Holly Willoughby didn’t plan to be TV presenter: “I wanted to be a vet or study psychology”

Holly Willoughby has admitted that she never intended to become an TV presenter and instead wanted to be a vet.

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by Jack White |
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This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby, 33, revealed that presenting was so far from her mind when she was growing up that she didn’t even know it was a job.

She told a UK magazine: “I wasn’t a dancer, I wasn’t a singer and there wasn’t a presenting school to go to. I didn’t even know that was a job.”

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Pregnant Holly – who is already a mum-of-two – originally wanted to work with animals, purely because she loved cats.

Being a TV presenter wasn't always Holly's ambition
Being a TV presenter wasn't always Holly's ambition

“I wanted to be a vet but that was based on the fact I liked kittens,” she continued. “Then I realised that I’d have to deal with dead animals so I didn’t want to do that anymore.

“Later my plan was to study psychology and open a cattery.”

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Holly also revealed that she previously started a university course, which is something she might pick up again in the future.

She said: “I started an Open University course when I had a two-year down period in telly, so if all else fails, I’ll finish that.”

This weekend Holly and her husband Dan Baldwin attended showbiz bestie Fearne Cotton’s wedding to Jesse Wood.

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Fearne’s understated ceremony took place at a registry office in Southwest London, and Holly showed everyone exactly how to do maternity wedding fashion.

She wore a simple white dress, and added splashes of colour with red heels, a pink clutch and an orange scarf.

Holly posted a picture to Twitter of herself and the bride, captioning it: “Me and the beautiful Mrs Wood, such a magical day… Xxx”

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