Dan Walker hopes Holly Willoughby is a “better person” after This Morning scandal

Dan Walker has said he hopes Holly Willoughby learns from the This Morning scandal and is a “better person because of it”.

Walker told the Mail Online:

“The last few weeks must have been awful for Holly so I hope she’s okay and that she learns from it and is a better person because of it. It will be interesting to see where they both are in a year’s time.”

The former BBC Breakfast presenter added of This Morning: 

“I believe it’s filled with brilliant, creative, clever people who are making programmes with the right integrity. This Morning is part of the fabric of British TV so I hope it doesn’t disappear.”

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield worked together for 13 years. (ITV)

Phillip Schofield, who presented This Morning for 20 years, resigned from ITV last month after admitting to an affair with a much younger male colleague.

As Schofield’s former co-host and close friend, it has been questioned to what extent Willoughby was aware of the widely-rumoured affair.

There have been accusations that ITV covered up the affair, and stars such as Eamonn Holmes and Dr Ranj Singh have called out the show’s ‘toxic’ culture.

ITV chiefs were hauled before a DCMS committee earlier this month to answer questions about the broadcaster’s safeguarding and complaints policies.