Holly Willoughby reveals ‘terror’ at working with Phillip Schofield for the first time on Dancing On Ice
HOLLY Willoughby has said she was “terrified” during her very first co-hosting job with Phillip Schofield on Dancing On Ice. The 38-year-old star, who is marking 13 years fronting the show this series, said she would “cringe the whole way through” if she was forced to watch her debut live show back. She said: “It […]
HOLLY Willoughby has said she was “terrified” during her very first co-hosting job with Phillip Schofield on Dancing On Ice.
The 38-year-old star, who is marking 13 years fronting the show this series, said she would “cringe the whole way through” if she was forced to watch her debut live show back.
She said: “It was such a blur. It was so huge. It was primetime and I was stood next to Phillip Schofield!
“It was terrifying. I can’t remember any of the show apart from getting through it. It was about getting through the links on autocue without messing up! It could have been so catastrophically bad.
“I haven’t watched it back for a long time. I must have watched it back at the time, over and over again. To watch it now, I’d probably cringe the whole way through it.
She added: “I can remember exactly what I was wearing. I was wearing a pair of shoes that were black satin and they had crystals all over the shoes and I had seen Emma Bunton wearing them once and I’d said I had wanted those shoes. How weird is it?”
Answering questions in a Q&A to launch Dancing On Ice, the pair said they were thrilled that the show would be making TV history by featuring the first same-sex dance couple, between Ian ‘H’ Watkins and Matt Evers.
Holly explained: “I think what that symbolises and what that means on how far we’ve come. A primetime show has a same-sex couple skating together and why shouldn’t they?
“It should have been happening a long time ago. For that reason, I’m very proud of Dancing on Ice.”
Earlier this month, Holly managed to distract viewers of the show’s Christmas special by wearing a very low-cut dress.
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One viewer was left choking on their dinner, tweeting: “Christ on a bike! Holly Willoughby might as well be topless wearing a dress like that!”
It came after Holly admitted to The Sun Online how she secretly tries on the skaters’ skimpy outfits backstage.
She admitted: “I wore one of the dresses – every time I see them come out in their sequence, that’s the most amazing outfit.”
Dancing On Ice returns to ITV on Sunday 5 January