Craig Doyle and Rochelle Humes have paid tribute to Holly Willoughby
This Morning hosts Craig Doyle and Rochelle Humes have paid a heartfelt tribute to Holly Willoughby after she has quit the daytime programme.
Holly, 42, stepped down from her role as presenter after a huge 14 years earlier this week. In a lengthy statement posted on social media on Tuesday the mum-of-three said a "difficult goodbye".READ MORE: GMB's Richard Madeley says Holly Willoughby 'will come back'On Wednesday - the first episode since Holly left the programme - the opening titles featured photos of Holly and lines such as "family first" and "end of an era".
"Holly loved her job here and was really looking forward to the future of show. But recent events, especially in the past week, have been hard and she is quite rightly putting her family first". Craig added: "On behalf of everyone here both in front and behind camera all really really sad and we're all going to miss her", before Rochelle interjected with: "Holly is so incredibly proud of what we have achieved on the show and so are we, she will forever be one of us".
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