Holly Willoughby dazzles in a plunging black gown as she attends the star-studded Celebrity Bear Hunt afterparty in London

LEOMIE ANDERSON

Holly Willoughby dazzled in a plunging back gown as she attended an after party at Kettner’s on Tuesday evening after promoting her new Netflix show Celebrity Bear Hunt in London.

The former This Morning presenter, 43, seemed to be in incredibly high spirits and couldn’t wipe the smile from her face as she made her way to the star-studded bash.

She looked nothing short of sensational in the busty off-the-shoulder gown, whichis a £1,800 number by London-based designer David Koma.

She paired the gorgeous dress with a simple pair of black heels and a small clutch bag.

Holly wore her blonde locks in loose curls and opted for a glowing palette of makeup to elevate her natural beauty.

She opted not to wear a necklace, instead letting the glamorous dress speak for itself, before accessorising with dainty silver earrings.

Holly Willoughby dazzled in a plunging back gown as she headed home from an after party at Kettner’s on Tuesday evening after promoting her new show Celebrity Bear Hunt in London.

The former This Morning presenter, 43, seemed to be in incredibly high spirits and couldn’t wipe the smile from her face as she departed the star-studded bash

The star was all smiles as she climbed into a taxi to head home after the night out with the cast of her exciting new show.

Holly has returned to screens for the new series after taking a break from TV following her departure from This Morning.

She was joined at the earlier premiere by the show’s star and survival expert Bear Grylls, 50, who looked ready for action in all his gear and later pulled off an abseiling stunt.

The compeтιтion show sees a group of unlikely celebrities get dropped into the Central American jungle as prey for one of the world’s most fearsome predators – Bear.

As Bear puts them through their paces, those who fail to impress will face the dreaded ‘Bear Hunt’.

The Bear Hunt is said to be a brutal game of cat and mouse where they’ll be hunted down by Bear himself and, if captured, face elimination from the show.

It comes after Holly told the Mail’s Katie Hind in an exclusive interview, how hearing adventurer Bear on the end of the telephone line was the beginning of the end of the torment that had plagued not just her life but those around her for more than a year.

The ex-SAS reservist was calling to make her an offer she couldn’t refuse: the opportunity to be his co-host on a new celebrity adventure programme for Netflix, Celebrity Bear Hunt, in the Costa Rican rainforest.

The call came before Sєxual predator Gavin Plumb was found guilty of the vile plot on Holly and handed a life sentence.

She looked nothing short of sensational in the busty off-the-shoulder gown, whichis a £1,800 number by London-based designer David Koma

She paired the gorgeous dress with a simple pair of black heels and a small clutch bag

The star was all smiles as she climbed into a taxi to head home after the night out with the cast of her exciting new show

Holly wore her blonde locks in loose curls and opted for a glowing palette of makeup to elevate her natural beauty

She was joined at the earlier premiere by the show’s star and survival expert Bear Grylls, 50, who looked ready for action in all his gear and later pulled off an abseiling stunt

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But Holly was determined it would be her way back to normality, after quitting This Morning in October 2023 – days after Plumb’s kidnap and murder plot was made public. She said yes immediately.

She said: ‘It felt like the right time for me. When Bear called and described the premise of the show, I was like, ‘Okay, well, it sounds great. It also sounds like a show that my kids would love – they love Bear – so it was a bit of a no-brainer.

‘For a long time, I think because my kids were younger, I didn’t like leaving the country for so long. Even when I went out to Australia for I’m A Celeb, the kids came with me. It just felt like a really exciting project. This was definitely a ‘yes’ on a spot.’

It also comes after Bear admitted Holly was very nervous ahead of filming for her new show as she embarked on her TV comeback.

He explained just how nervous Holly was as he confessed: ‘She was was in at the deep end.’

Speaking on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with The National Lottery on Virgin Radio UK on Tuesday morning, Bear chatted about working with Holly as he said: ‘She was a dream.

‘I’ve never really worked with anyone else like that before. She’s just gentle, heart led. She was nervous. She was in at the deep end.

‘What a great girl, and she added such a beautiful bit of empathy and love, a sort of warmth to the celebs when they’re back at camp because they were nervous. Everyone’s kind of high octane in it. And she was great. She was great.’

The former This Morning host took some time away from screens and the red carpet, aside from her role on Dancing On Ice, after a ‘graphic’ kidnap and murder plot against her was revealed (pictured in October 2023)

It comes after Bear admitted Holly was ‘nervous’ as she threw herself ‘in at the deep end’ ahead of Celebrity Bear Hunt show as she embarked on new challenge for TV comeback

The compeтιтion show sees a group of unlikely celebrities get dropped into the Central American jungle as prey for one of the world’s most fearsome predators – Bear

Show bosses have pulled out all the stops with their latest line-up which features Spice Girl Mel B, Strictly judge Shirley Ballas, Boris Becker and model Lottie Moss.

Also joining the A-list line-up is Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Steph McGovern, Una Healy, Kila Bokinni, Leomie Anerson and Danny Cipriani.

Holly recently opened up about the challenges that came with being back at home after she took time out from work last year.

Finding a new role as a stay-at-home-mum, the former This Morning host said it was challenging being home alone and not speaking to anyone all day, as she would want to chat to her kids – Harry, 15, Chester, 10, and Belle, 13 – when they got back from school but they’d be ‘exhausted’.

She told The Sunday Times: ‘It’s been sh** for all of us, we’ve had to get used to how each other works again, you know?’

‘Don’t get me wrong, the kids, to begin with when I was at home a lot, they’d walk through the door and I’d be like, ‘So? What happened?’ because I hadn’t spoken to anyone [all day].

‘Normally I’m at work and absolutely knackered, and so I’m like, ‘All right kids?’ and they’re like, ‘All right Mum,’ and that’s it – and suddenly I was, ‘So, what happened today?’ They were like, ‘Mum, just because you’ve been at home all day — we’ve been at school, we’re exhausted’.’

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