Holly Willoughby tells of 'tough' year after murder plot: 'There's no way of sugar-coating it'
Holly Willoughby tells of 'tough' year after murder plot: 'There's no way of sugar-coating it'
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Holly Willoughby has revealed how a plot to murder her impacted her, saying "nothing can prepare you for something like that". In July last year, security guard Gavin Plumb, then aged 37, was found guilty of planning to kidnap, rape and kill the British television presenter.
Prosecutors said he was obsessed with the then This Morning host, who left the ITV show after 14 years in October 2023 following his arrest. The 43-year-old celebrity waived her right to anonymity in connection with the charges against Plumb. He was sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court to life in jail with a minimum term of 16 years.
In a new interview with The Sunday Times, Willoughby said of the past year: "It's been a tough one. There's no way of sugar-coating it.". She added that you need to "decide, I can take this on board and it can absolutely affect all aspects of my life, or I can make a choice to go, let's focus on everything that's positive and good, all those important things".
"I'm healthy and I'm happy," she continued. 'Positively moving forward'. "I've got a wonderful husband and children and family, I've got great friends. You have to go: I choose to positively move forward and rely on all those people - the police, the court, the judge, the jury - all those people to do their role. And that's what I had to do.".
Willoughby also said she never felt she would crumble as it was "not an option", and that "so many people go through tough things, they just do". She said it was "really simple and easy" to step away from This Morning. She also said she knew she would return to television, adding that she would "be an idiot if" money was not important to her working in TV.
