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Is it all over for Holly Willoughby ?

223 replies

mids2019 · 29/07/2026 05:33

https://www.dailymail.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article-16011769/JAN-MOIR-Hollys-steaming-landfill-banality-Meghan-obvious-desperate-quest-relatable.html

Sorry behind catwalk but has anyone seen Molly's new show on you tibe?.It really is quite sure and has all the makings of a career in freefall (she even had to get her husband to produce it). Was it always going to be this way after the Schofiled scandal or is she like Tess Daly simply not to enter enough to make a career on her own?

JAN MOIR: Holly's new show is so banal it makes Meghan's look good

Caring, sharing Holly Willoughby blessed us with a return to the broadcast world this week, floating back down the airwaves like a blonde cherub on a candy-floss cloud of crud.

https://www.dailymail.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article-16011769/JAN-MOIR-Hollys-steaming-landfill-banality-Meghan-obvious-desperate-quest-relatable.html

OP posts:
LondonLass2026 · 29/07/2026 09:59

AgnesMcDoo · 29/07/2026 07:11

People always like to find a woman to blame for a man’s crimes

Not really. Schofield hasn't been seen since, I think apart from some very odd 3-part show he did after the scandal where he was on an island. Pre-scandal he was apparently being lined up to replace Bradley Walsh on The Chase.

I think people were fed up with Holly long before Philip's scandal. Can't start blaming Philip for Holly's downfall!

I agree with a pp that there are now people 25 years younger than Holly who seem to be preferred. Some Love Island person called Amber has been on GMB every day, as some sort of commentator. Olivia Attwood is everywhere. I don't know who these people are but keep seeing them on adverts. It's a total and utter change in culture in general and Holly looks dated (even though she shouldn't).

You can't even buy cleaning products online these days without a video of some influencer dancing around a supermarket popping up.

SummerSummerSummertime · 29/07/2026 10:00

moltopianissimo · 29/07/2026 08:13

Catwalk should be paywall
Molly should be Holly
Tibe should be tube
Sure should be bad
Schofiled should be Schofield
To enter should be ???

Come on, cast a cursory glance before expecting everyone to make sense of your OP.

Or use the edit function?!

Wishimaywishimight · 29/07/2026 10:01

Sorry behind catwalk?

Lomonald · 29/07/2026 10:01

chemmie · 29/07/2026 09:46

The thing is the people who watch This Morning would watch a donkey presenting it. Perhaps that’s unfair but I don’t think people are drawn to it by particular presenters. So it’s a gamble if the audience comes with her or not.

I mean obviously your tv viewing .is more high brow !but yes people have preferences of who they like to watch, i am sure you are the same with your viewing preference, day time tv is supposed to be light fluffy and sometimes informative, it isn't supposed to be hard work but I am sure the viewers are not as you are insinuating,

TheIdlerReturns · 29/07/2026 10:02

mids2019 · 29/07/2026 05:34

Sorry for the typos ...sure should be bad...

What does "sure should be bad" mean?

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 29/07/2026 10:02

WaneyEdge · 29/07/2026 08:31

Meh. I never thought she was all that and always assumed she only got work because her husband is a producer. Same with most of them; Zoe Ball - famous dad, Claudia Winkleman - famous mum, Roman Kemp - famous dad, Lily Allen - famous/influential parents, Christine Lampard - married a famous footballer, Barney Walsh - famous dad. Very few now who present TV/radio shows or get record deals that haven’t somehow got where they are due to a leg-up from their connections.

Christine was already an established tv presenter when she met Frank Lampard. I agree with you on the rest of them though. Particularly Barney Walsh, who I saw interviewed recently and was utterly monosyllabic. He doesn't appear to have a personality without dad there to bounce off.

chemmie · 29/07/2026 10:07

@LomonaldI occasionally would have it on the background when I was a student but I couldn’t even tell you who was presenting as it was background noise. I’ve not watched it in years because with streaming there is so much choice. There is nothing wrong with fluffy tv but my point was are people specifically tuning in to watch Holly or would they watch the show regardless? If it’s Holly who is the driver than many viewers will go with her although some may not like the digital format.

chemmie · 29/07/2026 10:09

I can’t think of any tv shows that I watch because of a particular presenter. I do see films if they have certain actors in though.

icingonmycupcake · 29/07/2026 10:11

Well aren't you all delightful. 🙄 You'd think she peed on your cornflakes every morning.

38woman · 29/07/2026 10:14

She betrayed Peter Jones who was a good friend too. They were in very last stages of setting up a lifestyle business, she backed out blaming family commitments - then set up her own lifestyle brand.

