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Holly Willoughby breaks silence on her TV comeback on Dancing On Ice

Holly Willoughby has damaged her silence on her TV comeback simply days earlier than she is about to return to screens on Dancing On Ice.

The TV presenter, 42, will make her on-screen return after a two-month hiatus on Sunday for the ITV skating competitors’s launch present alongside her new co-host Stephen Mulhern.

MailOnline solely revealed final month that Holly can be returning to the present after quitting This Morning following alleged plot to kidnap and homicide her.

Now, Holly has damaged her silence on her TV comeback as she took to Instagram to share a model new put up as she gears up for her first present again.

She shared {a photograph} of the Dancing On Ice launch present script as she confirmed she was again at work on the present and shared her pleasure for the 2024 sequence.

Holly Willoughby has broken her silence after it was revealed that she would be making her TV comeback on Dancing On Ice

Holly Willoughby has damaged her silence after it was revealed that she can be making her TV comeback on Dancing On Ice

After her two-month TV absence, Holly took to Instagram to share a photograph of the Dancing On Ice launch show script as she shared her exctiement for the 2024 series

After her two-month TV absence, Holly took to Instagram to share {a photograph} of the Dancing On Ice launch present script as she shared her exctiement for the 2024 sequence 

Alongside the {photograph}, seemingly taken in her dwelling, Holly penned: ‘And so it begins…,’ alongside an emoji of an ice skate and a smiling face.

Holly will host the brand new sequence alongside Stephen, who’s taking Phillip Schofield‘s place after he was fired by ITV.

The new forged united for a photocall occasion earlier this week as they took official photographs and took half in interviews, however Holly wasn’t in attendance.

The Mirror then reported that Holly – who was ultimately yr’s shoot – skipped the photocall to focus on rehearsals along with her new co-host Stephen.

A supply advised the publication of this yr’s occasion: ‘Holly would not need any distractions in the meanwhile so she wasn’t on the photoshoot.

‘And for her it’s extra about rehearsals and getting the sequence off to a terrific begin with a brand new co-host. 

‘She’s placing all her vitality into the present. Holly is a complete skilled and as all the time she can be placing her coronary heart and soul into the sequence with Stephen.’

Though she wasn’t on the group forged photocall, the primary official images of recent co-hosts Holly and Stephen have been revealed.

The TV presenter, 42, will make her on-screen return after a two-month hiatus on Sunday for the ITV skating competition's launch show alongside her new co-host Stephen Mulhern

The TV presenter, 42, will make her on-screen return after a two-month hiatus on Sunday for the ITV skating competitors’s launch present alongside her new co-host Stephen Mulhern 

MailOnline exclusively revealed last month that Holly would be returning to the show after quitting This Morning following alleged plot to kidnap and murder her

MailOnline solely revealed final month that Holly can be returning to the present after quitting This Morning following alleged plot to kidnap and homicide her 

The Mail on Sunday revealed that she met Stephen, 46, two weeks earlier for the photographs to be taken – simply days after she made her first public outing since early October, when a former Essex safety guard was charged with contacting a hitman within the US to kidnap and homicide her. 

It is known that she and Stephen didn’t meet the present’s judges, together with Olympic gold medalists Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, however as a substitute had their very own personal shoot at a studio in London. 

One good friend mentioned: ‘It was fairly an emotional day, it felt just like the beginnings of a routine after months of being at dwelling and shutting herself off from the surface world.

‘But Holly has all the time beloved sporting dreamy, princess-style robes on Dancing On Ice, it was all the time her time to get actually dressed up.’

It was a doubly particular reunion with Stephen, ITV’s standard and long-serving star who hosts the reboot of Deal Or No Deal and Catchphrase, as a result of he was at her facet when she obtained her first huge break in TV nearly 20 years in the past.

The pair hosted ITV morning kids’s reveals Ministry Of Mayhem and Holly & Stephen’s Saturday Showdown after they have been of their 20s and since then have had an unbreakable bond.

