Holly Willoughby’s short seven-word reply after someone pushed her aside at the Monaco GP near Kim Kardashian
TV presenter Holly Willoughby’s reaction quickly went viral after she was gently pushed back when Kim Kardashian’s group walked by at the Monaco Grand Prix. Kim and her sister Khloe were there at Circuit de Monaco cheering on Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton. The seven-time world champ finished second, just behind winner Kimi Antonelli, and later called his new partner Kim “amazing.”
With a huge 334 million Instagram followers, Kim is one of the world’s biggest stars, so it’s no surprise she attracted a lot of attention during her first time in the F1 paddock. She turned down an interview with Sky Sports reporter Martin Brundle after someone from her team whispered in her ear.
Brundle was ready for some drama, joking to viewers: “Let’s see if we can have a word with Kim and Khloe. I mean, what could possibly go wrong?”
Kim and Khloe walked the Monte-Carlo grid with several security guards and even caught former This Morning host Holly Willoughby and comedian Michael McIntyre off guard. When they were interviewing Sky Sports F1 presenter Natalie Pinkham, the group seemed to be pushed back to make way for the Kardashians.
“It’s a wave,” McIntyre joked. “I’m joining them — I’m joining them!” He walked off but came back with a “live update,” telling Pinkham, “I just got hit by a wave… you know when you’re on holiday and a wave hits you? Well, that was kind of dangerous. We’ve been Kardashian-waved!”
Holly laughed and said, “That was ridiculous! You almost joined in.” McIntyre didn’t seem quite as amused, though he might have been joking. “My back’s gone! Something belonging to Kim — I won’t say what — may have hit me in the lower back. And honestly, it hurt.”
News that Hamilton and Kardashian were dating first came out in February, with The Sun reporting they had a “very romantic” weekend in Oxfordshire. Since then, they’ve been spotted at the Super Bowl and Kim has shared photos of them on Instagram. Up until last weekend, neither had publicly talked about their relationship.
That changed after Hamilton’s second-place finish at Monaco. He told reporters, “It’s amazing to have her here this weekend and to have that support. It’s great to have good people around you, and she does that for me every day.”