Holly Willoughby wrote a letter to her English teacher who helped her ‘come to grips’ with dyslexia

Holly Willoughby has revealed she wrote a letter to her former English teacher, following the success of her book Reflections.

The presenter, 40, took to Instagram on Saturday to share how being a Sunday Times Bestseller meant a great deal to her since she suffers from dyslexia.

She recently told This Morning viewers how the teacher had helped her after being diagnosed with the learning difficulty ‘quite late’.

Candid: Holly Willoughby has revealed she recently wrote a letter to her former English teacher, following the success of her latest book Reflections

Holly began in the emotional video: ‘Hi everyone, happy weekend. I hope whatever you’re doing, you’re having a nice time.

‘It’s a little bit wet and rainy out there. I’m currently sitting here with Bailey. Say hello. She’s a bit fed up cos we can’t go outside cos it’s wet! Gonna go out in a minute.

‘Anyway it gives me the perfect opportunity just to say a massive thank you again about the book Reflections.

Opening up: The TV personality, 40, took to Instagram on Saturday to share how being a Sunday Times Bestseller meant a great deal to her since she suffers from dyslexia

Opening up: The TV personality, 40, took to Instagram on Saturday to share how being a Sunday Times Bestseller meant a great deal to her since she suffers from dyslexia

Pretty in pink! Holly began in the emotional video: 'Hi everyone, happy weekend. I hope whatever you're doing, you're having a nice time'

Pretty in pink! Holly began in the emotional video: ‘Hi everyone, happy weekend. I hope whatever you’re doing, you’re having a nice time’

‘It’s been out for three weeks now and I can’t quite believe it because for the third week running it is a Sunday Times Bestseller, which is really something I never thought was possible.

‘Funnily enough I sent my old English teacher a letter yesterday just saying, “Oh my god, I wrote a book and who would have thought that was ever actually gonna be possible when I was at school?”

‘I think you all know by now but I’m dyslexic so when I was at school, English was not my favourite subject at all and I found it really difficult.

Grateful: 'Anyway it gives me the perfect opportunity just to say a massive thank you again about the book Reflections'

Grateful: ‘Anyway it gives me the perfect opportunity just to say a massive thank you again about the book Reflections’

Wow: 'Funnily enough I sent my old English teacher a letter yesterday just saying, "Oh my god, I wrote a book and who would have thought that was ever actually gonna be possible when I was at school?"

Cute: 'It's a little bit wet and rainy out there. I'm currently sitting here with Bailey. Say hello. She's a bit fed up cos we can't go outside cos it's wet! Gonna go out in a minute'

Wow: ‘Funnily enough I sent my old English teacher a letter yesterday just saying, “Oh my god, I wrote a book and who would have thought that was ever actually gonna be possible when I was at school?”

‘So to now be sitting here as a Sunday Times Bestseller is pretty incredible and overwhelming actually so thank you.

‘Your comments have been amazing. I’m gonna put on here some of the comments that people have made and reading those are just so wonderful so thank you.’

Holly recently told how her secondary school English teacher helped her as she struggled with dyslexia as a teenager. 

Holly revealed she was diagnosed with dyslexia ‘quite late’, although didn’t specify how old she was, and said she dreaded having to read out passages in class.

Mentor: She recently told This Morning viewers how the teacher had helped her after being diagnosed with the learning difficulty 'quite late'

Mentor: She recently told This Morning viewers how the teacher had helped her after being diagnosed with the learning difficulty ‘quite late’

She said: ‘My favourite teacher who was incredible was called Mrs. Williamsoon, she was my English teacher. I didn’t get my dyslexia diagnosis until my GCSEs which is relatively quite late. 

‘I hated reading out loud because I couldn’t read well and would get the words mixed up and I was constantly embarrassed.  

‘She always took me aside and spent a lot of time with me. Even during break time she would be like ‘come on and read this essay in’. She really took the time and never made me feel stupid so I loved her.’ 

Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty that can cause problems with reading, writing and spelling. It is estimated up to one in ten people in the UK have some form of dyslexia. 

Meanwhile, Phillip praised his former careers teacher for not mocking his ambition to work in TV and for helping him to get work experience at BBC Plymouth. 

He said: ‘Bruce Connor was the careers teacher. All my mates was the usual, farmer, policeman. I said I want to get into telly, to be on the TV and he didn’t laugh. 

‘He said, “Right OK, I haven’t had that one before.” He found a friend who had a friend in the BBC in Plymouth and set the whole thing up and never once laughed at this crazy kid in Cornwall who wanted to be on the telly.’ 

Younger days: 'I hated reading out loud because I couldn't read well and would get the words mixed up and I was constantly embarrassed' (pictured in 1999)

Younger days: ‘I hated reading out loud because I couldn’t read well and would get the words mixed up and I was constantly embarrassed’ (pictured in 1999)

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