Holly Willoughby quitting This Morning is ‘brave and wise’, says Richard Madeley

Holly Willoughby quitting This Morning was 'brave and wise', says Richard Madeley. Source: Good Morning Britain, ITV

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00:00 I think, and Judy agrees with me,

00:01 we were talking about this

00:02 when we heard the news yesterday afternoon,

00:04 that Holly's done a very brave and wise and courageous thing.

00:07 I mean, we know here in the building,

00:10 I mean, 'cause the Smalling Studio

00:12 is just a few yards away through the bricks,

00:14 we know that Holly genuinely puts family first, as you do.

00:17 She puts her family first and her career second,

00:19 and that really is the order.

00:20 Now, people watching don't know that,

00:22 they just see Holly the professional,

00:24 but she does put it first.

00:25 And I think, given the year that she's had,

00:27 all the things that she's had to put up with,

00:29 and then this terrible thing that happened last week

00:31 that I know we can't talk about because it's under law,

00:34 given that she's done the show for 14 years,

00:37 which is a year longer than Judy and I did it

00:38 when we left, you know,

00:40 I think it's given her a chance

00:41 to sort of step back and take stock.

00:43 And she's put her family first,

00:45 she's gonna focus on them for a while.

00:47 She'll come back, not to this morning,

00:48 but she'll come back to do something else on telly.