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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

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nam3c4ang3 · 29/07/2026 11:36

Do people actually care or still care about her?! I think she totally tanked her career when she asked everyone that weird ‘how are you’ question 😂🫣 she’s just so weird and boring 😴

SallyGBPS · 29/07/2026 11:36

WiltonGal · 29/07/2026 07:51

She is very beautiful and bland, that was her selling point for a tv career. That and her powerful industry husband of course. She is now a middle aged beautiful woman and the tv industry has younger replacements in place, in ITV’s case they seem obsessed with the Olivia Atwoods and GK Barrys. She is very similar to Anthea Turner, mentioned up thread. She has lost her place as a tv staple, she is now moved down the pecking order. TV is misogynistic still and her time at the top has gone. If they want older women of a similar age they turn to Lampard and Deeley.

She looks odd imo, not beautiful. She's got good hair, I guess.

MrsClatterbuck · 29/07/2026 11:37

WhatAMarvelousTune · 29/07/2026 08:42

Christine Lampard started presenting the one show, a primetime BBC1 show, nearly 10 yrs before she got married.

Christine Lampard started career here in NI on the BBC as I recall.. Her big break was the One show with Adrian Childs. Apparently she was studying politics at QUB but didn't finish but worked for the BBC instead.

JudgeJ · 29/07/2026 11:37

Username19893847477374 · 29/07/2026 06:40

You can't work it out?

Why do so many people assume we all know the same names? There are somenames in the public domain but I'm one of those who don't trawl 'reality', ie contrived, TV so if that's where this person is from then the name means nothing!

nomas · 29/07/2026 11:38

Is that actually her kitchen at home? Looks very soulless, especially with the massive neon sign of the name of her show.

fundamentallyauthentic · 29/07/2026 11:38

Chefpig · 29/07/2026 11:09

The thing is with Holls, does she have enough money to live on for the rest of her days if she didn't go back to presenting? I mean, what else could she do? I can't see her on the tills at Aldi somehow or pulling a pint down the local. She must be bored out of her mind not working.

But she is working. Russell Brand made millions from YouTube.

nomas · 29/07/2026 11:39

I lasted two minutes, it was almost as bad as watching someone scrape their nails down a blackboard.

poodlemum01 · 29/07/2026 11:39

schofield's tv 'announcement' was cringe and the other presenters could not realistically fake their 'surprise'. The public don't like liars.

WiltonGal · 29/07/2026 11:41

Phil and Holly always felt like they were doing the audience a favour allowing them to watch. All those insider jokes, faux innuendos, trying to be too cool for school - so self indulgent. A complete turn off for viewers. I never used to like Alison Hammond but now I think she is fab. She is down to earth, funny, warm and has a real personality.

hourglass2 · 29/07/2026 11:41

OvernightBloats · 29/07/2026 09:13

Completely agree. She is wealthy. Why does she have this desire to still be in the limelight?

Agree, look at Penny Lancaster, I think she's a Special Constable now...

hourglass2 · 29/07/2026 11:45

WiltonGal · 29/07/2026 11:41

Phil and Holly always felt like they were doing the audience a favour allowing them to watch. All those insider jokes, faux innuendos, trying to be too cool for school - so self indulgent. A complete turn off for viewers. I never used to like Alison Hammond but now I think she is fab. She is down to earth, funny, warm and has a real personality.

Ugh, turning up for work still drunk (allegedly) they thought thery were really cool and funny doing that, they just looked stupid and unprofessional.

Kokonimater · 29/07/2026 11:47

Let’s not get into another slagging match of a woman trying to make her life work.
or shall we try to find out how much she weighs now …

Viviennemary · 29/07/2026 11:48

BelleEpoque27 · 29/07/2026 07:09

Meh. She was everywhere and now people are tired of her.

I don't really care about the queue or Schofield, she was just on TV way too much.

