Personal Life
Holly Willoughby is dyslexic. Her sister, Kelly, also works in the television industry.
On 4 August 2007 she married Dan Baldwin, a producer on Ministry of Mayhem. Her son, Harry James Baldwin, was born in May 2009. Her daughter, Belle Baldwin, was born in April 2011.
In June 2012, Willoughby posted a photo of herself on Twitter without makeup, and caused controversy when it was slated by journalist Liz Jones as a "betrayal to women." This Morning co-presenter Phillip Schofield defended Willoughby, saying "I swear there can be no greater force against all womankind than Liz Jones. She is inconsistent, bitter, nasty and unhinged."
She is patron of charity, Together For Short Lives.
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