The presenter, 44, has been left without an ITV primetime show for the first time in 21 years after turning down a major job with the broadcaster.

Taking her mind off the matter, the beauty appeared in high spirits as she posted a sunny selfie to Instagram.

Holly look as radiant as ever with a pair of stylish black sunglasses and a navy blue padded jacket.

Meanwhile Christine, 46, looked equally as stunning as she also donned black sunglasses and a grey jacket.

Soaking up the sun, the pals beamed for the camera as they caught up with eachother over a glass of wine.

Holly Willoughby was all smiles as she enjoyed day drinks with her pal Christine Lampard on Wednesday on Instagram - after she broke her silence on Dancing On Ice 's axe.
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Holly Willoughby was all smiles as she enjoyed day drinks with her pal Christine Lampard on Wednesday on Instagram – after she broke her silence on Dancing On Ice ‘s axe.

Holly captioned the sweet snap: ‘Rosé kinda Day.’

It comes just days after the presenter snubbed long-time co-host Phillip Schofield as she broke her silence on Dancing On Ice’s axe on Thursday. 

Taking to Instagram, Holly shared a gushing tribute for the skating show and thanked all who worked on it in the past 19 years – however, she notably failed to mention Phil, whom she hosted the show with for 13 years.

Alongside a plethora of snaps from her time hosting the ITV programme, Holly penned: ‘A huge thank you to @itv, The brilliant team, Crew, Celebrities and Everyone who has been part of our Dancing on Ice family over the last 19 years.

‘Every year, just when January felt at its greyest, Dancing on Ice arrived like a burst of glittering, dazzling light, warm, joyful, and full of heart…

‘It has been an absolute privilege to work alongside true national treasures Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, and to have a front-row seat to their breathtaking skating. Watching them glide across the ice was nothing less than pure magic…

A special thanks must also go to Arnica, Deep Heat, Spanx and fake tan, unsung heroes of the rink! … I will miss it hugely, but I count myself so lucky to have had it for as long as we did. Finally and most importantly, thank you to you for watching, you’re the BEST! …’

While Holly featured a selection of photos which included her current co-star Stephen Mulhern, as well as judges Torvill and Dean, Oti Mabuse and Ashley Banjo, there were no images of Phillip, 62.

The presenter, 44, has been left without an ITV primetime show for the first time in 21 years after turning down a major job with the broadcaster (pictured in March 2025)
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The presenter, 44, has been left without an ITV primetime show for the first time in 21 years after turning down a major job with the broadcaster (pictured in March 2025)

Holly snubbed long-time co-host Phillip Schofield as she took to social media and shared a gushing tribute for the skating show (pictured together in March 2022)
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Holly snubbed long-time co-host Phillip Schofield as she took to social media and shared a gushing tribute for the skating show (pictured together in March 2022)

She notably failed to mention Phil, whom she hosted the show with for 13 years
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She notably failed to mention Phil, whom she hosted the show with for 13 years

The pair fronted the very first series of the programme in 2006 until 2012, when Holly took a break and was replaced by Christine Lampard.

The series was then rested in 2014 and Holly later returned in 2018 alongside Phillip when the series was revived.

Phillip left ITV in 2023 following the revelation of his ‘unwise but not illegal’ affair with a much younger male colleague, with Stephen then stepping into his shoes.

The former This Morning presenters’ long-standing relationship crumbled in the wake of the affair in addition to Phillip’s brother’s trial for sexual offences, with the extent of their bitter feud exposed since Phil made his TV comeback in Channel 5 series Cast Away, in which he referred to Holly as ‘one of the three s***s of showbiz’.

Holly was ITV’s Golden Girl for many years and carved out her place as the fan favourite face of its top shows including This Morning and Dancing On Ice.

However, Holly now appears to be taking her TV career in a new direction as she is now without an ITV show following Dancing On Ice’s axing.

She recently dashed ITV’s hopes that she would be their Saturday night star by turning down a lucrative deal to front game show You Bet!.

ITV sources told the Mail she was ‘busy with other commitments’ after Holly branched out to host Celebrity Bear Hunt in her first big role away from ITV.

Phillip left ITV in 2023 following the revelation of his 'unwise but not illegal' affair with a much younger male colleague, with Stephen then stepping into his shoes [pictured in 2023]
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Phillip left ITV in 2023 following the revelation of his ‘unwise but not illegal’ affair with a much younger male colleague, with Stephen then stepping into his shoes [pictured in 2023]

It is the first time that Holly has not had an ITV show on her schedule for the first time in more than two decades after becoming the broadcaster’s TV darling.

She has long been a familiar face on both ITV and ITV2, hosting on shows including Surprise Surprise, Celebrity Juice, The Games, The Xtra Factor and I’m A Celebrity.

Holly is arguably best known for having fronted This Morning alongside Phillip Schofield from 2009 until 2023, while she also helmed Dancing On Ice from 2006.

However, ITV viewers now won’t be able to get a dose of Holly as there has not yet been any public news of her having signed on to another project with the channel.

MailOnline has contacted ITV and Holly’s representatives for comment.

But Holly could be looking ahead to an exciting new future with Netflix as she was said to have impressed bosses hosting new reality TV series Celebrity Bear Hunt.

Insiders recently revealed that Netflix are ‘very keen’ to work with her more on shows, which would be screened across the world after her debut on Bear Grylls’ show.

In a huge blow to ITV, Holly then turned down a lucrative deal to front a new series of the classic game show You Bet! because of her other commitments.

A source told the Mail: ‘You Bet was so popular with the viewers wished it came back for two shows that ITV bosses decided to give it a full run.

‘Holly and Stephen are a great double act and they were both brilliant so they were asked back.

‘But Holly politely declined, she has other commitments and couldn’t make it work.

‘She is in demand and now she isn’t shackled to This Morning four days a week, she is able to look at more options, some are global.

‘Celebrity Bear Hunt was a huge thing for her, her first role with Netflix and she just loved it and they loved her so there could very well be much more where that came from.

‘The world is now Holly’s oyster, there are so many opportunities for her.’