lot of hate on here and online but I don't know why? I really like her. She seems like a nice person, good mum, nice appearance etc. I think she's good at her job and seems sweet and good hearted. Am I delusional?

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StopTheTrainWantToGetOff · 19/01/2021 14:24

Thats 2 of you then

(you and Holly)

Butchyrestingface · 19/01/2021 14:26

I neither like or dislike her. She is a bit 'meh' and I would be Hmm about her ability to inspire intense feelings at either direction. I feel like she's the human equivalent of shopping at Seasalt.

I also feel mostly indifferent to Gwyneth Paltrow. But maybe that's cos I avoid Goop.

cupofteaplease1 · 19/01/2021 14:35

I like holly, not sure why people don't. @Bluntness100 completely with you on Amanda Holden though and Alicia Dixon I have a hard time liking,
Not jealousy in the slightest there's just something about their personalities I don't like.

AllTheChocolateNow · 19/01/2021 14:43

I know Alesha and she is absolutely lovely in real life Grin. No side to her whatsoever.

Woodlandbelle · 19/01/2021 14:46

I don't think its fair to comment on someone don't really know. I am sure she is a good person. No real opinion on her. But she was in the right place at the right time and married a person who got her where she is today. She got lucky. I'm sure she has the same ups and downs as the rest of is albeit a much more luxurious lifestyle

JaneJeffer · 19/01/2021 14:49

YABU

ShirleyPhallus · 19/01/2021 14:52

She’s fine but totally overexposed

Wish they’d give some other presenters air time rather than relying on the same ones all the time

VanillaSheHer · 19/01/2021 14:54

Ex of a friend worked on This Morning. He was the kind of guy who’s worked in TV for decades and was sometimes really effusive about people, never had a bad word to say about anyone he’d worked with.

I asked him what she was like and he wouldn’t say anything except “I couldn’t possibly say anything about someone I’ve worked with it’d be so unprofessional”.

And then promptly went on to tell me a long, glowing story about another presenter he’d worked with on another show.

EvilRingahBitch · 19/01/2021 15:00

I’ve only ever seen her on Dancing on Ice but she seems competent, pleasant and easy on the eye. Not nearly as annoying as Tess Daly.

Fembot123 · 19/01/2021 15:01

A friend of mine said her news reporter friend told her Holly is horrible 😂😂 I don’t have an opinion either way as I don’t know her and haven’t seen her in anything.

fimimifi · 19/01/2021 15:08

@Bluntness100 I don't like to negatively judge people I know personally, however I couldn't agree more with you regarding Amanda Holden! 😆

Hmmm, very interesting @VanillaSheHer 🧐

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MrsHugsxx · 19/01/2021 15:09

I neither like or dislike her. She might be a nice person or it could be an act. Who knows?

JustCallMeGriffin · 19/01/2021 15:10

I think there's something really "off" about Holly that I can't put my finger on, but then I have an irrational dislike of Nicholas Cage for exactly the same reason.

However I doubt either of them cares that a random stranger thinks they give off bad vibes.

BumbleBiscuit · 19/01/2021 15:11

Her voice goes right through me. It’s terrible. Don’t mind her as a person though.

fimimifi · 19/01/2021 15:13

[quote fimimifi]@Bluntness100 I don't like to negatively judge people I know personally, however I couldn't agree more with you regarding Amanda Holden! 😆

Hmmm, very interesting @VanillaSheHer 🧐[/quote]
People I don't know personally

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BornIn78 · 19/01/2021 15:15

Holly, it’s you, isn’t it?

I’ve never liked or disliked her, but her sickly fawning over Phil during his “coming out” interview churned my stomach.

yesyoudoknowme · 19/01/2021 15:16

I find her cloyingly sweet. She is like an overdose of sugar - and she looks like a doll. Personally I find her way too 'nice'. I wouldn't switch the tv off if she came on though, unlike some others (men mainly) (In fact all men) (not ALL men, but the ones I would switch off all happen to be men) Everyone has their own opinions, like you can't like everyone you work with. No different.

MintyMabel · 19/01/2021 15:16

You don't have to like every presenter on the TV. I record Strictly so I can zip through and don't have to watch the presenting.

Indeed. I find most TV presenters annoying, some more than others (Holly is in that category) I can't really see the point of them, most programmes work perfectly well without them.

Sparklingbrook · 19/01/2021 15:18

@MintyMabel

You don't have to like every presenter on the TV. I record Strictly so I can zip through and don't have to watch the presenting.

Indeed. I find most TV presenters annoying, some more than others (Holly is in that category) I can't really see the point of them, most programmes work perfectly well without them.

I genuinely believe no presenters are required on Strictly. Be better for it-and shorter.
KirstenBlest · 19/01/2021 15:22

"she gets a lot of hate on here and online"

Well, she's pretty, slim, dresses nicely, successful, what's there to like?

There's a lot of hate towards Tess Strictly too, probably for the same reasons.

Sparklingbrook · 19/01/2021 15:27

The only time any celebrity gets hate on here is when somebody innocently starts a thread about them...

namechangetheworld · 19/01/2021 15:40

She comes across as smug, and clearly gets work because of her husband. It's certainly not because of her presenting skills - her ability to read an autocue is abysmal.

Phil is even more unlikeable though so she's the lesser of two evils in that regard.

KirstenBlest · 19/01/2021 15:50

I never could watch PS, so haven't seen much of HW.
TD doesn't annoy me in the slightest.

JaneJeffer · 19/01/2021 15:51

The only time any celebrity gets hate on here is when somebody innocently starts a thread about them.
Not liking someone off the telly is not hate.

Calmandmeasured1 · 19/01/2021 15:51

You don't have to like every presenter on the TV. I record Strictly so I can zip through and don't have to watch the presenting.
Me too. The presenting on Strictly is appalling. OTT fakeness and pathetic jokes, out of sync with each other in terms of clothing generally. The only bit I now watch is the actual dancing.

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