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Seamus Duff

Holly Willoughby parties for 12 hours at Glastonbury as she forgets Schofield drama

Holly Willoughby let her hair down with some A List pals and an epic 12-hour party at Glastonbury on Friday night after weeks of anguish caused by the drama at This Morning.

The 42-year-old presenter looked upbeat and glowing as she joined fellow festival goers at Worthy Farm on Friday - where Artic Monkeys topped the bill after a day of pop, rock, soul and other music performances.

Keeping herself in good company, the star danced with Princess Eugenie, football star Peter Crouch, actor Jamie Dornan and actress Lily James until the early hours of Saturday.

And it is believed she partied for a full 12 hours as she let off steam after months of negative headlines surrounding her and disgraced former co-host Phillip Schofield.

Holly Willoughby let down her hair at Glastonbury over the weekend (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
It is the first time the This Morning star has been seen out celebrating in public since Phillip Schofield quit the show under a cloud of controversey (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

An onlooker told The Sun on Sunday: “Holly was laughing and joking with her friends from the moment she touched down.

“They had access to the VIP Winnebago camping area but Holly seemed keen to get among the crowds.”

The ITV star is believed to have travelled to the festival in Somerset from London via helicopter and was joined by husband Dan Baldwin.

Holly, Dan, Pete and his wife Abbey Clancy took in the Friday night headline act together before continuing to dance and party away.

The Sun’s source added: “Holly seemed really close with Pete and Abbey.

“She was hugging them both and spent an hour dancing with Abbey during the Arctic Monkeys. No one recognised them, even though Pete stood out like a sore thumb because of his height.”

Holly and her posse watched Artic Monkeys perform at Glastonbury on Friday night (Redferns)

The group then went to festival on-site celebrity haunt The Rabbit Hole where they arrived at midnight and continued to drink, dance and be merry until 2am.

Other stars in the VIP party area included Rocketman actor Taron Egerton and footballer offspring Cruz Beckham.

It is the first time Holly has been seen out and about in public since Phillip stepped down from This Morning and quit all his roles at ITV following his affair scandal.

The 61-year-old had conducted an affair with a much younger male colleague who worked with him and Holly on the ITV flagship daytime TV show.

Phillip was married to Stephanie Lowe - who he is still married to despite coming out as gay in February 2020 - and said he lied about the nature of his relationship with the younger man.

Phillip claims he also lied to Holly about the affair too - while his management team cut ties with him when the truth was finally revealed as they too claimed they had been lied to by the star.

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