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Holly Willoughby Quits ITV2's Celebrity Juice After 12 Years On The Show

Holly Willoughby Quits ITV2's Celebrity Juice After 12 Years On The Show

Willoughby promised she’d return to the programme as a guest to keep everyone ‘in check’

Jess Hardiman

Jess Hardiman

Holly Willoughby has announced she's stepping down from ITV2's Celebrity Juice after 12 years on the show.

Willoughby took to Instagram to break the news to fans, sharing a grid of nine photos from her time on the comedy panel game show, which has been running since 2008.

Thanking ITV, the production team and the show's writer and presenter Keith Lemon, Willoughby promised she'd return to the programme as a guest to keep everyone 'in check'.

She wrote: "Thank you @celebjuiceofficial for 12 years of fantastic chaos... I can't quite believe what we've done and how quick that time has gone.

"Thank you to you all for watching... We've always had the loudest and best audiences. Also a huge thank you to @itv2 for believing in the show in the first place and for all of your support...

"Over the years the production team has changed, however to anyone lucky enough to have worked on the show, they will know that we really do have the best time, it's never felt like work and always been to me like a night out...

"Thank you for all your ingenious ideas and hard work... All good things must come to an end and nothing lasts forever...

"It's time for me to hand over my team captain seat to some lucky lucky person... Whoever that is, know you are about to get one of the best jobs in telly working with one of comedies finest...

Holly Willoughby with Keith Lemon and Fearne Cotton in 2012.
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"@keithlemon... Where to begin... I remember starting this journey with you and saying 'I think this might work'... My goodness me it did... Three friends, you, me and @fearnecotton... And that is what is at the heart of it...Friendship... I love the bones of you Lemon! Thank you for making me laugh for twelve years...

"I'll be back as a guest and just to make sure someone is keeping you in check... If I don't see you through a week or next week or the week after... Know you are always in my heart..."

Don't worry, you can still catch Willoughby daily on This Morning alongside Phillip Schofield.

She also hosts Dancing on Ice, so fingers crossed she'll return with the new series, which is believed to hit screens in 2021.

Featured Image Credit: ITV

Topics: Entertainment, TV and Film, UK Entertainment