Holly Willoughby who could have been by his side when he came out as gay earlier this year. The 58-year-old TV presenter praised his co-host and good friend for conducting the interview on This Morning back in February.
Appearing on The One Show on Wednesday evening, the dad-of-two admitted that he couldn't have gone ahead with it if it wasn't for 39-year-old Holly."I couldn't have done that with anyone else," he told Michelle Acklerley and Michael Ball on the BBC show."I wouldn't have wanted anyone else sitting beside me.""We'd had a big lead up to that moment.
When I knew what I had to do, Holly was one of the first people that I told," he continued."She's such a wise person, she's got such a calm, sensitive aura to her.
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