TV doctor and former This Morning star Dr Ranj Singh tells Closer how his former colleague Holly Willoughby is getting on and why he wouldn’t rule out a return to the ITV show
Hmost famous TV experts, appearing as This Morning’s resident doctor for five years until 2021. And with his former colleague Holly Willoughby quitting the show last month after a series of troubles, Dr Ranj tells Closer how he’s been looking out for the presenter.
Dr Ranj, 44, says, “I messaged Holly just to check she was OK. Everything that’s happened with her has been really tough. We all reached out and just want to make sure she’s all right. She replied and she’s good.
“Obviously it’s a really difficult place for her to be in and she made a really difficult decision, but the kind thing to do is to reach out and just check in.”
Holly, 42, surprised fans in October when she announced that she wouldn’t be returning to This Morning. Her decision came after a difficult year, with her former co-host and BFF Phillip Schofield quitting the show in May following revelations over his “unwise but not illegal” affair with a younger male colleague.
Last week it was revealed that presenter Cat Deeley would be joining This Morning as a potential replacement for Holly alongside Rylan Clark.
But since she quit, Holly has reportedly been living a much quieter life, having taken a step back from both social media and her TV career.
And despite it still being unconfirmed whether she will return to host Dancing On Ice in January, Dr Ranj says that he believes Holly will bounce back.
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He explains, “Of course she will come back to TV, she’s too good not to. I don’t know where or what show, but she’s so good at it, it would be a shame for her to back away completely.” Since the drama back in May, Phillip, 61, too has kept a low profile, but Dr Ranj – who first appeared on TV back in 2021 with the CBeebies show Get Well Soon after working for five years in the NHS as a paediatrician – admits that he hasn’t reached out.
“I don’t think many people have heard from him since everything came out,” he shares. “I hope he’s well and I hope he’s OK, but I don’t think many people have much contact with him. A lot happened in a very short space of time.”
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