Holly: ‘Phil Doesn't Deserve This'

The popular This Morning host stands by her good friend

- Hayley Minn

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield have been together on our screens for the last 10 years and they’re close in real life, too – so much so, in fact, that their families even holiday together.

So it’s no wonder that the fallout from Phil and Amanda Holden’s reported feud has hit Holly hard, considering it first blew up when she went to Australia to host I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

We’re told Holly is particularly upset because, if she hadn’t gone to Oz, the row may never have kicked off. But our source reveals, ‘Holly is prepared to stick her neck out for Phil. He’s more than a friend – he’s a business mentor she really looks up to.’

After admitting Phil ‘put his career on the line’ to get her a job on This Morning, it’s no surprise she’s upset for the man she calls ‘one of my best friends in the world’.

SOCIAL SUPPORT

Holly, 38, usually keeps her private life just that, and has never been one for over-sharing on social media, but she did come to the defence of her pal.