DOI: Kim Woodburn’s invitation retracted after demanding Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield be fired

Kim Woodburn says her invitation to Dancing On Ice was withdrawn after demanding that hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield be fired from This Morning for ‘queuing up’.

The 80-year-old Celebrity Big Brother star is not worried about her sudden change of plans, after she furiously weighed in on allegations that Holly and Phil skipped the line at Westminster Hall in London for the Queen in State on last year while appearing on the Not My Bagg Podcast In the past week.

A source close to Kim told MailOnline: “Kim was invited to the studio to watch the stars compete on Dancing On Ice, but she backed off her invitation after talking about Holly and Phil.” Kim finds it very petty and childish, but from her point of view, she’s not going to lose any sleep over it.’

An ITV spokesman said: “This is not true.”

Holly and Philip were accused of skipping the line at Westminster Hall in London last year as tens of thousands of mourners waited patiently for 12 hours straight to pay their respects to Her Majesty, but argued their visit was “strictly for reporting”. .

Speaking about the incident, Kim told former Gogglebox stars Joe and George Baggs on his podcast: “They were not asked to cover the Queen’s funeral.”

“They sneaked in and put this press stuff they got, they sneaked in because they wouldn’t queue, they’re too high and mighty. It’s true.

‘Don’t listen to another word they say. They weren’t hired, they weren’t allowed to film, nobody had it, so they snuck in.

She added furiously: “They should have lost their job.”

The ‘devastated’ presenters, who are paid up to £600,000 to present the popular Monday-Thursday daytime show, have faced mounting fury after footage emerged of them appearing to ‘jump the queue’ as dozens of thousands of mourners waited patiently. for 12 hours at a time.

Holly was reportedly in tears as she and Phil begged This Morning bosses to defend them from the ensuing storm, and were furious that ITV was left in their hands before issuing a short statement defending the couple on Saturday.

The couple were set to issue a public apology for the “tail gate” but were dissuaded after receiving legal advice, a source told MailOnline.

“At first, Holly and Phillip were prepared to apologize if they upset anyone as they both desperately want to get it over with. But they were strongly advised not to go down that path of asking for forgiveness.

But Kim isn’t the only one who has spoken out against Holly and Phil, as Eammon Holmes also attacked his former co-hosts during the GB news on Wednesday.

Speaking on GB News Breakfast, Eamonn, 62, made no secret of the fact that he did not believe his former colleagues, saying they “got it wrong”.

Speaking to presenter Clare Muldoon, Eamonn said: ‘I’ll tell you what’s strategic. Why is Holly fighting to keep her job, according to The Sun, but Mr Phillip not?

Clare replied: ‘Who knows? Twitter last night said she didn’t want to leave her job at This Morning.

Who wouldn’t want to give up £600,000 a year and everything that comes with it? I think the brand is badly damaged. There has to be a top-down change in This Morning.

Eamonn then read Holly and Phillip’s statement, saying “We didn’t skip the line, we were working”, while asking “Why wasn’t your boss there working with you?”

Referring to a photo of Holly wearing a mask inside Westminster Hall, Clare asked: ‘Why was she wearing a mask? Is she allergic to the public?

Eamonn replied: ‘No, she does that. “Holly is crying” but Holly is always crying. But wearing a mask, I think she’s quite fearful, germophobic.

Co-host Isabel Webster said Holly and Philip’s fast-tracking was no different than what other broadcasters were doing as they covered the Queen lying in state.

But Eammon, still unimpressed, replied: ‘They didn’t get a fast track, they say. Lie. They say they did not pay their respects to the body. Lie. What else were they there for? Let’s tell the truth about the whole thing.

“They were wrong, and instead of being arrogant and saying, ‘We were there working as journalists,’ why not just say, ‘Yeah, we thought that would be a good idea.'”

Meanwhile, the former This Morning host also made his feelings known on Twitter when he responded with praying hands emojis to a user who wrote: ‘They [Holly and Phillip] They should be fired, Eamonn and Ruth are so much better than those idiots.

Members of the public even started a petition demanding Holly and Phil be fired from ITV, which has now reached 50,000 signatures.

A representative for Kim declined to comment when contacted by MailOnline.