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Jessica Sansome

Holly Willoughby falls over on ITV This Morning as she recreates scenes from Alison Hammond's birthday party as Phillip Schofield skips bash

Holly Willoughby feared she had flashed the This Morning crew when she suffered a fall. The presenter was back fronting the ITV daytime show on Monday (February 6) alongside co-host Phillip Schofield after enjoying a busy weekend.

Aside from hosting Dancing on Ice, with Phillip, on Sunday evening (February 5), Holly was busy letting her hair down as she made the trip from London to Birmingham to celebrate Alison Hammond's birthday.

Her fellow This Morning star turned 48 on Sunday as her only son, Aidan, turned 18. And the pair were able to enjoy a joint bash on Saturday night that was attended by plenty of their friends - including Alison's famous ones.

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As well as Holly, Alison's co-host, and Aidan's 'TV dad', Dermot O'Leary was in attendance with his wife Dee, Josie Gibson, Alice Beer, Carol Vorderman, Vanessa Feltz, also joined in the fun while Gok Wan was on hand to DJ for the birthday boy and girl.

And while photos have been shared on social media, Holly wasn't too keen to let any stories slip live on This Morning but there were a couple of details she was able to reveal - such as Alison gave guests a goody bag containing a chocolate orange and bottle of Bailey's and a certain dance move that she only just discovered the name of.

Following a break, Phillip, 60, said: "Do you know what I'm loving? What I'm loving is that as a team here, gradually stories bit by bit, by bit are leaking out over Alison Hammond's party on Saturday night." He added: "Loads of the team went. The photos are unbelievable and gradually, people are going, 'Oh my God, I did, didn't I?'"

Phillip was quick to explain that he missed out due to attending his own daughter, Ruby's, gathering with family over the weekend and the two occasions clashed. "I've just remembered there was one performance of the night where there was a dance troupe there and they did what is known as, I've just discovered, the death drop where one leg goes up and bang... you land in the splits."

Holly ended up on the floor (ITV)

The mum-of-three then laughed as she said: "And I may have just tried to reinact it," as Phillip interjected: "She did it in the break and ended up flat on the floor." And while she may have thought she's escaped it making it to national TV, she was wrong.

A clip was shown from inside the studio during the break as she said she was going to pracice without her heels on. Holly did, however, note that she thought she had fallen elegantly despite slipping over and nearly landing face-first.

She said: "I buckled under the weight. That was quite an elegant fall. I didn't show anything" as Phillip confirmed: "No you didn't flash your knickers," due to her wearing a floral blouse tucked into a black a-line skirt.

The hosting duo then ended up with the giggles as they lost track of what was happening in the show, before eventually realising they needed to link to Loose Women. As Ruth Langsford appeared on screen, Phillip and Holly apologised for keeping her waiting, as Ruth insisted they carry on as she was enjoying watching.

Ruth then joked: "I hope you haven't given yourself a permanent injury there, Holly," as the blonde presenter carried on laughing before Phillip put things back on track and asked Ruth to let them know what was coming up on the lunchtime show.

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