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Vicki Newman

Holly Willoughby causes meltdown as she forgets social-distancing rules on This Morning

Holly Willoughby created a moment of chaos on This Morning when she forgot the social-distancing rules.

The star has continued to present the ITV show alongside Phillip Schofield ever since the coronavirus lockdown was put in place.

They've adjusted things accordingly, only having guests on the show over video chat and with Holly and Phil sitting two metres apart on the sofa.

But in one moment today, Holly sent Twitter into meltdown after momentarily forgetting the rules and running over to her best pal Phil.

They were trying out some experiments with resident scientist Zoe, when Holly, 39, ran over to Phil, 58, to help him carry out the task.

Holly got a little too close to Phil (ITV)

"No don't get so close," he told her. "Get back, get back."

Holly was quick to admonish herself, shouting: "Two metres! Two metres! I'm genuinely sorry."

"Get back to your own area," Phil joked.

But it was too late, and Twitter had already gone into meltdown.

"Nice #SocialDistancing Holly and Phil," one viewer posted.

She forgot about the social-distancing rules (ITV)

While another tweeted: "The whole country just freaked out at @thismorning and Holly forgetting about social distancing."

A third wrote: "So everyday you're banging on about social distancing & sitting away from each other but in the item doing the experiments Holly walked straight over th Philip to show him how to do it!"

Others defended Holly over what was clearly an accident.

She was quick to admonish herself (ITV)

One wrote: "Here comes the uproar and internet trolls. Holly just got caught up in the excitement of science and forgot the social distancing rules as she ran over to Phil. Awkward."

Holly and Phil have previously explained why they're still on the air amid the global pandemic.

Phil said on the show: "The government has classed us as an essential service for the time being.

"To bring you the latest news on the virus, to answer your concerns with our doctors, to offer useful advice and to hopefully lighten the load as only This Morning knows how."

Holly added: "We are running with a skeleton staff from now on and with lots of people working from home. All our regular behind-the-scenes services have been cut back to an absolute minimum."

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