Holly Willoughby ‘sneaks out of National Television Awards early’

Holly Willoughby reportedly snuck away from the National Television Awards before the ceremony concluded on Thursday.

The TV host, 41, was booed at the event when she and co-host of Phillip Schofield’s show This Morning were announced as one of the nominees for the Best Daytime award following their ‘queue’ controversy.

According to The sunHolly left the awards ceremony – held at London’s Ovo Arena Wembley – about half an hour after receiving the award.

A source said: ‘Holly picked up her best day award and left 30 minutes later.

“Normally she stays for drinks with Phil and the team, but she did an Irish exit.

“She was seen leaving the ceremony and getting into a car outside just after 10pm.”

The insider added that it was “very inconvenient” for Holly and Phil to take the stage after the cheers from the crowd.

Win: The TV host, 41, was booed at the event when she and co-host Phillip Schofield’s show This Morning were announced as one of the nominees for the Best Daytime award after their ‘queue’ controversy

MailOnline has reached out to representatives for Holly Willoughby for comment.

Holly’s co-host Phillip took the stage to accept the award and said: ‘Please don’t think we ever get complacent and please don’t think we ever take it for granted. This means so much to us every year, especially this year. We have the best boss.’

Holly added: ‘This morning has a very special relationship with you, you make our show for us, really. All these guys on stage here, Alison [Hammond] and Dermot [O’Leary]Rochelle [Humes] and Vernon [Kay]Josie [Gibson], everybody. Thank you for all your help.’

After winning the award, Holly took to Instagram and shared a photo of the couple together, writing: ‘Thank you… holy moly… we love you…@thismorning… you are the best team, you work so hard to make the show what it is…

‘We want to thank you all for voting…you made this night an absolute dream…also thank you @officialntas for having us… @joeldommett you are a class act…’

‘The best team’: Holly reportedly left the awards ceremony – held at London’s Ovo Arena Wembley – about half an hour after taking the award

The presenters found themselves at the center of the ‘queue’ controversy’ in September when they were accused of skipping the line to see the Queen in state, which they both denied.

Phillip and Holly faced a lot of criticism, with a petition to remove the presenters from television, which reached a total of 73,000 signatures.

The furore began on Friday, September 16, when the presenters’ approach contrasted that same day with that of football legend David Beckham.

The former England captain waited nearly 14 hours in line to pay his respects to the Queen, despite being given a pass from a Member of Parliament to join the queue.

Good Morning presenter Susanna Reid also received praise for waiting seven hours with her mother to walk past the coffin.

Ceremony: The insider added that it was ‘very inconvenient’ for Holly and Phil to take the stage after the cheers from the crowd

It was believed Holly was unhappy that ITV didn’t step in to support her sooner, and there has been speculation – since denied – that she could be leaving the show.

After being spotted on the official camera feed at the venue, the pair said they were there to shoot a segment for This Morning’s show, which was set to air four days later.

Holly and Phil have not commented on the matter since they issued a statement on This Morning insisting they “didn’t skip the line.”

The Mail on Sunday revealed that the star’s names weren’t even on the accreditation list when they made their controversial visit to see the Queen in state.

Queuegate: The presenters found themselves at the center of the ‘queuegate’ controversy in September when they were accused of skipping the queue to see the Queen in state, which they both denied

Their production team names were instead used to help them gain entry.

ITV insisted it would not provide the personal contact details of any on-screen talent to the Palace of Westminster authorities.

Instead, the email addresses used by program editor Martin Frizell and another member of the production staff who accompanied them.

The source involved in the media listing told The Mail on Sunday: ‘When they got there their names weren’t on the list so there was some discussion and – after some back and forth.

Fallout: Phillip and Holly faced a lot of criticism, with a petition to remove the presenters from television reached a total of 73,000 signatures

“Phil and Holly were admitted and diverted. The whole thing caused a bit of a hoo-ha.’

Holly counted on the support of her friends to get her through the controversy.

Despite calls for the firing of Holly and Phil could lead to Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary being given the role of full-time hosts, sources say they have remained loyal.

Phil and Holly are reportedly being paid a whopping £600,000 to host the show during the daytime Monday to Thursday, with Alison and Dermot filling in for Friday’s show.