HOLLY & PHIL'S Christmas clash

As she gears up for new projects, Phil's exile from the world of showbiz couldn't be more obvious

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They were once the best of friends both onscreen and off, having sat at the helm of This Morning alongside one another for 14 years and even holidaying together during their time off. But today relations between Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield couldn't be frostier. The former friends publicly fell out after Phil's infamous 'unwise but not illegal' affair with a younger colleague came to light in 2023. At the time he left the show with immediate effect, seeing his career and friendship with Holly go down the drain. And while Holly, 44, later left This Morning after a plot to kidnap and murder her emerged, she remains in demand - a far cry from Phil.