Holly Willoughby: I’m proud of ‘Willoughbooby’ nickname

The TV star said the saucy moniker doesn't leave her red-faced
Proud: Holly Willoughby opens up about Keith Lemon's cheeky name for her
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Emma Powell14 June 2016
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Holly Willoughby has said she is proud of the cheeky nickname Keith Lemon bestowed upon her.

Lemon – who hosts Celebrity Juice alongside Willoughby – often refers to the TV star as Holly ‘Willoughbooby’.

But despite the saucy moniker - Willoughby has insisted that it doesn’t leave her red-faced.

“I said to him [Lemon] I blame you entirely for this! He’s always calling me ‘Willoughbooby',” she told YOU.

“In all seriousness, it’s very nice and I’m proud that a mother who has breastfed children can have that accolade…if you can call it that.”

Willoughby – who recently launched motherhood guide book Truly Happy Baby…It Worked For Me – breastfed her children Harry, seven, and Belle, five, but had to stop with her youngest Chester, one.

Speaking about her own experiences as a mother she criticised the pressures put on women to have sex soon after giving birth.

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“Just because you’ve had your six-week check-up and your doctor has signed you off doesn’t mean you will feel ready to start up your sex life again,” she told the magazine.

“It makes me sad that anyone should feel they should do so – at a time when they are feeling so overwhelmed – just because others are.”

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