Holly Willoughby simply wants to get over the ordeal and put it behind her as a new TV documentary about the kidnapping and murder plot is set to air, according to a source.
The terrifying kidnap and murder plan devised by Essex security guard Gavin Plumb that “changed Holly Willoughby ’s life forever” is laid bare in a new TV documentary. However, a source says the mum-of-three is determined not to let it traumatise her all over again.
The Plot To Kill Holly Willoughby is due to air next week on 5, just ahead of the second anniversary of the implosion of her and This Morning co-presenter Phillip Schofield ’s 14-year reign as daytime TV’s golden couple. According to our source, Holly, 44, just wants to put the ordeal behind her and focus on the wellbeing of herself and her loved ones.
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“She’s a very strong woman. As far as she’s concerned, it happened, it’s in the past, and she wants to get on with her life and move on,” they claimed. “In an ideal world it would be something that’s never spoken about again, but Holly knows that’s not going to happen, so she’ll just ride it out. She’s haunted by the past but she won’t be retraumatised by it. She feels the same about the whole Phillip Schofield thing at This Morning – it happened, it’s over, move on.”
According to the documentary’s synopsis, Holly’s life was forever changed when she learned of the plan just before she was scheduled to start airing. She withdrew from public life while the police pursued her case against Plumb, having had little other options but to put her glittering career on hold.
Could Plumb’s revolting plan have ever come to pass? He couldn’t walk even for a short distance because he was housebound, morbidly obese, and unable to walk even short distances. He devoted years searching for a partner to help him make his obsession a reality. Was Plumb merely guilty of a warped imagination or a dangerous predatory stalker?
Plumb assembled what the Crown Prosecution Service called his kidnap kit after years of researching Holly’s personal life. Leg shackles, handcuffs, pocket knives, 400 metal cable ties, and chloroform bottles were included in the horrifying haul.
Plumb, who already had kidnapping and false imprisonment convictions, attempted to persuade people he had met online to work with him in his plan to enter her home before incapitating her with chloroform and kidnapping her. He was found guilty of arranging for the killing and rape in July of that year, and he was given a life sentence with a maximum sentence of 16 years before being eligible for parole.
Holly waived her right to anonymity and had complete control over how the TV show’s response turned out, according to Stefan Walters, a psychologist with a focus on trauma and brainspotting therapy. He says that it may reveal various stories to the public and provoke responses, but I hope it’s a part of her recovery, “he says.” Watching a replay of a trauma can be challenging because it can feel a little like replaying it, but in reality, it can be an outlet for exposure therapy.
The less we are activated the more we can expose ourselves to it and grow resilient to it. I’d like to see Holly, who has engaged in her own therapy and trauma work, and who feels in charge of the narrative. That is extremely crucial.
Stefan claims that Holly may experience an unconscious reactivated trauma as Phillip’s anniversary approaches. Our bodies and our subconscious minds are unquestionably capable of reactivating trauma in this way, and birthdays can do that as well. It’s possible that someone has a dream about someone or awakens feeling depressed, only to discover it’s 10 years later.
Holly said, “You have a decision to make when something like that happens, when it happens, and it’s been a while.” She also made a statement about her life since the court case earlier this year. You can either decide to accept that this has an impact on every aspect of my life, or you can. Or I can make the decision to leave and concentrate on all those positive and positive things.
She recently presented Netflix ’s Celebrity Bear Hunt alongside Bear Grylls, and our source says the star is now looking forward and not back.
“She was presenting one of the biggest morning TV shows without a real care in the world two years ago, but things have changed a lot for her,” she said.
“But Holly is determined and strong, for sure, and she’ll be concentrating on what she wants, not what she’s lost,” she said.
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Source: Mirror
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