Holly Willoughby is said to be at loggerheads with her former This Morning bosses after launching her YouTube show titled, Together.
The former golden girl, who hosted the ITV show for 14 years, previously admitted that she is still learning as she embarks on her new venture. Together garnered 47,000 views within its first day of release.
It outperformed the latest episode of Richard Osman’s The Rest is Entertainment, which was released on the same day and received 29,000 views.
Now, The Mailon Sunday has claimed that ITV bosses appear to have gone war with their former colleague.
According to the publication, Holly had already filmed interviews with Ellen Roome and food bloggers Original Flava for her show, and their names were made public in a press release promoting the series.
After that, This Morning reportedly contacted the same two same guests and invited them to appear on its programe before their episodes were released.
A source familiar with the bookings said: ‘There is no way that this is a coincidence.
‘Ellen Roome has been bravely fighting her fight for a long time but This Morning have never had her on.
‘As soon as they saw the press release, they’ve booked guests to get them on before Holly’s viewers get to see them. You hate to think it, but it feels a bit like sabotage.
‘Holly’s team put out a press release in good faith to share what was coming up, in between then and the episodes going live This Morning have swept in and grabbed her guests. ITV must be very jealous indeed.’
In October 2023 – five months after her co-host Phillip Schofield was ousted – Ms Willoughby suddenly quit This Morning when she was told by police that they had foiled former security guard Gary Plumb’s plot to kidnap, rape and murder her.
2026-08-02 12:07:00
