HOLLY Willoughby has signed a bumper deal to stay on This Morning for another two years.
In news that will delight fans across the country, the 40-year-old star will be keeping us company until at least 2023.
Earlier this year, we revealed that the TV favourite was embroiled in a bitter dispute with her former agents – which could see her leave This Morning.
She left YMU in 2020, and was horrified by the company’s claims that they are entitled to a percentage of her future earnings under a “sunset clause”.
In a matter of “principle”, sources told us at the time that Holly would “rather leave the show than let YMU take such a high percentage of her earnings”, with Holly earning around £700,000 a year from This Morning alone.
However, they appear to have been able to come to an arrangement, and the star’s future on the daytime show is “secure”.
An insider told The Mirror: “It seems like everybody wants that gig but Holly is very much secured for the next two years on a rolling contract.”
The mother-of-three joined the ITV hit back in 2009, replacing Fern Britton as Phillip Schofield’s co-host.
Discussing Holly’s YMU dispute, a source told us in May: “This is not about the money, it’s the principle of the thing. There has never been any question over commission on contracts they concluded.
“This is about what happens now they aren’t involved, and them trying to handcuff her for years to come. It’s not right. Holly left YMU to take control of her own future.
“She loves This Morning, and doesn’t want to leave. But she has been given no choice but to discuss options.”
Holly has now set up her own company, Roxy Management, with YMU’s other celebrity clients including Ant and Dec, and Phillip Schofield.
