How Emma and Matt Willis overcame his cocaine addiction to become TV's new golden couple - and the huge job she turned down because she wants to work with him

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How Emma and Matt Willis overcame his cocaine addiction to become TV's new golden couple - and the huge job she turned down because she wants to work with him
Published: Dec, 29 2024 02:06

Ever since Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langford's dramatic departure from daytime television in 2021, TV executives have been on the hunt for a new powerhouse couple to take their place on the nation's screens. But who could fill the hollow on the sofa left by the pair whose double act ended with the collapse of their marriage this year?.

 [Former model Emma and Busted guitarist Matt met when she interviewed him in 2004]
Image Credit: Mail Online [Former model Emma and Busted guitarist Matt met when she interviewed him in 2004]

The answer may lie with a couple who once would have laughed off the idea of being British TV's new Mr and Mrs. Step forward, Emma and Matt Willis. They have already hosted a clutch of lucrative shows on ITV, Channel 4 and Netflix, where they front Love Is Blind, and are being touted by their agent as the next big thing.

 [Just six months into their relationship, Matt entered rehab. They are pictured outside London nightclub Movida in 2006]
Image Credit: Mail Online [Just six months into their relationship, Matt entered rehab. They are pictured outside London nightclub Movida in 2006]

An insider at talent agency YMU, which also represents Ant and Dec, and Davina McCall, said: 'They have huge potential and are determined to make 2025 their biggest year yet.'. The firm is on the hunt for the perfect show for The Voice host Emma and 2006 I'm A Celebrity winner Matt, who have been married for 16 years and have three children. They want to find a vehicle that will give the Willises the kind of profile enjoyed by Eamonn and Ruth, or their predecessors on ITV's This Morning, Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan.

 [The couple are so determined to work together that Emma turned down the chance to replace Holly Willoughby full-time on This Morning]
Image Credit: Mail Online [The couple are so determined to work together that Emma turned down the chance to replace Holly Willoughby full-time on This Morning]

Emma and Matt Willis have already hosted a clutch of lucrative shows on ITV, Channel 4 and Netflix, where they front Love Is Blind (pictured), and are being touted as the next big thing. But while those two couples clambered their way to primetime TV after years of graft as journalists, the Willises' journey has been less conventional.

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