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To be intrigued what Holly is really like

148 replies

Allabitweirdtobehonest · 06/06/2023 19:53

Holly Willoughby

For so long I thought she was really lovely (from seeing her on tv etc)
Then I read some things on here and other sites over the years about her not being that nice and now the way things have gone over recent events with P.S, it makes her be seen in a different way.
So, what is she really like I wonder, it’s so hard to see her as anything other that lovely or want her to be anything other than lovely and I don’t know why 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Allabitweirdtobehonest · 06/06/2023 20:39

Must be just me then 😂

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HangingOver · 06/06/2023 20:40

Giant cowpat apparently.

Gistbury · 06/06/2023 20:41

Would love to be a fly on the wall in her home

inspiration101 · 06/06/2023 20:41

Totally up her own a**e and too much exposure on ITV over the years. Will be glad to see less of her

Artycrafts · 06/06/2023 20:41

I've only just seen the video of her sickly speech. She comes across as cold, calculating and ruthless. Those traits seeped out of her performance.

RhosynBach · 06/06/2023 20:42

I’m really not intrigued. I don’t really care. But I don’t watch this morning so not as invested maybe

EsmeSusanOgg · 06/06/2023 20:42

I'd imagine a person? Not all perfect and lovey dovey per TV persona, but unlikely to be a characature of a Disney villain either.

Calzonepizza · 06/06/2023 20:42

Ain’t no smoke without fire an all that

Lkgcsr · 06/06/2023 20:42

I think she does probably have a nice side as most people do but to get where she is she also must be ambitious and at times quite cut throat; the last few weeks have shown that.

Greengreengrass231 · 06/06/2023 20:43

I wonder are most successful people really lovely. They get to where they are by being ruthless and willing to make the hard calls. It’s a fake persona the nicey nice. She didn’t get to where she is today looking for ‘josie hugs’

Litthefirealready · 06/06/2023 20:44

I always wonder if her and Fearne Cotton are still besties?

Snoopsnoggysnog · 06/06/2023 20:45

inspiration101 · 06/06/2023 20:41

Totally up her own a**e and too much exposure on ITV over the years. Will be glad to see less of her

I couldn’t care less about Holly but I always wondered why her and Phil were everywhere. Why couldn’t they get someone else to present dancing on ice? So boring having the same faces everywhere. It’s like Ant and Dec. Yawn.

Allabitweirdtobehonest · 06/06/2023 20:46

@Gistbury So would I, there’s not many people that you can’t sort of get a sense of who they are, it’s totally confusing when it comes to her, to put on such a performance of being one way, how can she be completely another way. I generally think I’m good at having a feeling about people, it’s weird!

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Allabitweirdtobehonest · 06/06/2023 20:48

I also feel like she might have used to have been genuinely nice years ago, but has become awful in recent years, but why?

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Blueskysunflower · 06/06/2023 20:48

I never understand why people care if presenters or celebrities or actors are “nice” or “lovely” (whatever that means). If they’re good at their job and not doing anything illegal or hugely unethical then whether or not they’re sickly sweet in real life or whether their relationship with their co-presenter or band mate or fellow actor is good, bad or indifferent doesn’t matter to me at all. Most people have a range of relationships with co-workers and aren’t perfectly lovely all the time, I don’t see why someone who is paid to be saccharine sweet presenting This Morning (another form of acting really) should be any different to the rest of us in real life.

Frances0911 · 06/06/2023 20:48

Op, with all respect you must be quite naive. Even my then eighty year old mum called out how fake she came across, and that was around ten years ago.

Allabitweirdtobehonest · 06/06/2023 20:50

@Frances0911 Oh for sure she’s always been sickly sweet sometimes, but how could a person literally turn that on and off so easily and seemingly be the complete opposite off stage…awful

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Blueskysunflower · 06/06/2023 20:51

Allabitweirdtobehonest · 06/06/2023 20:46

@Gistbury So would I, there’s not many people that you can’t sort of get a sense of who they are, it’s totally confusing when it comes to her, to put on such a performance of being one way, how can she be completely another way. I generally think I’m good at having a feeling about people, it’s weird!

But why would you know her or have a feeling about her - she presents a television programme you presumably watch. You have no actual relationship with her at all. She’s not your friend, she’s got no clue who you are, you’ve never met her…. Of course you don’t have a sense of who she is.

HandBall · 06/06/2023 20:52

Nice people do exist. Fake nice people like Holly are often worse than straight talking people like Eamonn.

LittleBrenda · 06/06/2023 20:52

Frances0911 · 06/06/2023 20:48

Op, with all respect you must be quite naive. Even my then eighty year old mum called out how fake she came across, and that was around ten years ago.

Quite. I've only seen her on I'm a Celebrity and she was unwatchable she was so insincere.

Outofthepark · 06/06/2023 20:52

No idea what she's like and I don't watch This Morning, but I always remember her and Ferne on Celebrity Juice doing this disgusting thing with a massive frankfurter where they were both kind of deep throating it (can't believe I just typed that!) And it just seemed so vile and demeaning and weird, I can't believe they lowered themselves to do stuff like that.

Artycrafts · 06/06/2023 20:53

Allabitweirdtobehonest · 06/06/2023 20:48

I also feel like she might have used to have been genuinely nice years ago, but has become awful in recent years, but why?

She has probably become complacent. When Schofield got her the job, she was finding her feet and needed his guidance. She doesn't need that anymore. He's surplus to requirements. She was very composed during her speech, very robotic and fake.

Gistbury · 06/06/2023 20:54

I can’t really work her out. A part
of my does think she’s nice and friendly but also fiercely ambitious so she would take any fools

BrownKnoll · 06/06/2023 20:55

I’m not sure why you’d care what she’s really like. She competently presents television programmes. That’s all that matters isn’t it?

User18540964 · 06/06/2023 20:55

The fakeness is much more obvious now she is presenting with Josie than it was with PS.