‘Nothing can prepare you for something like that’: Holly Willoughby opens up about stalking case for first time
‘Nothing can prepare you for something like that’: Holly Willoughby opens up about stalking case for first time
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The presenter, who’s hosting a new Netflix show, said she cannot ‘sugar-coat’ her ‘tough’ year. Holly Willoughby has opened up about her stalking ordeal for the first time in a new interview. Last summer, former security guard Gavin Plumb received three life sentences for planning to kidnap, rape and murder the presenter.
And now Willoughby, who stepped back from television amid the ordeal and left ITV show This Morning, has given her first interview in more than a year. Willoughby, who will be back on screens next month in Netflix’s new survival series Celebrity Bear Hunt, said of her terrible year: “Nothing can prepare you for something like that. When something like that happens, you have a decision to make.
“You either decide, right, 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.”. She added: “I’m healthy and I’m happy. 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.”.