Nos4r2 · 29/07/2026 10:14

She and Phillip were very good at their jobs.I had a friend who went on their show and he said he couldnt believe how they knew so much about him and how lovely and professional they both were.
You are not who you are on TV and stuff gets out as we know with Phillip Schofield. Also, you can't be as close friends as they were without knowing a lot about each other so I expect she knew about him. She did drop her friend like a hot potato though.
I dont really care but she was on TV a lot and it is ever thus. Why dont the people in charge get new people on so you dont get so use to one face and it gives other people a chance.

AImportantMermaid · 29/07/2026 10:15

This whole thread reads like it was written by a bunch of 13 year old incels in their mums’ basements.

PatNoodle · 29/07/2026 10:20

TheIdlerReturns · 29/07/2026 10:02

What does "sure should be bad" mean?

I think OP means that bad should be in place of sure, so the sentence in the op should be 'it really is quite bad'. Although given the state of the rest of the post I'm not even sure on that

NotOnYourEllie · 29/07/2026 10:22

AImportantMermaid · 29/07/2026 10:15

This whole thread reads like it was written by a bunch of 13 year old incels in their mums’ basements.

Really? I think most people feel quite neutral about her. I certainly do.

There is more than one mainstream news article about the same subject, so not sure it is completely abhorrent or incel behaviour to discuss

Additup · 29/07/2026 10:24

SinicalMe · 29/07/2026 08:58

Whereas Amanda Holden is still doing very well and is still getting a lot of gigs. YouI may not like her but bland she isn’t.

Yes she too has an influential tv husband but Amanda comes across as a nice person. People seem to like working with her, her programme with Alan Carr is great.

And whilst being quite showy she can take the mickey out of herself and doesn’t come across as smug. I’ve never watched anything with HW.

This is true. I admire AH for her chutzpah and work ethic although it does irk me that she insists on knocking a few years off her real age. (I know someone who is a school friend of hers.)

moltopianissimo · 29/07/2026 10:25

TheIdlerReturns · 29/07/2026 10:02

What does "sure should be bad" mean?

It means the word "sure" should have been written as the word "bad".

MauveFatball · 29/07/2026 10:26

Once saw her and Ferne Cotton in some weird filming at a hotel we were staying at. My daughters ‘met them’ in the ladies and said both were stuck up - they had smiled at them and said hello but both Holly and Ferne looked at them as if they’d trod in something nasty.
And I wonder what happened to that ‘great friendship’?! Holly and Ferne were supposedly best mates.

likeafishneedsabike · 29/07/2026 10:29

SinicalMe · 29/07/2026 08:58

Whereas Amanda Holden is still doing very well and is still getting a lot of gigs. YouI may not like her but bland she isn’t.

Yes she too has an influential tv husband but Amanda comes across as a nice person. People seem to like working with her, her programme with Alan Carr is great.

And whilst being quite showy she can take the mickey out of herself and doesn’t come across as smug. I’ve never watched anything with HW.

Surprisingly, Amanda Holden seems quite self aware (on the basis of her show with Alan Carr).

Nanalovesnature · 29/07/2026 10:30

I could never understand how anybody could bear to watch here, except for men who are impressed by a big bosom. I have always found her empty-headed and completely talentless. She has however made an enormous amount of money, thanks to her boobs.

Anyahyacinth · 29/07/2026 10:32

Nobody cares and how vile to attack women in this way ...Be Kind eh? Awful

Shall we appraise the success of your career OP?

Happyjoe · 29/07/2026 10:33

She's always been very trite to me and paid her little attention, very dull woman. Her speech on this morning after Schofield was the worst speech when trying to save her arse. Rubbish, patronising and just awful. For that reason alone she shouldn't ever be on screen again, ha ha!

chemmie · 29/07/2026 10:34

@Happyjoeyou wrote that speech!

EvieBB · 29/07/2026 10:35

I hope it's over (her career). Sounds harsh, I know. I used to like her - she came across as lovely and warm and genuine, but then I read about how dismissive she was of staff when she was at the height of her fame on This Morning. She would look down on 'the minions'. So, yes, I really dislike her now and have zero sympathy.

Happyjoe · 29/07/2026 10:36

chemmie · 29/07/2026 10:34

@Happyjoeyou wrote that speech!

Ha ha, edited my typo! lol. Well spotted :)

EvieBB · 29/07/2026 10:36

Anyahyacinth · 29/07/2026 10:32

Nobody cares and how vile to attack women in this way ...Be Kind eh? Awful

Shall we appraise the success of your career OP?

She did herself no favours with how she treat her staff. Zero sympathy