Holly Willoughby has had one other troublesome yr after leaving This Morning again in 2023. The ITV star, who left the daytime present after it emerged her co-star Phillip Schofield engaged in an “unwise however not unlawful” affair with a colleague, has confronted authorized battles, present axes and different “secret stresses” in 2025, and is probably going trying ahead to a extra settled 2026.
After being “mocked” by her former co-presenter on his Channel 5 present Forged Away on the finish of 2024, Holly has understandably stayed quiet on the subject of Phil and his affair. He appeared to take a swipe at Holly asking viewers “are you okay?” on her first section after every thing got here to gentle, and made no point out of her as he headed to a desert island to outlive with solely a digicam for days.
Present axe
In March 2025, it was confirmed that Dancing On Ice – introduced by Holly and Stephen Mulhern – has been shelved for the foreseeable future, and won’t return in 2026. ITV stated: “Following one other profitable collection earlier this yr, Dancing On Ice shall be rested in 2026 with no present plans for an additional collection.
“We wish to take this chance to thank all the solid and crew who’ve labored on the present since 2006, and over the earlier 17 collection, for all of their onerous work each on and off the ice.”
Holly broke her silence on the time, saying: “I’ll miss it vastly, however I depend myself so fortunate to have had it for so long as we did.”
Hefty tax invoice
Holly’s media agency Roxy Media hasn’t managed to remain out of the highlight in 2025 both, as in April it confronted a authorized battle over an unpaid tax invoice amounting to £377,000. Holly didn’t flip up at courtroom for the listening to over the corporate, which she shares with husband Dan Baldwin.
She was given 12 weeks to stump up the prices.
Roxy Media’s newest accounts filed at Corporations Home in 2024 confirmed it owed £329,715 in company tax, in addition to £16,577 in VAT. The money in its financial institution was down from £973,645 in 2024 to simply £82,279 in 2024.
The case returned to courtroom in November 2025, with a HMRC spokesperson stating: “The debt is now being handled in a tribunal attraction and no date has been set for that, so within the circumstances we merely ask for the petition to be dismissed.”
Automobile crash
In August 2025, Holly crashed right into a moped rider whereas driving in her Mini Cooper – breaking the person’s neck. Holly had a “lapse of judgement” and turned proper with out indicating in West London, presumably with out checking her mirrors, and crashed into the passing scooter.
The rider fell to the bottom, fracturing a vertebra in his neck and breaking a toe.
Holly admitted to a cost of driving with out due care and a spotlight, pleading responsible through put up – although she didn’t attend a courtroom listening to at Lavender Hill Crown Courtroom.
She was fined £1,653 and needed to pay £130 in prices in addition to a £661 sufferer surcharge, and 6 factors had been added to her licence.
Stalker’s attraction
In October 2025, Holly confronted additional stress when Gavin Plumb – the previous safety guard jailed for plotting to kidnap, rape and homicide her in July 2024 – appealed his sentence.
Plumb was sentenced to life with a minimal time period of 16 years after being convicted of soliciting homicide and inciting rape and kidnap of Willoughby. Bottles of chloroform, cable ties, a ball gag and cord had been present in his Essex flat.
The attraction was denied after Plumb’s authorized group argued there was “no suggestion of lasting psychological hurt” for Holly.
Lord Justice Edis stated the argument was “finally unpersuasive” because the plot was “particularly contemplated and supposed” by Plumb.
‘Secret stress’
Apart from showing on Celeb Bear Hunt and Dancing on Ice, Holly hasn’t had any on-screen credit for 2025. However rumours have been swirling that she’s within the working to exchange Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman on Strictly Come Dancing.
The hypothesis is allegedly inflicting Holly “secret stress”, with one supply telling Nearer: “Holly’s Strictly talks are in full swing. The present would put her straight again on the high of primetime TV – it could possibly be her large comeback.
“However she’s actually second-guessing it. Folks suppose she’s thick-skinned, however the quantity of on-line hate has shaken her. The fixed criticism is making Holly doubt herself and query her place within the business. In some methods she seems like she’s being pressured into delivering down.”
