Holly Willoughby: ‘I wouldn’t wish what happened to me on anybody’
Holly Willoughby: ‘I wouldn’t wish what happened to me on anybody’
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Dancing On Ice host and former This Morning star Holly Willoughby has reflected on a nightmare year following her stalking ordeal and her choice to step down from the hit daytime TV show. Holly’s exit from This Morning came in October 2023, shortly after learning she had been subject to a depraved plot to kidnap, rape, and murder her.
![[Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock (14134253u) Holly Willoughby 'This Morning' TV show, London, UK - 02 Oct 2023]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_237322354-e815.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
The man responsible, former security guard Gavin Plumb, received three life sentences last year after he unwittingly revealed his plan to an undercover US officer in an online chatroom. UK authorities were contacted by the FBI, who immediately arrested Plumb, discovering over one million images of different women on his computer, including 10,322 of the television presenter.
![[Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Kieron McCarron/ITV/REX/Shutterstock (15100446en) Holly Willoughby 'Dancing on Ice' TV Show, Series 17, Episode 2, Hertfordshire, UK - 19 Jan 2025]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_237322351-22f6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
After being found guilty of plotting to kidnap and murder the TV personality, Plumb was sentenced to a minimum of 15 years and 85 days. Holly, 43, has now opened up for the first time about what she went through, giving her first interview in over a year and describing the period as ‘a tough one’, to say the least.
![[Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/REX/Shutterstock (1339929n) Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield 'This Morning' TV Programme - 2004]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_237322506-f8a6.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Speaking in an interview with The Times, Holly revealed how difficult the past 12 months have been for her. ‘It’s been a tough one. There’s no way of sugar-coating it,’ an emotional Holly told the newspaper. She continued: ‘Nothing can prepare you for something like that. When something like that happens, you have a decision to make.
![[EMBARGO THUR 14 8AM - Spice Girl and Strictly judge lead star-studded line-up? for Holly Willoughby's 'brutal' Netflix show]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_235870514-d781.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
