Vanessa Feltz in furious row over Holly Willoughby as she defends star
ok.co.ukVanessa Feltz has furiously defended Holly Willoughby after her popularity was questioned during a TV debate about Holly's decision to quit This Morning.
TV star Vanessa, 61, found herself embroiled in a furious row with showbiz expert JJ Anisiobi on her TalkTV show on Wednesday as they discussed Holly's shock decision to leave the ITV daytime show after 14 years. "If I'm honest, I think ever since Queue-Gate last year, I'm not sure the audience has been in tune with Holly," JJ said to Vanessa. "Certainly after what happened with Phillip Schofield and his scandal and the way that played out, I think for many viewers perhaps they think it was time both Holly and Phil left the show." Vanessa appeared to be completely taken aback by JJ's comments and quickly jumped to defend Holly, 42, who she worked with regularly on This Morning and is close friends with.
She responded: "Obviously Holly had just signed a brand new contract to do at least two more years on the show and the show was desperate to keep her.
She was very keen to present it and she was going to be the main anchor with various co-anchors coming and going. "If she hadn't been popular, they wouldn't have been so keen to have her as the main anchor of the programme," Vanessa added.
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