Thousands of Mirror readers remain unconvinced by Holly Willoughby's now infamous 'Are you OK?' speech following her big return to This Morning earlier this week.
Her eyebrow-raising statement came after former co-host Phillip Schofield initially quit the show amid rumours of a rift between himself and Holly following a 'difficult few days' amid his brother's court case.
But in a shocking turn, Phillip was axed completely from ITV - including from his presenting roles on Dancing On Ice and the British Soap Awards - after he admitted to lying about an affair he had with a much younger male colleague.
To address the situation, Holly's on-air statement began with “Right, deep breath,” before asking her audience: “Firstly, are you OK? I hope so.”
She then went on to say she felt “shaken, troubled, let down, and worried” for “the wellbeing of people on all sides of what’s going on”.
Before adding: “You, me and all of us at This Morning gave our love and support to someone who was not telling the truth. Who acted in a way that they themselves felt that they had to resign from ITV and step down from a career that they loved. That is a lot to process.
“And it’s equally hard to see the toll that it’s taken on their own mental health. I think what unites us all now is a desire to heal for the health and wellbeing of everyone. I hope that as we start this new chapter and get back to a place of warmth and magic that this show holds for all of us, we can find strength in each other.”
Some viewers have since branded the statement 'ridiculous' and derided the show's apparent 'self importance'.
Nearly 3,000 of you answered our poll asking: Were you convinced by Holly's statement?
A huge 2,645 said her speech just didn't seem genuine, while just 214 believed it came 'straight from the heart'.
Holly's performance went on to attract even more ridicule after comedian David Baddiel tweeted:
"When Holly Willoughby said ‘Firstly, are you OK?’ I genuinely thought she was talking to someone behind camera, before realising that of course she was talking to us, the great British deeply-traumatised by everything's that happened on an ITV morning show public.” (sic)
The comment has so far attracted more than 3.1million views and 1,875 replies, with one joking: "I’m struggling to cope if I’m honest."
