Holly Willoughby admits being "let down" by Phillip Schofield as she returns to This Morning

Holly Willoughby said she felt “shaken, troubled, let down” as she returned to This Morning for the first time since Philip Schofield left the show after revelations about his affair with a younger colleague.

Willoughby appeared close to tears as she opened the show and told viewers: “I imagine that you might have been feeling a lot like I have: shaken, troubled, let down, worried for the wellbeing of people on all sides of what’s been going on and full of questions.

“You, me and all of us at This Morning gave our love and support to someone who wasn’t telling the truth, who acted in a way that they themselves felt they had to resign from ITV and step down from a career that they loved.”

She added that it was “equally hard” to see the toll the recent events had taken on Schofield’s mental health.

Pushing away calls for the programme to be cut, Willoughby concluded by saying that “every single person that works on this show will continue to work hard every single day to bring you the show we love”.

Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/
Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_...
Find us on Facebook:   / timesandsundaytimes  
Find us on Twitter:   / thetimes  
Find us on Instagram:   / thetimes