Holly Willoughby has shared the amusing response she got from her daughter amid her latest career venture. The former This Morning presenter has launched her new YouTube show, Holly Willoughby Together, which will broadcast two episodes every week.
Produced by Hungry Bear Media, the firm established by her husband Dan Baldwin, Holly confessed she couldn't trust anyone else with the project. The 45-year-old describes the series as "a place where we can come together", promising "unscripted and unfiltered" conversations with "old friends, new faces and everyone in between". "A place we can cook together, learn together, drink together and so much more. For everything life throws at us, Together is a place to celebrate it all," she adds.
Gentle Mockery from Children
Speaking on BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show with Sara Cox on Tuesday (July 28) to promote her channel, the mother-of-three discussed what her children – Harry, 17, Belle, 15, and Chester, 11 – make of her becoming a YouTube presenter. Host Sara Cox enquired: "Are your teenagers slightly annoyed that you're on their platform?"
She replied: "Well, my daughter was laughing at me as I was sort of saying, 'And subscribe and ding the bell and you'll get notifications' and she's like, 'Mum you really don't know what you're talking about' and I'm like, 'No I don't, but I'm learning'." Holly also disclosed that one of her children recently scolded her for capturing a photo with her phone held horizontally. "That's a massive no, no," she told listeners. "They're like, 'You take a picture like an old person', I'm like, 'What?' Oh my God, the pitfalls are everywhere."
First Solo Project Since This Morning
Despite the gentle mockery from her children, Holly said she is "really excited" to launch the programme. "We've been talking about it for such a long time now," she revealed. "I feel like this idea has been in my head and I haven't been quite sure what it was or what it was going to look like and it's finally all come together and today is launch day, it's like I'm giving birth today, it's very exciting."
The programme marks Holly's first significant solo venture since she departed from This Morning after 14 years in 2023. Her choice to leave followed her becoming the alleged target of a kidnap and murder plot by Gavin Plumb, who is serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 16 years.
Reflecting on a Difficult Time
Recently speaking about that challenging period, she told Grazia Magazine: "I started my forties very much thinking, 'I've worked out life now'. Life really sometimes knows how to just kick you up the a**e and go, 'Hang on a minute'. Everybody knows what happened and it was difficult. It was a really difficult time."
"It did set me back and made me realise, 'Right, well of course you haven't got everything figured out. Of course life is going to keep throwing challenges at you'."
"When something like that happens, suddenly everything else gets put into perspective and you know what? I don't fear what people think because I know what real fear feels like," she added.
