This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby has admitted that she proved her critics right following a "dreadful" interview with former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.Speaking in a new interview, the ITV star, 41, reflected on her time presenting the popular daytime show with her co-host Phillip Schofield, revealing that she was determined to prove her critics wrong after people in the industry aired their doubts over her presenting abilities when she first landed the role.Holly has hosted This Morning for 13 years alongside co-host Phillip after landing the role in 2009 following a series of presenting stints.But in a new interview, the star told how she suffered from "imposter syndrome" throughout her early presenting jobs.However, it was one nightmare interview that left the star "completely floundering" after she was so desperate to prove she could do her new role on the ITV programme.A couple of months after joining This Morning, the star interviewed then-Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.Addressing her "awful" interviewing of the politician, Holly said: "The worst thing was that so many people in the industry had said I couldn’t do that job."I wanted to prove myself."The mother-of-three said that she had discussed the move to interview the politician at length with the show's crew.Explaining what had gone wrong, Holly explained: "Then when it came to the interview I was trying to read out questions from the script."I was saying words I didn’t even understand, mangling up sentences and completely floundering," she added.The star continued to say that she will "never be perfect" as a presenter."The biggest lesson I’ve learnt is that being myself works.
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