Holly Willoughby caused a stir by making a ‘Nazi salute’ while presenting This Morning, though it actually turned out to be a Star Wars-Superman hybrid reference gone wrong.

Holly Willoughby Nazi salute shocker! Err… she was actually aiming for a Superman gesture

With co-presenter Phillip Schofield stood beside her, the yummy mummy stumbled as she attempted to read the word ‘forecasters’ from the autocue.

During a piece about the weather, she said: ‘We are set, apparently, for a heatwave, according to the force-casters… Force casters?’

Holly then made a joke of her slip-up, quipping ‘May the force be with you’ while making what strongly resembled the aforementioned fascist gesture.


It later transpired the 29-year-old had got her wires crossed and was aiming for a Superman impression when she raised her arm in front of her, Hitler-style.



‘Holly muddled her film references, mistaking the actions for Superman with a line from Star Wars,’ explained an ITV spokesperson after YouTube clips of the presenter had Hitler moustaches and Nazi hats superimposed onto her image.

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