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Jessica Gibb

Holly Willoughby awkwardly laughs off Alison Beer's comment about her age on This Morning

Holly Willoughby was forced to laugh off an awkward comment about her age on This Morning.

The 41-year-old TV presenter was talking to consumer reporter Alice Beer, 57, about plant-based milk when she commented on Holly's age.

"Phil you’re probably the same generation as me that had the little bottles of milk at school," she said.

But Holly - who was born in Brighton in 1981 - insisted she also remembers the days of free school milk.

"Did you have the little bottles, Oh, well you’re older than I thought," Alice quipped.

Holly tried to laugh off the comment as she said: "Oh no" but Alice quickly added 'Love you.'

Holly Willoughby laughed off the comment that she's too young to remember free school milk (ITV)

Earlier this week, The This Morning studio turned tense as Holly was spotted looking unimpressed by Phillip Schofield after he cut her off.

Holly pulled an unimpressed face when her co-host Phil, 60, butted in on Tuesday's show.

The This Morning duo were interviewing Polly Brooks MBE in the ITV studio to mark the 20th anniversary of the Bali bombings.

The awkward moment occurred as the hosts were listening to Polly’s emotional story about losing her husband in the bombings.

As she opened up about having to ‘rebuild her life,’ Holly responded: “Wow, gosh, and even at…”

But before she could go on to say any further, Holly was quickly cut off by Phil saying: “43% of your body was burnt I think,” as he went on to ask Polly another question.

Alice Beer made a joke about Holly's age (ITV)

Holly fell silent after being brutally cut-off mid-sentence, but her face said it all as she looked frustrated and appeared to roll her eyes.

One viewer shared the clip to TikTok and captioned it: “Holly's eye roll when Phil cuts her off.”

One fan wrote in the comment section: “Holly don't look impressed,” while another said: “Ha that look says it all.”

One fan jumped to Phillip's defence by writing: “He was probably told to say his lines in his ear piece as they normally are.”

Body language expert Judi James has claimed Holly felt ‘suppressed annoyance or irritation’ by Phil's actions.

Speaking to Mail Online Judi said: “Holly’s body language response when Philip talked over her during an interview was one that is familiar to anyone who has been interrupted by their partner at a social event or by a colleague during a business meeting.

Holly Willoughby awkwardly laughs off comment about her age (ITV)

“The official response is to smile and move on but it looked like one interruption too many for Holly, whose facial expression suggested suppressed annoyance or irritation.”

Judi continued: “She would never have been rude enough or unprofessional enough to roll her eyes upward but they did drop downward as Philip got in there with his own question just as she was asking her own.

“It was an emotional interview and Holly had done the right thing in terms of working in a TV double act, which is to perform an intentional or announcement gesture before you speak to help avoid any cross-talk.

“She had part-raised one hand but it looks like Philip was also eager to get in with his question, and after the pensive drop of her eyes, Holly also performed a pursing of the lips to hint at a level of displeasure.”

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