Holly Willoughby has reportedly asked for guidance following her reported feud with co-host Phillip Schofield.
According to reports, their partnership has had issues for “quite some time”.
The duo have fronted ITV’s This Morning together for 14 years but Holly, 42, y is said to be “distancing herself” from her 62-year-old co-star.
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An insider told Daily Mail: “The fallout with Phillip has been going on for quite some time.
“For Holly there’s also a degree of her becoming concerned that some of the scandals connected to Phillip are damaging her reputation.
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““She’s been seeking guidance from (her husband) Dan (Baldwin) and ITV on that front. This hasn’t been about the last few weeks, but a number of months.
“She’s worked so hard to build her own reputation, so she can’t risk Phillip dragging her down.”
GB News star Dan Wootton has also revealed that he is convinced Holly and Phillip’s reign as the golden couple of British television “appears to be coming to an end.”
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He said: “I have been reporting on the growing sense of unease about Phillip’s role on the legendary daytime show since 2019, following feuds with a succession of former A-list co-stars including Amanda Holden, Ruth Langsford and Fern Britton.”
It comes after The Sun reported that the pair are “barely speaking”.
A source told the publication “Should he leave, she’d want to stay.”
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“Behind the scenes their relationship has cooled. Before there would be a lot of banter and camaraderie off-camera but that has dwindled.”
It comes after Phillip’s brother’s recent court case which accused him of sexual assault with a minor.
Timothy Schofield, 54, was charged with 11 sexual offences involving a child between October 2016 and October 2019.
A jury at Exeter Crown Court found him guilty of all counts with a majority of 10-2 after more than five-and-a-half hours of deliberation.
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Daily Star has reached out to Holly and Phillips representatives for a comment.
Holly first took on the ITV daytime position when she replaced Fern Britton in 2009.
Phillip previously dubbed Holly as his “rock” when he came out as gay on This Morning back in February 2020.
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