Holly Willoughby is a woman in search of a fresh start. Her stint on This Morning ended messily, with her response to the Phillip Schofield scandal – the infamous “Are you OK? I hope so” monologue – making her a figure of public mockery. Subsequent attempts to relaunch her career, like her short-lived time hosting a Bear Grylls reality show, stalled. So now it has come to this: Holly Willoughby Together (With Voy).
Your response to it will vary based on how generous you’re feeling. The kindest offering would be to say that Willoughby has pivoted to YouTube, having cannily observed that television is dead and this is where all the eyeballs are these days. It is a cookery and lifestyle show that allows her to be unapologetically herself without the meddling influence of executives who have spent years trying to enforce a persona upon her.
