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Holly Willoughby-man arrested

123 replies

Aretheautumnleavesoutyet · 06/10/2023 10:23

With plotting to kidnap, murder, rape..how terrifying

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Lumpsandbumps4 · 06/10/2023 12:16

I wonder how they became aware of the plot? Bloody good job that they did. Just awful.

Thisweeksname · 06/10/2023 12:20

The daily Mail has a picture of the bloke arrested, what an absolutely hideous creature!!

Passepartoute · 06/10/2023 12:25

Chocolatelabradorsarethebest · 06/10/2023 11:18

Truly awful and terrifying for her.

Although, call me cynical, but quite convenient it's happened at a time her popularity has significantly dipped in the wake of the Philip Schofield / queens funeral scandal and some of her actions were being questioned...

What a weird comment. You need to have a think about how likely it is that the police would have arrested someone if this were a publicity stunt.

Janieforever · 06/10/2023 12:36

Passepartoute · 06/10/2023 12:25

What a weird comment. You need to have a think about how likely it is that the police would have arrested someone if this were a publicity stunt.

Agree, I can’t believe anyone wrote that. Just so mysogynisitc. Make it the woman’s fault. Utterly heinous.

Wishitsnows · 06/10/2023 12:38

How was the 32 stone man who is apparently housebound going to kidnap anyone? I’m guessing he was going to pay someone but didn’t have a job and only used to work at Pizza Hut.

Newnametoavoidtrouble · 06/10/2023 12:50

Is there a Bot that is set up to scan all posts and compose snippy remarks that are borderline offensive.
Details in papers this morning and police parked outside her house. 'Course it's a set-up!

Soontobe60 · 06/10/2023 12:53

Chocolatelabradorsarethebest · 06/10/2023 11:18

Truly awful and terrifying for her.

Although, call me cynical, but quite convenient it's happened at a time her popularity has significantly dipped in the wake of the Philip Schofield / queens funeral scandal and some of her actions were being questioned...

I think cynical is an understatement dear.

SecondClassReturnToDottinghamPlease · 06/10/2023 12:53

Wishitsnows · 06/10/2023 12:38

How was the 32 stone man who is apparently housebound going to kidnap anyone? I’m guessing he was going to pay someone but didn’t have a job and only used to work at Pizza Hut.

Used to be 32 stone and housebound.

Riverlee · 06/10/2023 12:56

I Heard this on the radio earlier. How awful for Holly and her family.

i also wondered how they uncovered the plot. On the news, it said the man wasn’t known to her.

Cowlover89 · 06/10/2023 12:56

I hope she's okay x

Tinysoxxx · 06/10/2023 13:05

He gave an interview in 2018 to the BBC, which is easily to find googling his name, where he talks about going for surgery. The same picture is used as the one you have shown, with the same name and area (31 in 2018).

Janieforever · 06/10/2023 13:05

Wishitsnows · 06/10/2023 12:38

How was the 32 stone man who is apparently housebound going to kidnap anyone? I’m guessing he was going to pay someone but didn’t have a job and only used to work at Pizza Hut.

He is no longer 32 stone and house bound. He’s even taking driving lessons now. Clearly if he was 32 stone and house bound he’d not be able to go and kidnap her,

Dramatic · 06/10/2023 13:13

Chocolatelabradorsarethebest · 06/10/2023 11:18

Truly awful and terrifying for her.

Although, call me cynical, but quite convenient it's happened at a time her popularity has significantly dipped in the wake of the Philip Schofield / queens funeral scandal and some of her actions were being questioned...

What a ridiculous comment. Give your head a wobble.

giddymonday · 06/10/2023 13:55

it's horrific isn't it? I was watching the Jill Dando documentary on netflix and thinking back to her awful murder and how
vulnerable female celebrities are.

Aretheautumnleavesoutyet · 06/10/2023 14:15

Is this an obsessed fan? I don’t understand why there’s more than one? He hired someone?

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TarantinoIsAMisogynist · 06/10/2023 14:16

More likely to be a misogynist incel with an obsession about her than a 'fan'.

It sounds to me as though he hired someone.

CherryCokeFanatic · 06/10/2023 14:25

Conveniently timed…. and a rapid overnight investigation and arrest from the sound of it. Could it be as simple as handing over a few weird DMs and hoping one is a stalker/obsessed to get an arrest and some positive PR?

Citrusandginger · 06/10/2023 14:26

How utterly bizarre. Very frightening for HW and I'm glad she's OK. But how the heck does anyone wake up in the morning and decide that's what they are going to do with their day?

Is he the paramilitary wing of the Philip Schofield appreciation society?

TarantinoIsAMisogynist · 06/10/2023 14:33

CherryCokeFanatic · 06/10/2023 14:25

Conveniently timed…. and a rapid overnight investigation and arrest from the sound of it. Could it be as simple as handing over a few weird DMs and hoping one is a stalker/obsessed to get an arrest and some positive PR?

Careful, your misogyny is showing....

Steelasprey · 06/10/2023 14:53

@Chocolatelabradorsarethebest
Could you not flip that assumption? That some of her choices/ behaviours were off-brand because she was living with this threat? We never know what’s going on in the background for anyone.
(I’m not in/ from UK so have absolutely no knowledge of HW before or after her fall from
favour)

alwaysonadiet1 · 06/10/2023 15:12

Aretheautumnleavesoutyet · 06/10/2023 14:15

Is this an obsessed fan? I don’t understand why there’s more than one? He hired someone?

I'm not too sure about the difference between soliciting (the murder charge) and inciting (the kidnap and rape charge). No money needs to have changed hands though. It could be that he has set up and led an online group encouraging others to commit the offences. I hope my facts are correct, it's just from what I've read in the papers....

TypicalCoach · 06/10/2023 15:17

You can tell who all the posters on here who spend their lives on tattle life talking and saying horrific things about celebrities. One of the worst websites around for many unhigned people who all but stalk celebrities.

IClaudine · 06/10/2023 15:19

Crikey. The people trying to pass this off as a PR stunt are as unhinged as the stalker.

Gothambutnotahamster · 06/10/2023 15:20

It really is scary shit the number of nutcases out there who want to harm women!

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