Holly Willoughby has admitted that she ‘always knew she’d come back to TV’ amid her return to the spotlight.

Speaking in her first interview in over a year, the presenter, 43, explained how is was important for her to return to normality since quitting This Morning in October 2023.

After a ‘graphic’ kidnap and murder plot against her was revealed, Holly took sometime away from screens and the red carpet, aside from her role on Dancing On Ice.

She told The Sunday Times Style Magazine: ‘I knew that I would come back. It was important for me to get back to normality for lots of reasons.’

The TV personality has not only resumed her role on Dancing On Ice this, but also launched new gameshow You Bet! and is set to star on Netflix‘s Celebrity Bear Hunt with adventurer Bear Grylls.

Holly admitted that while she would be ‘an idiot to say no’ her return to work was ‘never about the money’.

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Holly Willoughby has admitted that she ‘always knew she’d come back to TV’ amid her return to the spotlight (pictured last week)

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Speaking in her first interview in over a year, the presenter, 43, explained how is was important for her to return to normality since quitting This Morning (pictured on This Morning in 2023)

She continued: ‘I’m not saying, how much are they going to pay me for this, and how much are they going to pay me for that? But by definition my work is a business. I

‘I’m not going to shy away from saying that. I think, sometimes, when women earn money people see it as a greedy, ambitious thing, but when men earn money? “Oh, he’s incredible, I want to be like him!” I don’t have any shame in saying it’s my business, it’s my work. It’s also all I have known. It’s what I do.’

Holly made her return to TV in December as she took on hosting of the new gameshow You Bet! alongside Stephen Mulhern.

Speaking previously about being a part of the show, Holly gushed: ‘I remember watching You Bet! as a kid, and I loved it. For me, it felt like true Saturday night telly.

‘I remember being glued to the TV whilst watching a digger pick up 6 delicate eggs in its giant jaws and placing them on egg cups, all in a minute.

‘I remember looking at my Dad who was equally as enthralled as I was. I think the show works for all ages and is real family viewing.’

Asked what her most memorable moment of filming was, she referenced the iconic cactus licking moment.

She joked: ‘The one that stands out to me the most was a lovely couple whose unique challenge was that they could identify different types of cactuses – whilst blindfolded – by licking them!’

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She told The Sunday Times Style Magazine : ‘I knew that I would come back. It was important for me to get back to normality for lots of reasons’ (pictured in September 2023)

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Holly made her return to TV in December as she took on hosting of the new gameshow You Bet ! alongside Stephen Mulhern

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Elsewhere, Holly is set to star on Celebrity Bear Hunt which will see her swap her glamorous ensembles for hiking boots to host the action-packed show in Costa Rica with Bear Grylls

You Bet! was a popular quiz show originally hosted by Bruce Forsyth and then Matthew Kelly for 10 series in the 1980s and 1990s.

Elsewhere, Holly is set to star on Celebrity Bear Hunt which will see her swap her glamorous red carpet ensembles for a pair of hiking boots to host the action-packed show in Costa Rica alongside Bear Grylls.

According to Netflix, the competition show sees a group of unlikely celebrities get dropped into the Central American jungle as prey for one of the world’s most fearsome predators – Bear.

As Bear puts them through their paces, those who fail to impress will face the dreaded ‘Bear Hunt’ – a brutal game of cat and mouse where they’ll be hunted down by Bear himself and, if captured, face elimination from the show.

Show bosses have pulled out all the stops with their latest line-up which features Spice Girl Mel B, Strictly judge Shirley Ballas, Boris Becker and model Lottie Moss.

Also joining the A-list line-up is Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Steph McGovern, Una Healy, Kila Bokinni, Leomie Anerson and Danny Cipriani.