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a post on Instagram, Willoughby said she had informed ITV bosses
she would not be returning to the show she had helped host for
14 years.
"This is such a difficult goodbye, you are incredible and I
forever will be proud of what we've done together. Thank you to
everyone at ITV for being supportive," Willoughby said in a
statement.
"Sadly, however, I now feel I have to make this decision for me
and my family."
In May, Willoughby's long-term co-host Philip Schofield resigned
from ITV, saying he had an "unwise but not illegal" relationship
with his colleague, who was a teenager when the presenter first
met him.
ITV, Britain's biggest free-to-air commercial broadcaster,
called Willoughby "one of the best loved, respected and most
accomplished broadcasters in the UK".
"We are sad that Holly is leaving This Morning, but respect her
decision which we know will have been extremely difficult for
her to make," said ITV’s Managing Director, Media and
Entertainment, Kevin Lygo.
(Reporting by Farouq Suleiman; editing by William James)
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