Holly Willoughby enjoyed a catch up with ex This Morning colleague Clodagh McKenna on Saturday, two years after quitting the ITV show following a terrifying kidnap and murder plot.
The broadcaster, 44, was joined by lookalike sister Kelly, 47, as they cosied up to the Irish the chef, 50, in a beaming snap while gushing over their ‘full tummy’s and full hearts’.
Sat in a lavish country kitchen Holly looked fresh faced in a stylish tweed coat with her long glossy blonde locks worn loose.
Brunette Kelly was also dressed for their country surroundings while Clodagh opted for a white cable knit sweater.
The trio took the opportunity to promote Holly’s lifestyle brand Wylde Moon and Clodagh’s own company Honey by Clodagh.
Taking to Instagram the broadcaster captioned the snap: ‘Full tummy’s and full hearts… lovely day with @clodagh_mckenna and @ladywilloughby … Finally introduced @wyldemoon to @honeybyclodagh … they love each other’.
Holly Willoughby (C) is joined by lookalike sister Kelly (R) for a catch up with ex This Morning colleague Clodagh McKenna (L) on Saturday
Holly announced her decision to leave the daytime show after 14-years on her Instagram page, as she confirmed she ‘will not be returning’ to the show and revealed she had made the decision for ‘herself and her family’.
She suffered severals blows ahead of her exit, which began when her golden girl status was knocked during ‘Queuegate’, when she and former co-host Phillip Schofield were accused queue jumping at the Lying-in-State of Queen Elizabeth II.
At the time, Holly was said to be distraught over the change in public opinion towards her and the scandal reportedly caused a rift in her relationship with co-host Phillip Schofield with insiders claiming that ‘cracks began to show’ between the once close pair.
Sources reported that relations between the co-hosts and friends deteriorated further in the coming months. They came to head when it emerged that Phillip had been having an ‘unwise but not illegal’ affair with a younger male colleague.
The ‘obsessed’ security guard who was jailed over a plot to kidnap, rape and murder Holly is set to have his appeal bid heard later this month.
Gavin Plumb was found guilty of soliciting murder and inciting rape and kidnap of the former This Morning presenter following a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court.
The 38-year-old from Harlow, in Essex, was sentenced at the same court in July to life in prison with a minimum term of 16 years.
A jury took 12 hours and 19 minutes to find him guilty after being presented with a raft of shocking evidence, including a chloroform restraint kit that he planned to use to kidnap the star.
He then planned to take the TV presenter to an isolated stud farm for sexual torture, kill her and dump her body in a lake.
Earlier this year, court officials said they received applications for permission to appeal against his convictions and the sentence.
According to court listings, his case will now be heard at the Court of Appeal in London on October 21.
At his sentencing earlier this year, judge Mr Justice Murray described some of the plans Plumb had discussed online as ‘particularly sadistic, brutal and degrading’.
Clodagh (R) featured as a resident chef on the ITV show alongside host Holly (L) before she quit the show in October 2023 after 14-years
She suffered severals blows ahead of her exit, which began when her golden girl status was knocked during ‘Queuegate’ following his Phillip Schofield’s affair scandal (pictured 2017)
Plumb was snared after a US undercover police officer infiltrated an online group called Abduct Lovers and became so concerned about Plumb’s posts that evidence was passed to the FBI.
US law enforcement in turn contacted police in the UK, and when Essex Police officers raided Plumb’s flat in Harlow they found bottles of chloroform and an ‘abduction kit’ complete with cable ties.
Jurors heard Plumb’s kidnap plans involved attempting to ‘ambush’ the broadcaster at her family home – even discussing taking time off work in order to organise the attack.
Plumb was heard discussing the horrifying plot during a series of horrifying voice notes played to the court.
The shocking recordings were sent to a potential accomplice called Marc, with Plumb saying he was looking for a place to ‘hold’ the starafter ambushing her at her family home.
‘Nothing’s confirmed yet, mate. Don’t celebrate too early but it looks like… back on track for once,’ Plumb says, before adding: ‘Obviously, you’ll find out when everything is planned. Yeah, we’ll go from there.’
Plumb – who enjoyed dressing up in a Batman shirt – is also heard talking about how he planned to strike in the dead of night and use chloroform to subdue her and her husband, the TV producer Dan Baldwin.
‘Plan of action, basically, we are going to hit it at night, less traffic on the road,’ Plumb said. ‘Chloroform both of them, making them easier to restrain. Pick out outfits of hers we like, take her and the outfits with us and then we’re gone.
The ‘obsessed’ security guard who was jailed over a plot to kidnap, rape and murder Holly is set to have his appeal bid heard later this month
‘We are then going to force her to make a video saying she came with us under her own free will and she’s fully consenting to everything we do to her so that covers us.’
Two bottles of chloroform – a chemical that can knock a person unconscious if forced to inhale it – were later found at Plumb’s home in Harlow, Essex, by police.
In another chilling audio clip, Plumb is heard saying: ‘The chloroform bit is going to be fun, picking the outfits is going to be fun.
‘So if you can get to the UK, to England that’ll be awesome because then you can be part of it.’
The court heard Plumb had assembled a ‘restraint kit’ which he bought online.
In a video played to jurors, Plumb is seen showing off all the items, which included four packs of 100 metal cable ties he bought from Amazon, handcuffs, ankle shackles, rope and a ball gag.
The court was told the 37-year-old shared a video of a ‘bondage kit’ with an undercover officer called David Nelson in an online forum called ‘Abduct Lovers’.
Plumb had argued in his defence that it was just online chat and fantasy.
But Mr Justice Murray dismissed this, saying: ‘I have no doubt that this was all considerably more than a fantasy to you.’
