Holly Willoughby said she found attending Glastonbury “freeing” as she put the recent drama surrounding former This Morning co-star Phillip Schofield behind her.
The presenter, 42, waxed lyrical about her time at the Somerset based music festival which she attended with her TV executive husband Dan Baldwin, 48, and enjoyed catching up with friends while taking in the various performances.
Giving fans an insight into the antics which had forced her to miss the ITV datime TV show on Monday after losing her voice, she described watching Sir Elton John’s headline set as “pure magic” in her Wylde Moon newsletter.
She also said that she found being part of such a vast crowd “humbling”.
“Just what is it about going to a festival that makes you feel about 20 again? There’s something so freeing about it…as if you’ve entered a world that encourages you to leave life’s worries and responsibilities at the gate and let your hair down,” she wrote.
“I spent three amazing days with incredible friends, listening to some of the best musicians on the planet — all whilst dancing like lunatics,” she added.
“Music brings people together like nothing else. I cannot begin to imagine how it must feel as an artist looking out at a Glastonbury crowd to see the faces of each and every person singing your lyrics.”
Willoughby praised the moment fans helped Lewis Capaldi through his set after he found himself struggling to control tics caused by his Tourette’s. She said: “Never was this more poignant than the crowd singing back to Lewis Capaldi on Saturday, which was probably one of the most touching moments of the weekend.”
The Scottish singer announced on Monday that he will be taking a break from touring for the “forseeable future” as a result.
“Thanks to the amazing weather, Glastonbury also gave great moon…beginning the weekend as a sliver of a moon that built to almost a half-moon by the end,” the mother-of-three continued.
“I kept looking up at the night sky during the headline acts to see Mama Moon in all her glory, presiding over all of us.
“It’s so rare in the UK to have clear skies on consecutive evenings to watch her move through her phases. What a treat.
“This week brings us the Waxing Gibbous Moon, the lunar phase of reflection. I should think I’ll be doing a lot of reflecting and reminiscing this week given all the memories we’ve just made.
“When I think back, the feeling of being part of the crowd who witnessed Elton John perform his farewell show, is so humbling.”
She concluded her post: “I Guess That’s Why They Call it the Blues is such a special song for Dan and I and I’m filled with nostalgic warmth when I remember all the moments we’ve listened to it together. Pure magic.”