Her new co-host Stephen was at her side when she got her big break in TV almost 20 years ago and they hosted children's show Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown together (pictured)

Her new co-host Stephen was at her facet when she obtained her huge break in TV nearly 20 years in the past they usually hosted kids’s present Holly & Stephen’s Saturday Showdown collectively (pictured)

Stephen is taking Phillip Schofield's place on Dancing On Ice, after he hosted the show for many years with Holly before he was fired by ITV

Stephen is taking Phillip Schofield’s place on Dancing On Ice, after he hosted the present for a few years with Holly earlier than he was fired by ITV  

‘It actually made a distinction to Holly’s mindset to know that Stephen can be along with her all the method. It has actually made her smile,’ the good friend added.

‘For years and years, Phil was along with her and all of a sudden he was gone. To be working with Stephen once more at such a poignant time in her profession is particular for Holly. 

‘Whether she went again to Dancing On Ice was a quandary for Holly, some light persuasion from Stephen positively helped to seal the deal.’

On Sunday at 6.30pm, Holly will co-host the programme – whose stars embody Love Island’s Amber Davies, Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards and former Brookside actress Claire Sweeney, from ITV’s studio on the previous RAF base in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire. 

DANCING ON ICE: MEET THE 2024 CONTESTANTS

RICKY HATTON

AGE: 44

PROFESSION: Former professional boxer

WHAT DID HE SAY? ‘If I can maintain my nerve within the boxing ring I ought to have the ability to maintain my nerve within the ice rink’

HANNAH SPEARRITT

AGE: 42

PROFESSION: SINGER

WHAT DID SHE SAY? ‘I’m actually enthusiastic about studying a brand new talent. It’s really easy to reside your snug life and that side of blending issues up could be very interesting’

GREG RUTHERFORD 

AGE: 36

PROFESSION: Athlete 

WHAT DID HE SAY? ‘I like a problem and I wanted a cause to exit and do stuff once more and right here we’re. I need to carry out one thing that is by no means been accomplished earlier than, that is my intention.’

Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards

AGE: 59

PROFESSION: OLYMPIC SKI JUMPER

WHAT DID HE SAY? ‘Dancing on Ice is a present I’ve all the time needed to do. It’s a problem I believe I’m going to relish!’

RICKY NORWOOD

AGE: 40

PROFESSION: EastEnders star 

WHAT DID HE SAY? ‘It’s come at such a good time in life. I am unable to skate in any respect! No rehearsals as but, I’ve simply had some physiotherapy to strengthen the physique.’

RYAN THOMAS

AGE: 39

PROFESSION: Corrie star

WHAT DID HE SAY? ‘Everyone retains asking me, “are you doing it?” I’ve advised everybody!’ 

CLAIRE SWEENEY

AGE: 52

PROFESSION: ACTRESS

WHAT DID SHE SAY? ‘I’m entering into the unknown right here. I do not understand how I’ll really feel. But I’m very excited.’

AMBER DAVIES

AGE: 26

PROFESSION: WEST END STAR

WHAT DID SHE SAY? ‘I might positively say that I’m an adrenaline junkie however I do get extra nervous as I become older and I hope that I can comprise them’

MILES NAZAIRE

 AGE: 27

PROFESSION: REALITY STAR 

WHAT DID HE SAY? ‘I’ve all the time beloved to bop however it’s normally on a dance flooring on a Saturday night time and Dancing on Ice appears so tough.’

 LOU SANDERS

AGE: 37

PROFESSION: COMEDIAN

WHAT DID SHE SAY? ‘I’m nervous about cracking my head open, or simply bashing the previous head. I am unable to afford to lose any extra mind cells.’

ADELE ROBERTS 

AGE: 44

PROFESSION: RADIO PRESENTER

WHAT DID SHE SAY? ‘It’s ”bricking it on ice” for me! I believe the toughest half is placing myself on the market as I normally disguise away’

 ROXY SHAHIDI

AGE: 40

PROFESSION: Emmerdale star 

WHAT DID SHE SAY? ‘I am unable to ice-skate. I have not actually mentioned something to anybody however primarily as a result of I’m so nervous about it!’