Holly Willoughby has confirmed the reason she was missing from This Morning this week.
The ITV presenter was absent from the Wednesday and Thursday show, with Alison Hammond and Davina McCall filling in for her last minute.
At the time, This Morning failed to give a reason for Holly's absence, other than to say she was taking the days off.
Alison told viewers: "I'm standing in for Holly who's having a well deserved day off today."
Now Holly has explained the reason she was missing was due to a coronavirus scare in her household, with two of her children showing symptoms.
The mum-of-three posted a message to her 6.9 million followers on Instagram.
It read: "Just wanted to say thank you for all your kind messages... over the last few days two of our children were unwell and had symptoms of Covid.
"In line with government guidelines we were waiting for results of the tests before I could return to work, couple that with just wanted to look after my two poorly children, it meant having two days away from @thismorning.
"I chose not to alert everyone to this because my focus was on looking after them... thankfully all tests came back negative and everybody's feeling much better... see you Monday! Once again thank you for all the lovely messages... Holly."
