She didn’t just throw him under the bus, did she? On This Morning yesterday, Holly Willoughby stepped into the driver’s compartment, powered over the twitching remains of Phillip Schofield, put the bus into reverse — and then drove over him one last time, just to be sure.
Clad in a simple white dress (Reiss, £188) the presenter maintained the countenance of a devastated friend, the wide-eyed victim of the story. In truth, however, her 90-second statement owed more to the severe puritanism of Lady Whiteadder. She was a terrifying force of indomitable blandness.
