Holly Willougby has got people talking after they discovered a member of staff she names on her lifestyle website. The This Morning host is currently enjoying a break from the ITV daytime show. She was last seen on-screen on Friday (July 8) in an unusual change to the show's format.
Instead of Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary hosting their usual Friday slot, Holly and co-star Phillip Schofield stepped in for an extra day on the popular show before heading off on their annual summer break. Alison and Dermot have been the first to take the reins and more family faces will be filling in for the duo ahead of their return in September.
While Holly will likely be enjoying her time off with her family - including husband Dan Baldwin and their three children - she also has an off-screen job that will also keep her busy. The 41-year-old launched her brand, Wylde Moon, last year after being inspired by sound baths during her time in Australia in 2018 when she stepped in for Ant McPartlin to host hit reality show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! alongside Dec Donnelly.
Wylde Moon is a lifestyle website that explores topics from "beauty and fashion to energy and healing" but also featured its own boutique where Holly has launched her perfume, named (borrowed from) The Wild, as well as two candles and a reed diffuser, and sparkling 12-piece jewellery collection alongside Kirstie Le Marque.
But it's just coming to peoples attention that Holly has an unusual staff member among her ranks. The staff page of the website lists the moon as a member of her team, thanking the Earth's only natural satellite for its "guidance and intuition".
The moon and its fancy job title was first pointed out by comedian Sarah Keyworth on Twitter, who wrote: "Holly Willoughby has just launched her new business and one the employees listed is THE MOON." She then joked: “Is she paying the moon? Is it on a salary? Does it take holiday?"
And people were quick to reply with jokes about the Moon 'working nights' and that it's the Moon's job during its 'downtime'. Others have also spotted the unusual job listing on Holly’s website. @mc_kinnon8 tweeted: "Holly Willoughby has listed the moon as an employee on her ‘Wilde Moon’ website. Apart from the absurdity of this, there is a international agreement that no one person or nation can own the moon."
Earlier this year Holly responded to comments branding her 'wacky' over her wellness brand. Speaking to Grazia magazine, Holly said she is no longer 'afraid' of the reaction to her latest venture. I'm not afraid of the reaction to it anymore," the mum-of-three told the magazine.
"If it doesn’t fit with what your thoughts and expectations of me are, well then there’s nothing I can do about it.
"I can’t change that. I don’t want to change that. And I’m not going to change that. This is me." Holly said she felt that people struggle with some of the ideas of her lifestyle brand, adding: "The moment that I launched Wylde Moon, the word ‘wacky’ got used a lot.
"I expected that. And that’s fine. I can’t change that. I’m not here to force any of this on anybody. It's not, 'Come and meditate with me,’ or, 'Look at the moon and play a sound-bowl'. It’s, 'Please go and do that thing that makes your heart sing. Go and do you.'"
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