Believe it or not, this is one of Britain’s biggest media stars of the last decade:
Holly Willoughby’s new YouTube show brought in 41,000 views on its first day – after it was panned by critics and branded ‘dire’.
The former This Morning host, 45, launched her first episode of the show on Tuesday, with desperate attempts at relatability thanks to swearing and unsubtle innuendos with first guest, The Devil Wears Prada star Stanley Tucci, 65.
It failed to impress critics – with a one-star review comparing her show to Meghan Markle’s attempt to enter the lifestyle realm with her own show last year.
Last March, Meghan launched a Netflix lifestyle series, which was blasted, leading to The Guardian branding Holly’s show ‘a marginally less agonising With Love, Meghan’ while The Telegraph stated: ‘[Holly’s] dire show makes Meghan look good.’
And 24 hours after it was posted to her YouTube channel, it had received 41,000 views.
She now has 11,000 subscribers to the channel.
Everything in the media is propped up and fake. It’s easy to tell, because every single time “a big star” attempts to do something without the benefit of the mainstream machinery, they can’t even reach a level of modest success on their own. To put it in perspective, 41,000 views is less than this blog and Sigma Game combined.
No wonder they all have Imposter Syndrome.