Craig Doyle was quick to express his 'concern' about Holly Willoughby as she returned to This Morning after an 'unexplained' absence a day earlier.
After a rather tumultuous month on the ITV show, following the controversial exit of her now ex colleague Phillip Schofield, Holly headed to Glastonbury at the weekend, finishing work a day earlier than expected to jet off to the festival at Worthy Farm to take in sets by the likes of Lizzo, Blondie and Sunday's Pyramid headliner, music legend Elton John.
Photos of Holly at Glastonbury appeared in the press on Friday and on Monday, the host was nowhere to be seen as former Holiday star Craig hosted the first show of a new week alongside Josie Gibson. Craig quickly glossed over Holly not being there, simply telling viewers at home that she would 'be back tomorrow' but not offering any further explanation, as people speculated it might be because of a Glastonbury hangover.
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Holly did little to dispel that theory in the opening moments of Tuesday's This Morning. While she was back in the studio to resume hosting duties, she was clearly struggling as she croaked her way through the opening link, leading Craig to ask her: "What is this? A bit of a summer cold? Some allergies? A bit of pollen?" before Holly admitted she'd been "Glasto'd" going on to blame all the singing she did to Elton John for her fragile state.
Holly was replaced by Josie Gibson on Monday and, on seeing her back on Tuesday, some viewers were quick to argue that Craig and Josie were much better suited, with one taking to Twitter to react: "Craig ain't himself with Holly. Mismatch." However, there were others much more willing to give a Holly and Craig partnership a chance, with one fan tweeting: "Craig is so much more natural with Holly then Dermot, Dermot trys to hard to be funny and comes across as false"
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