British TV host Holly Willoughby accidentally slips into Australian accent

By Áine Ryan|

A British television presenter has been mocked senselessly by her co-host after accidentally slipping into an Australian accent.

Holly Willoughby, host of This Morning, was reading news headlines from an autocue on Wednesday when she pronounced the city "Dubbo" with the Aussie twang it deserves to be read with.

The 37-year-old -- who is heading Down Under to host the UK's version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! -- was reading a story about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal tour, when her long-time co-host, Phillip Schofield, began giggling in the most adorable way.

"You literally can't do it without an Australian accent," he told her, laughing. "You're going to Australia, tomorrow is your last day here... so we've been teasing her a bit.

"Today we've got stuck on doing some Australian accents. She said 'Don't let me do it any more, stop it, stop it', but [she's] just done it at least two or three times."


While Willougby bravely continued on reading, she slipped up a second time using an upward inflection the way we Australians often do. 

"Confusing skincare leaving you in a muddle?" she read, as Schofield began laughing.

"Did I do it again?" she asked him. "No I didn't!"

Teasingy, Schofield mimicked her and his own Aussie accent was actually kind of impressive.

"'Leaving you in a muddle?' You're even going up at the end of your sentences now! Sheila, you've got to pull yourself together. We've got a full show to do here."

Ah, bless. 

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