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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mark Sweney

ITV chief defends Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield over alleged queue-jumping

ITV chief executive Carolyn McCall has said Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield have found the reaction to their alleged queue-jumping ‘difficult’.
ITV chief executive Carolyn McCall has said Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield have found the reaction to their alleged queue-jumping ‘difficult’.
Photograph: S Meddle/ITV/REX/Shutterstock

The chief executive of ITV has said that Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield’s jobs are safe and that their alleged queue-jumping to see the Queen lying in state was misinformation spread by a “shrill minority”.

Carolyn McCall, who has texted both hosts of This Morning who are finding the media fallout “difficult”, said that she hoped the incident would blow over and not become the latest victims of “cancel culture”.

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