I agree. I stopped watching This Morning years ago because of her. Fern was just as bad. I liked it when it was Richard and Judy. Just over exposure. I once quite liked Ant and Dec. Can't stand either of them now.

sheisforrealatiger · 29/07/2026 11:49

AgnesMcDoo · 29/07/2026 08:26

That’s still blaming a woman for a man’s crimes

It’s not. It’s blaming a woman for covering for a man’s crimes.

BeanQuisine · 29/07/2026 11:52

She's doing it for fun, it's highly unlikely she needs the money.

She would have been expecting the OTT bitching from various quarters, and probably looking forward to it.

hourglass2 · 29/07/2026 11:54

sheisforrealatiger · 29/07/2026 11:49

It’s not. It’s blaming a woman for covering for a man’s crimes.

Exactly this...

hourglass2 · 29/07/2026 11:57

Viviennemary · 29/07/2026 11:48

I agree. I stopped watching This Morning years ago because of her. Fern was just as bad. I liked it when it was Richard and Judy. Just over exposure. I once quite liked Ant and Dec. Can't stand either of them now.

Yes why is it the moment someone on TV becomes remotely populur they get shoved down our throats morning noon and night? Adverts, voiceovers, gameshows, you name it they're doing it, you get sick to the back teeth of seeing and hearing them in the end. Phillip Schofield was bloody EVERYWHERE before the scandal

Thebinisrightthere · 29/07/2026 12:01

poodlemum01 · 29/07/2026 11:39

schofield's tv 'announcement' was cringe and the other presenters could not realistically fake their 'surprise'. The public don't like liars.

Edited

Yes, Eamonn & Ruth were there at the announcement too, comfortinghim. I bet they're cringing now considering how not long after they were all arch enemies

CoffeeAndCats3 · 29/07/2026 12:04

The giggling and inside jokes was very immature. I never enjoyed watching it and found HW annoying if I'm being honest.

She had a good run, but I just can't see her being successful in any other role now. If I were her I'd bugger off and enjoy life out of the limelight. Its a toxic world anyway, who would want it?

nomas · 29/07/2026 12:04

BeanQuisine · 29/07/2026 11:52

She's doing it for fun, it's highly unlikely she needs the money.

She would have been expecting the OTT bitching from various quarters, and probably looking forward to it.

Is she even having fun? It looked dull for everyone.

ohthermo · 29/07/2026 12:07

I think she suffered reputational damage after Schofield but I think jumping back into ‘light and fluffy mode’ after the horrors of the Gavin Plumb case might have worked against her image too.

There’s probably very solid, personal reasons why she couldn’t bear to talk about it publicly (it’s truly horrific and very frightening) but at the same time, talking about it openly, might have helped to shine a light on the horrors and misogyny of the darkest parts of internet.

CossyBunt · 29/07/2026 12:18

This thread has got me thinking…..I always thought Penny Smith was great on GMTV and I think Jane McDonald is fab. So many great presenters out there. Unfortunately I think HW was incredibly bland and it all fell apart once PS was booted off This Morning. The giggly blonde act got old quickly. She hasn’t got the gravitas to carry a show or even segment, on her own.

PuppyMonkey · 29/07/2026 12:18

The Schofield scandal is one thing but I think the thing that’s harmed her most is that “are you okay?” moment in the middle of it all. Doomed to be repeated in countdowns of the cringiest moments of all time forever more.

TemuSussex · 29/07/2026 12:22

PuppyMonkey · 29/07/2026 12:18

The Schofield scandal is one thing but I think the thing that’s harmed her most is that “are you okay?” moment in the middle of it all. Doomed to be repeated in countdowns of the cringiest moments of all time forever more.

Hard agree!

Catlover1705 · 29/07/2026 12:24

I expect she is hoping the public will change their opinion of her. Her new show is boring, but I only watched a few minutes of it. The trouble is she is just so bland and doesn't come across as genuine. If I were her I would disappear and enjoy life with my family and friends.

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