This Morning star Holly Willoughby has been at the centre of media controversy following the departure of her co-host Phillip Schofield.
The 61-year-old decided to cut ties with ITV after he confirmed he previously had a relationship with a younger staff member.
Since then, 42-year-old Holly has kept a low profile, stepping back from the popular daytime show for a number of weeks.
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But away from the programme, the mother-of-three has continued family life as normal with her husband Daniel Baldwin.
Holly's hubby is the founder of Hungry Bear Media and a former producer on the children's show, Ministry of Mayhem.
He also previously worked as an executive producer on Celebrity Juice which Holly also worked on too.
So as she made her epic return to screens today on ITV's This Morning (June 5), Daily Star has taken a look inside Holly's marriage.
First encounter
Holly and Dan first crossed paths in 2004 when they worked on a TV show together.
At the time, Holly was presenting one of her first big television gigs, which was the children's programme Ministry of Mayhem, alongside ITV presenter Stephen Mulhern.
Dan worked behind the scenes as a producer for the show.
Holly and Dan were friends for six months before they started officially dating, and they managed to keep their relationship a secret for an impressive eight months before they finally revealed that they were a couple.
When previously asked if it was love at first sight, Holly mentioned that it was not.
She said: "No, not at all and he'd come from MTV and he was very cool for school.
"He looked at me like I was this wally of a person. I thought, 'Oh my God he hates me, he just thinks he's really cool.'"
She added: "Then we became really good friends."
Holly recently spoke about workplace romances during an episode of This Morning confirming that it does work.
Holly said: "It's quite a normal way to meet someone. It doesn't always have to be some sort of illicit affair. It can be quite a lovely, nice thing.
Wedding bells
The loved-up couple tied the knot in August 2007 and then went on to become parents to sons Harry, 13, Belle, 11, and Chester, eight.
Holly and Dan's wedding took place at St Michael's Church.
The pair then hosted their wedding reception at 900-year-old Amberley Castle, located on the South Downs in West Sussex.
The breathtaking venue also features 12 acres of landscaped gardens and historic architecture.
Holly wore a flamboyant wedding dress by designer Alexandra McQueen.
But she later admitted that the dress ended up getting "filthy" by the end of her celebration.
Racy underwear on wedding day
Holly's wedding dress may have been simple and elegant, but the TV personality opted for something a little more daring underneath her gorgeous gown.
She said on her website Wylde Moon: "It's obviously very important to get your underwear right under your wedding dress, and even more so with a backless dress.
"My amazing dressmaker had a vintage pattern for a bunny girl outfit. She adapted a 1960's original bunny girl corset by cutting the back so low, it didn't show."
Holly then joked: "She even made me a fluffy tail – but I’m not sure that ever saw the light of day!"
Heels during sex
Holly previously confessed that she enjoys wearing heels while having intimate fun with her husband Dan.
The former Celebrity Juice star also revealed that she wears her heels in bed before wearing them publically.
Speaking candidly to Now Magazine she said: "I love wearing new shoes during sex – and not just because it’s kinky.
"I’m not a foot fetishist or anything, I have found the best way to break in new shoes is to wear them during sex.
"It’s become a sort of rule whenever I get a new pair of shoes. I always wear them in the bedroom – during the sex act – before I take them outside," she explained.
Important decisions
Since the This Morning drama came to light, TV insiders have claimed that the BBC was hoping to poach Holly from ITV.
Reports also claimed that Holly's husband Dan may have a hand in the decision as he would love to see his wife venture off.
Dan's company makes a number of programmes for a variety of television channels and the BBC happens to be one of his biggest customers.
Insiders have claimed that Dan has been trying to get his wife to present with other male celebs such as Lee Mack on Freeze The Fear and Bradley Walsh on Bradley And Holly Take Off.
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