Holly Willoughby has given a health update after having been forced to take an additional week off work. The presenter was due back at the helm of This Morning on Monday (April 17) after enjoying a two-week break with her children during the Easter holidays.
However, Holly's planned return alongside Phillip Schofield, who had already spent three weeks away from the ITV programme, was hit by a setback after she fell ill. The 42-year-old confirmed in an Instagram post that she had shingles and there for would be off recovering at home.
She confirmed she'd be away for a "few days" - which worked out to be the whole week of her usual hosting stint - due to being struck down by the painful condition. She wrote on the distinctive green This Morning logo backdrop: "Hi ...just to let you know I may be away for the rest of the week as I have Shingles," she said with a frustrated-face emoji.
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Holly added: "I'll be back as soon as I'm better. Huge Love." After her announcement, This Morning confirmed that Rochelle Humes would be stepping in to her presenting shoes and the former singer made her hosting return to the show for the first time in months.
After a period of silence on social media, Holly returned on Friday morning (April 21) and shared how she had been sent the 'sweetest delivery' from her fellow This Morning star Dermot O'Leary.
She posted a picture to her Instagram Story showing an unwrapped deli sandwich which had been sent over via a restaurant. "Thank you @dermotoleary for the sweetest delivery of chicken soup and salt beef..."
She added: "Just what I needed. Feeling so much better. Thank you for all your well wishes," alongside a red heart emoji.
Holly's ill health didn't only effect her work on This Morning but her work away from her hosting gig. Away from hosting shows such as This Morning and Dancing on Ice, the presenter has her own business, Wylde Moon.
She launched the lifestyle brand, which explores topics from "beauty and fashion to energy and healing" but also features its own boutique where Holly has launched perfumes, candles, diffusers, and even a sparkling 12-piece jewellery collection alongside Kirstie Le Marque, back in 2021.
And as part of her business, Holly sends out weekly newsletters where she sits down and pens a message to her subscribers and also writes an online journal. But in this week's email, the blonde beauty's team was forced to step in.
"It’s WYLDE MOON HQ here," the opening of the latest email read. "We’re having to do this letter a little differently this week as poor Holly is suffering from Shingles, so whilst she gets some much-needed R&R, the rest of the team wanted to take the opportunity to say hello and check in how you are."
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