How Holly Willoughby had to adapt to being a stay at home mum during her year away from TV and candidly admits 'we've had to get used to how each other works again'
How Holly Willoughby had to adapt to being a stay at home mum during her year away from TV and candidly admits 'we've had to get used to how each other works again'
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She has returned to the spotlight after a year's break from TV, but Holly Willoughby has opened up about the challenges that came with being back at home. The presenter, 43, took some time away from screens and the red carpet, aside from her role on Dancing On Ice, after a 'graphic' kidnap and murder plot against her was revealed.
![[The presenter said it was challenging being home alone and not speaking to anyone all day, as she would want to chat to her kids - Harry, 15, Chester, 10, and Belle, 13 (pictured) - when they got back from school but they'd be 'exhausted']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/26/10/64829445-14326543-Sweet_The_couple_share_three_children_Harry_14_Belle_11_and_Ches-m-3_1737886853025.jpg)
She made her red carpet return back in September for the National Television Awards, before joining Stephen Mulhern on the revived game show You Bet! in December and hosts the upcoming Celebrity Bear Hunt on Netflix. But Holly's year away from TV saw her find a new role as a stay-at-home-mum - something she told The Sunday Times.
![[The former This Morning host took some time away from screens and the red carpet, aside from her role on Dancing On Ice, after a 'graphic' kidnap and murder plot against her was revealed]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/26/10/94527177-14326543-image-a-4_1737886941644.jpg)
The former This Morning host said it was challenging being home alone and not speaking to anyone all day, as she would want to chat to her kids - Harry, 15, Chester, 10, and Belle, 13 - when they got back from school but they'd be 'exhausted'. 'It's been sh** for all of us, we've had to get used to how each other works again, you know?' she said.
![[The gig meant she had to jet off to Costa Rica for several weeks in May last year to film - and was left worried at how her family would cope with her gone - but husband Dan stepped up to the plate, she said (Pictured together in 2016)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/26/10/94526411-14326543-image-a-7_1737887143645.jpg)
She has returned to the spotlight after a year's break from TV, but Holly Willoughby has opened up about the challenges that came with being back at home (Pictured with husband Dan Baldwin in 2023). The presenter said it was challenging being home alone and not speaking to anyone all day, as she would want to chat to her kids - Harry, 15, Chester, 10, and Belle, 13 (pictured) - when they got back from school but they'd be 'exhausted'.
![[Holly made her return to TV in December as she took on hosting of the new gameshow You Bet ! alongside her Dancing On Ice co-host Stephen]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/26/10/94511983-14326543-Holly_made_her_return_to_TV_in_December_as_she_took_on_hosting_o-a-6_1737887023043.jpg)
