Kim Woodburn has launched another blistering attack on Holly Willoughby, calling for the presenter to be sacked from This Morning.
The former cleaner, 81, appeared on GB News on Monday where she was asked for her thoughts on the current scandal that swept This Morning following Phillip Schofield’s revelations that he lied about his affair with a much younger man.
While Dan Wootton noted that Holly has asked to relaunch the show on her own next Monday, Woodburn replied, “I bet she does that little b***h, I bet she does.”
She added, “In all the years she’s been on that show she’s never taken part, all we hear is “oh Philip” hahaha.
She helped and supported him to take a big paycheck, to get shot from that little b***h. Wimpy floppy little woman, she won’t be missed.’
‘Get shot of that little b***h!’: Kim Woodburn launched another blistering attack on Holly Willoughby during Monday’s GB News, calling for the presenter to be sacked from This Morning
Woodburn – who has made several attacks on Schofield and Willoughby in recent days – then gave her opinion on whether This Morning should be dropped.
She mused, “I have very mixed feelings about that. A nice morning show with families and mothers sitting there is nice…
“This show is so tainted and dirty. I don’t want to see it go off, but I think it should.
“I think it should come back in a different format with other people. It’s so screwed up by Schofield, but let’s not give up and start over.
“It needs to be removed and revised, and a decent show put on again.”
MailOnline has reached out to Willoughby’s representatives for comment.
Former This Morning presenter Eamonn Holmes echoed Woodburn’s sentiments when he appeared on GB News, saying he doesn’t think Willoughby will return to the This Morning bench and called for her to follow Schofield ‘close out the door’.
He berated his former co-stars while speaking out about “toxicity” claims on This Morning, saying that Schofield was “so rude” and “Holly doesn’t know people’s names either.”
Return? Former presenter Eamonn Holmes echoed Woodburn’s sentiments when he appeared on GB News, saying he doesn’t think Willoughby will return to the This Morning bench
Predicting Willoughby won’t be returning to the show – from which she’s taking a break – he added, “I don’t think you’ll ever see Holly Willoughby back on the couch.”
He also took aim at Willoughby, who he claimed would fight to protect her brand, saying, “There are people who are financial experts who will say this is about brand protection for her company and her ad deals.”
It comes amid reports that Willoughby is determined to fight on to keep her spot on the bench, despite the ongoing chaos on the programme.
Willoughby is paid £730,000 a year for her presentation on This Morning, but has a growing business empire, estimated at £10 million.
She has amassed the huge fortune not only through her television portfolio, from hosting I’m A Celeb to Dancing On Ice, but also through a series of lucrative brand deals from Marks and Spencer to Diet Coke.
And in 2021, she launched her own wellness and lifestyle brand Wylde Moon, akin to Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop.
When Schofield announced he was alive, Willoughby wrote on Instagram that “the bank will seem so empty without him.”
But Holmes quashed this statement, adding, “She should dance on the couch, because that’s what she was always looking for.”
He subsequently labeled both Willoughby and Schofield as ‘rude’.
He said, ‘That bullshit he wrote today about toxicity, but it’s a happy place and whatever, holy God, what planet is this man living on?
“He created an atmosphere where people hated him, that people would avoid them in the hallway, he didn’t look at anyone, he didn’t know anyone’s name.
Drama: It comes amid reports that Willoughby is determined to fight on to keep her spot on the bench, despite the continued chaos on the program caused by Schofield’s revelations
“Holly doesn’t know people’s names either. This is legendary within the production teams, how far along they are and how they just don’t care.’
Throughout the interview with Holmes, he made a series of allegations surrounding the ongoing Schofield scandal, which has plunged ITV into a crisis in which sponsors have pulled out of multi-million pound deals.
Holmes, a GB News presenter, said 61-year-old Schofield had allowed his “fame and power” to “corrupt” him.
He also shared that his wife Ruth Langsford is still in touch with Schofield’s ex-lover, who was described as a “lovely fellow,” and that “life is tough” for him.