They faced a huge backlash following the incident, with a petition calling for both of them to be sacked from the ITV daytime show reaching 65,000 signatures. Willoughby, 41, has been noticeably quiet online since it all began, but took to social media on Friday to congratulate pal Lisa Snowdon on winning Celebrity MasterChef. Holly Willoughby congratulated her friend Lisa Snowdown on Instagram Stories after winning Celebrity MasterChef / Holly Willoughby
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Sharing Snowdon’s post on Instagram Stories, she wrote: ‘Congratulations. Way to go smart lady,” adding a red heart emoji. Before that, the mum-of-three’s last Instagram post was on September 12, four days before the drama, while Schofield hasn’t shared anything online since September 8. Viewers were concerned for the usually bubbly blonde during Thursday’s episode of This Morning, commenting on social media that she looked like she ‘wanted to burst into tears’. “Holly looks like she wants to burst into tears,” one Twitter user remarked. “Holly doesn’t seem happy with her bubbly self today. She looks very uncomfortable and tired,” another agreed. While others felt that both she and Scofield looked like they wanted to be anywhere but there. “You can see the two are just hanging on by a thread here,” wrote one. “Definitely no energy and it won’t be there,” said a second.
