After having the year from hell, Holly Willoughby is now struggling to decide on her plans for the future
She’s had a turbulent year – from her This Morning co-star Phillip Schofield’s dramatic resignation to her own just a few months later. And now sources say Holly Willoughby has essentially disappeared from the public eye since stepping out of the spotlight in October.
But insiders say that Holly, 42, could be set for a dramatic TV return, despite feeling torn over her future.
They tell Closer, “The last few months have been tough for Holly, but totally needed. This year has been really traumatic, and so stepping away from everything to focus on her family has been incredibly cathartic for her.
“But while her family will always come first in every sense, Holly adored her job and really misses it. She’d love, this time next year, to be back on screen thriving again. Never in a million years did she think she’d be debating her future as a presenter. The last few weeks she’s been feeling torn and worries that if she leaves it too long, she might not have a career to come back to, so she’s thinking about her next steps.”
BREAKDOWN
This time last year, the presenter was gearing up to host the 15th series of Dancing On Ice with her former BFF Phillip, 61, after a successful year on This Morning.
Holly stepped down from TV appearances in October. It followed the breakdown of her friendship with Phillip after his “unwise but not illegal affair” with a younger male colleague was exposed, resulting in him leaving the show and an internal investigation being carried out.
In her official statement on 10 October, Holly – who has been married to husband Dan Baldwin for 16 years and has three children, Harry, 14, Belle, 12, and Chester, nine, with him – made it clear that she was putting her family first.
She said, “It’s been an honour to just be part of [This Morning’s] story and Iknow this story has many chapters left to go. Sadly, however, I now feel I have to make this decision for me and my family.”
Since then, the former TV darling has disappeared not only from the screen but also from social media –not posting since her statement – and has reportedly been living a more reclusive life, leading to concerned comments from fans.
Our source says, “The outpouring of love and support that she’s
