We live in a society where celebrity mistakes are jumped on like never before, and the latest victims of this are Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.
We all know by now, the popular presenting duo faced huge backlash after it emerged they didn’t queue to see the Queen, when normal people had to queue for many hours.
ITV came out in defence of the duo, explaining that the reason they didn’t queue with everyone else was because they were there for work purposes with the rest of media.
It was rumoured earlier this week that Holly was contemplating quitting This Morning due to the backlash.
A source told the Sun:
“She has been devastated by all the negative reaction after she turned up to work at Westminster Hall with Phil on Friday, but she’s not going to resign.
“This Morning has been her life for more than a decade and the only way she’d consider quitting at this stage is if viewers really didn’t want her there.
“She’s tried to give their side of the story on the show today and they’re both hoping to move on from it now.
“Bosses know Holly is still a hit with viewers and are counting on her working her magic on the show for a good while yet.”
Now it has emerged that ITV are ‘seriously concerned’ for the wellbeing of the pair.
An insider told The Mirror:
‘The abuse has been nothing short of disgusting, not least as they have done nothing wrong and were fully entitled to media accreditation so they could inform their viewers,’
‘There is huge, real and serious concerns over their wellbeing and ITV are fully supporting them behind the scenes in the face of such relentless trolling. The channel backs them 110%.’
The online hate has gone too far.
