Holly Willoughby was praised by This Morning fans on Wednesday as she gave away her own printer to help a struggling mum with homeschooling her children.
The presenter, 39, made the kind gesture during a heartwarming phone-in segment alongside co-star Phillip Schofield, 58, and agony aunt Deidre Saunders.
Touched my one mum’s struggle to provide resources to home school her children properly, Holly offered up her own spare printer, with fans hailing her a ‘really lovely person.’
So kind: Holly Willoughby was praised by This Morning fans on Wednesday as she gave away her own printer to help a struggling mum with homeschooling her children
The mum in question, called June, had called in to the show to reveal she was overwhelmed by the prospect of home schooling once again following the announcement of another national lockdown.
During the call, she mentioned that she didn’t own a printer as she contemplated whether it could help her organise lessons with her kids.
Feeling sympathetic towards June, Holly – who is a mum to three children herself – then declared that she would personally send her own equipment as she had a spare printer.
Good deed: The presenter, 39, made the kind gesture during a heartwarming phone-in segment alongside co-star Phillip Schofield, 58, and agony aunt Deidre Saunders
She told June: ‘Please don’t worry if you don’t home school every day.
‘I actually have a spare printer you can have that printer! It’s just sitting at home and we never use it.
‘I will bring it in tomorrow and you can have it, and that will sort your printer issue out. I’ll bring it in so stay on the lines.’
A thrilled June was clearly grateful for Holly’s gesture as she exclaimed: ‘Oh alright, yes, thank you so much Holly!’
Struggles: Touched my one mum’s struggle to provide resources to home school her children properly, Holly offered up her own spare printer, with fans hailing her a ‘really lovely person’
Viewers at home were also touched by Holly’s kind deed and took to Twitter to praise her actions.
‘Holly offering her old printer to a single mom struggling to home school her 3 kids has pulled on my heart strings’ remarked one viewer.
While another tweeted: ‘Holly willoughby is literally so lovely! How can people dislike her?’
Lovely: ‘I actually have a spare printer you can have that printer! It’s just sitting at home and we never use it. ‘I will bring it in tomorrow and you can have it’
‘Holly giving her spare printer is so heartening! She’s saying “that’s alright” all coy – but that lady is trying to home school her child, and that’ll mean the world to her’ said a third.
A fourth watcher gushed: ‘aww that was so nice of Holly, she really is a lovely person.’
A fifth tweeted: ‘Good on Holly. She just gave away her own printer!’
Reaction: Viewers at home were also touched by Holly’s kind deed and took to Twitter to praise her actions
With another adding: ‘I know she gets a bad rap on here…but I do think holly is canny, especially where it comes to women and women with kids.’
It comes as Holly made her return to This Morning following a two-day absence.
The TV star was replaced by Rochelle Humes, 31, on Monday and Tuesday after taking extra time to spend with her family.
She back! It comes as Holly made her return to This Morning following a two-day absence
And the star joked that she was ‘just about holding on’ in reference to the latest lockdown, but insisted that it was ‘lovely to be back’ alongside co-host Phillip.
As the show began, Holly excitedly said to the camera: ‘Hello, good morning and welcome to your Wednesday morning, it’s lovely to be back!’
Enquiring after the viewers and making reference to the national coronavirus lockdown announcement, she added: ‘How are you, I’ve missed you! Are you all okay? I think we are just about holding on!’
The TV star, who looked radiant in a navy and white polka dot dress, she went on: ‘Still holding on! Happy New Year!’
Return: The star joked that she was ‘just about holding on’ in reference to the latest lockdown, but insisted that it was ‘lovely to be back’ alongside co-host Phillip Schofield, 58