Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English celebrity Holly Willoughby.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Holly Marie Willoughby is an English television presenter, model and author. She is currently the co-presenter of ITV's This Morning (2009–present) and Dancing on Ice alongside Phillip Schofield, Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof (2022–present) alongside Lee Mack and The Games (2022–present) alongside Freddie Flintoff.
Sometimes when you see clothes online you don't quite believe those clothes: you think they've been airbrushed. On 'This Morning,' it's a really good opportunity to see how clothes work in real life.
You wouldn't expect it to look at him, but in a life-threatening situation you should always turn to Phillip Schofield. On a desert island he would be perfect. Phil is very practical and would build you an amazing shack as well as keep you entertained with all his hundreds of stories.
Everybody knows what leads to a healthy lifestyle, but it's not up to me to give you a blow-by-blow account of what I've eaten that day. It's not helpful, and it's not what's important.
I like to let my skin breath as much as possible on my days off, when I don't have to wear full or heavy make-up. So I just apply it as a moisturiser, knowing that it's going to even out my skin tone and give me SPF 15 coverage, too.
I was first spotted for a modeling career and there's no talking involved in that - the thought of doing any sort of public speaking at that time would have terrified me. So that was something I sort of had to learn.
When I'm interviewing on the sofa for 'This Morning' it just feels like an intimate chat. Yes, there can be a producer talking through your earpiece but it all becomes second nature after a while.
I like an eyeshadow stick because I can just wallop it on, smudge it in and you're done!
I love being pregnant, I love giving birth, I love all that, it's like wearing a wedding dress, I don't want that all to be over.
I mean, something has to give. You can have it all at work, you can have it all at home, but you can't have it all completely combined.
I don't think you should want everything at work, because home life is so important, and much more nourishing for your soul. One day work will end.
There was no other training ground like kids' telly for becoming a TV presenter.
My favourite place in the world is home.
People will always see things that they want to see but, ultimately, 'Celebrity Juice' is about three mates having an absolute laugh.
Every woman needs to look in the mirror and instinctively decide what will make her feel happy and good about herself and her body; that's all I did.
That's what a family is, isn't it? Making space and time for one another.
I actually avoid talking about my diet and exercise regime because I have interviewed so many people affected by eating disorders and I know that some people in chat rooms can really fixate on other people's diets. I just can't contribute to that.
I Iike listening to people talking. I'm really interested in people's lives and what makes us work, what makes us weak, at times, and things that can make us stronger.
My friends were amazed that I became a TV presenter. I was not a big talker at school - I never liked people seeing my braces, so I walked around with my sleeves pulled over my hands and my hands over my mouth in case anybody saw me smiling.
As a busy mum, my beauty routine is quite simple, as I don't have a huge amount of time, so I use products that are quick and easy. I don't tend to use different products for night and day either.
I think if you're stressed, it shows in every part of you; how you carry yourself, which then affects your pose, how you hold your face, which then makes you look stressed and so nothing looks relaxed.
Everybody thinks I wear fake tan but I hate fake tan! Never been able to get on with it. I'm always linked to different fake tan brands and it's nonsense because I've probably had three fake tans in my life.
I still dream of having a lifestyle brand but it's not good enough to have that selfish dream when your kids are getting older and have their own interests.
I never wear any makeup over the weekend, unless I'm going to a wedding!
I love everything about food; if you took it away you would be depriving me of one of my greatest pleasures. I love the whole process of it - buying it, cooking it, eating it, talking about it, talking over it.
I'd fantasised about being married since I was a little girl and dressed up in my mum's wedding dress.
I am fine if I am on a red carpet - I know what to do. You stop and smile and pose for a picture and that's fine.
When I first started in telly, I had a lot of negative comments... but then I suddenly realised I couldn't be anyone else and actually the bits where I mess up or I'm just me seem to be the things that work.
Being a mum can be utterly overwhelming.
I didn't expect to enjoy my work as much as I do and when you enjoy something it's hard to say no. But I could sit on the sofa and do nothing for weeks. I'd watch telly, I'd eat, I'd go online, I'd be so happy!
On 'I'm A Celebrity' it's important to have chemistry and to have a friendship as a starting point you can grow from.
I'm quite active and I try not to let the way I look be the main focus because it's not the most important thing.
I'm a big fan of John Nettles.
I can't stand the assumption that I'm blonde and a bit stupid.
My first day of 'This Morning' was pretty wow, and I think that was just because it was a big huge deal for me. I'd always said 'This Morning' was my dream job so to actually get it and actually be standing there and saying 'Hello, welcome to 'This Morning'... ' that was a big moment.
With any body shape it's important to buy the right size and not be dictated to by size you think you are. Try on a bigger and a smaller size in the shop and see what fits visually. If you do have to go up a size, cut the label out, it's just a number!
It's easy for me to look groomed, because I start the day on This Morning and have to be made up - so the rest of the day just follows from there.
I'm very much, get to work, do my job, go home.
I don't think I'm any different on 'Celebrity Juice' or daytime telly. It's what's going on around me that's different. I don't suddenly become all outrageous and rude on 'Celebrity Juice.'
Working mums and stay-at-home mums get a tough time. You're damned if you do and damned if you son't. You just have to do what's right for you and not listen to what the mummy brigade say.
People think I work a lot more than I do. I think because you're in people's living rooms every day they're like: 'Oh my God, you're always on the telly,' but it's like, 'Yeah but you always have to go to work every day nine till five whereas I finish at 12:30 P.M. and then I'm home.'
For me, I had just come from kids telly, 'Dancing on Ice' was the first grown-up telly I had ever done.
When you're making a decision that involves your children a certain amount of clarity comes with it.
It is a wrench when you have to go back to work after maternity leave, whether you've had two months or over a year.
All my labours were very different, but that moment when you look in your child's eyes for the first time and that feeling of love wooshes into every part of your being was the same for all of them.
I was going to university to study psychology and my big ambition in life was to open treatment rooms for psychotherapy.
I do spend quite a bit on shoes, I've a pair of Swarovski crystal Louboutin shoes, I can never wear them but they look amazing.
I love cooking and having people over and it means you don't have to get a babysitter.
I was an imaginative kid. My sister needed entertaining, whereas I was the one under the table playing with a bit of fluff on the carpet. I was the sort of child who would spend time rolling up balls of all different kinds of fluff and that would be my little family.
My job as a mother isn't just to provide for my children, it's to be there for them, too - someone they can speak to, hang out with, and lean on.
There is a lot of opportunity - wonderful, amazing things, like a dream. But I've got a family, and it's not just about my dreams.
A good work-life balance is, for me, the most important thing - and the biggest challenge I have.
On 'This Morning' we've got a really good team of people - everyone knows their jobs inside out so you can really just rely on something to be done.
I always notice a difference in my skin when I drink lots of water and, of course, get plenty of sleep!
After doing kid's television on CBBC and messing around with eight and nine year olds, there was a period of three years in the middle of that when I wasn't doing anything. I was working as a receptionist and in a pub; I was a cleaner and all sorts of things. All life has its ups and downs.
No two births are the same and no two babies are the same, as I found out.
I know how to dress my figure, so I stay looking good by wearing the right clothes.
I love listening to old 'Desert Island Discs' - I just sit there, switch my head off, and just have that moment.
I'm sorry, I just don't want to be a part of this conspiracy to make women feel pressured about their bodies.
There's a certain section of the public who spot me in the street but it's never horrible. I'm not a soap villain who gets spat at.
Just watching this woman owning the TV, there is no doubt that the reason I wanted to get into TV presenting is down to Cilla.