TV Host Holly Willoughby Gets Emotional in First Interview Since Kidnapping Plot Was Uncovered: 'It's Been Tough'

Mar. 15, 2025

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“It’s been a tough one. There’s no way of sugar-coating it," she told the outlet of the kidnapping plot with a shaky breath.

After taking a moment to compose herself, she continued, “Nothing can prepare you for something like that. When something like that happens, you have a decision to make. You either decide, right, I can take this on board and it can absolutely affect all aspects of my life. Or I can make a choice to go, let’s focus on everything that’s positive and good, all those important things."

“You have to go: I choose to positively move forward and rely on all those people — the police, the court, the judge, the jury — all those people to do their role. And that’s what I had to do,” she explained.

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When asked if there ever was a point when her trauma nearly “consumed” her, the television star said: “It wasn’t an option.”

“For me, it’s just not an option. For all those reasons I’ve said,” she explained. “That all means too much to me, to let, you know, that be the other road I could have gone down. And look, so many people go through tough things — they just do.”

She also added that choosing to walk away fromThis Morningwas a decision that was “really simple and easy.”

“That question is wrapped up in so many things that were going on at that time. But no. That was the last thing on my mind,” she said of her exit.

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“I knew that I would come back. It was important for me to get back to normality for lots of reasons," she said of her comeback.

source: people.com