Holly Willoughby defended by ITV co-star following 'tough ride' with Phillip Schofield
dailyrecord.co.ukHolly Willoughby has certainly faced a challenging year. After her co-host Phillip Schofield left This Morning following an affair with a younger male colleague, Holly herself stepped away.The mum-of-three stood down from the flagship breakfast programme amid rumours of a kidnap threat.
Holly revealed she decided to 'put her family first' and take a break from the small screen, however she's set to return in a new Netflix show.Holly, who made a return to screens co-hosting Dancing On Ice earlier this year, is set to travel to Central America to join forces with survival expert Bear Grylls for a new Netflix project.
The show has been billed as an 'I'm A Celeb' style spin-off.Holly's former Celebrity Juice co-star Leigh Francis, better known as Keith Lemon, shared insights into how she's coping ahead of her Netflix debut.
Leigh revealed that despite the difficulties, Holly is "happy" and looking forward to new opportunities, although he admitted to being puzzled over the criticism she faced."As long as Holly's happy, I'm happy.
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