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Holly Willoughby's ITV speech on Phillip Schofield torn apart by comedian

This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby returned to the ITV studios and gave a now infamous speech addressing the speculation surrounding her former co-host, Phillip Schofield.

The 'Are You OK?' speech came as the 42-year-old made her comeback to the screen after a two-week holiday, reports the Mirror.

As she addressed Phillip's swift exit from the show, comedian David Baddiel didn't hold back in his scathing review of her return.

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In a brutal tweet, David wrote: "When Holly Willoughby said ‘Firstly, are you OK?’ I genuinely thought she was talking to someone behind camera, before realising that of course she was talking to us, the great British deeply-traumatised by everything's that happened on an ITV morning show public.”

The single tweet has attracted over 3.1 million views, and thousands of replies, as many joked alongside the funnyman.

One said: "I’m struggling to cope if I’m honest."

Another tweeted: "Hang on a minute...So when's Oprah doing the Holly and Phil interview?"

A day later he suggested he was "going to start every day with that from now on", asking his followers: "Firstly, are you ok?

"Sorry, that was an idiotic thing to say. I meant - deep breath - are *you* ok?"

He added: "The good thing about this is that all your replies about your lives are very nice and interesting. Maybe Holly was on to something."

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