Fearne Cotton dashes to hospital to be by best friend Holly Willoughby’s side as she goes into labour

By
Sarah Bull and Georgina Littlejohn
Last updated at 8:41 PM on 12th April 2011

They are best friends who work together, party together and support each other.

So it’s no wonder that when Fearne Cotton heard her best friend Holly Willoughby had gone into labour, she dashed to the hospital to be by her side.

The radio presenter tweeted fans with a picture of her jokily pretending to puff on a gas and air machine as waited for Holly to welcome a new life into the world.

Best friends forever: Fearne Cotton dashed to hospital to support Holly Willoughby as she went into labour. She tweeted a picture pretending to puff on a gas and air machine

Fearne added the caption: ‘Just at the hospital checking in on Holly who is still in labour. Don’t worry I’m fine.’

She later added: ‘Just leaving holls now. So weird that when I see her next she’ll have a new little bubba. So excited.’

Fearne’s hospital dash comes just hours after Phillip Schofield to confirm that his This Morning co-host had gone into labour.

Holly, who is expecting her second child, missed today’s show after she was taken to hospital.

Baby on the way: Phillip Schofield confirmed earlier today that Holly had gone into labour after he received a confirmation text from her husband Dan

And despite earlier confusion over whether or not she had gone into
labour, Schofield took to his Twitter to clear things up, writing:
‘Latest news is that @hollywills is in labour.’

Schofield added that he had received a text from Holly’s husband Dan confirming the news, before adding: ‘and at my last text from hubby Dan, fancied a bit of @ginofantastico ‘s pizza he made today :)’

To which D’Acampo added: ‘If Holly had a slice the baby would come out quicker!! Sorry for the chilli my friend.’

Holly, who is expecting a little girl, was replaced on the show this morning by stand-in Jenni Falconer.

Announcing the news: Holly and husband Dan, who texted Schofield to confirm that she was in labour with their second child

Confusion surrounded her condition after co-presenter Phillip Schofield announced on air that he was unsure whether she was about to give birth.

He said: ‘The first thing this morning I got a phone call from Holly saying that she thought she might be in labour, and as the morning has progressed – not entirely sure – so as it stands at the moment, Holly may or may not be in labour. But best not here, we thought.’

Falconer, who is also pregnant,  then joked that it would have been good television, to which Schofield replied: ‘Although I do think that I am fully qualified to deliver the baby. I’ve done nearly 10 years on this show, and I think that I am fully qualified.

‘I only work with pregnant people now. Pregnant women I should say!’

Also expecting: Jenni Falconer, who is almost five months pregnant, is standing in for Willoughby on This Morning

He then reassured the viewers that Willoughby was fine and then revealed that he had received a text from her.

He said: ‘I’m assuming this is for broadcast, Holly Willoughby, I don’t know. She said: “I’m currently bouncing on a birthing ball eating breakfast. Sadly not an avocado in sight. Miss you.” There you are, that’s the latest news.’

Holly’s ageny John Knight told the MailOnline: ‘She’s absolutely fine.
She thought she was in labour this morning and the hospital are still
doing tests so we are waiting to hear.’

Holly married TV producer Dan Baldwin, who she met on children’s show Ministry Of Mayhem, in West Sussex in August 2007.

She gave birth to her first child, a boy named Harry, in May 2009 and told viewers in January she was expecting a baby girl.

Bursting with excitement: Willoughby told This Morning viewers she was having a baby girl back in January