Gavin Plumb was sentenced to life with a minimum term of 16 years in July 2024 after being convicted of soliciting murder and encouraging or assisting others to rape and kidnap her.<\/a><\/p>\nWilloughby, 45, will now launch her YouTube channel Together on 28 July, after leaving This Morning in October 2023, and seeing ITV’s Dancing on Ice, which she also presented, rested in March 2025.<\/p>\n
She told Vogue: “When something like that happens, suddenly everything else gets put into perspective and you know what? I don\u2019t fear what people think because I know what real fear feels like.<\/p>\n
“This shouldn\u2019t be scary. This should be something really enjoyable. If it doesn\u2019t work, it doesn\u2019t work. But you have to have a go. What\u2019s the other option? Just sitting scared and never doing a thing again?<\/p>\n
“Not everybody\u2019s going to like what you do, that\u2019s just a fact. I\u2019m not for everybody.<\/p>\n
“On this new platform, people find you and come to you because they\u2019re interested in you. I\u2019m not being forced upon anyone.<\/p>\n
“I actually feel a little bit safer because I\u2019m saying, ‘I don\u2019t know if I can do this \u2013 we\u2019ll all find out together\u2019, in a way, that\u2019s less pressure.”<\/p>\n
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Willoughby\u2019s lifestyle channel will cover topics such as practical advice, fashion, beauty and health.<\/p>\n
She added: “I started my forties very much thinking, \u2018I\u2019ve worked out life now\u2019, life really sometimes knows how to just kick you up the ass and go, \u2018hang on a minute\u2019.<\/p>\n
“Everybody knows what happened and it was difficult. It was a really difficult time. It did set me back and made me realise, \u2018right, well of course you haven\u2019t got everything figured out, of course life is going to keep throwing challenges at you\u2019.”<\/p>\n
She said she had learned she is “very resilient” as a result of the ordeal, which she said “doesn\u2019t define you”.<\/p>\n
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Willoughby said: “It\u2019s another lesson learned, isn\u2019t it? It\u2019s another life experience that adds another layer and makes you a bit more empathetic to other people in similar situations.<\/p>\n
“Everything in life teaches you something and I definitely had a hard lesson to learn. I\u2019m not going to sit here and go, \u2018I\u2019m so strong now\u2019, because I\u2019m not, but I\u2019m stronger in many ways.”<\/p>\n
Willoughby\u2019s departure from This Morning came months after her co-host Phillip Schofield left after admitting to an “unwise, but not illegal” affair with a young male colleague on the show.<\/p>\n
Willoughby also fronted the ITV game show You Bet!, but had to step down for its second season over scheduling conflicts.<\/p>\n
Together will release two episodes per week from its premiere on 28 July on YouTube, digital streaming platforms and across social media.<\/p>\n
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