Phillip Schofield returned to television on Channel 5's Cast Away more than a year after he stepped down from ITV's This Morning following an 'unwise' affair with a junior colleague. The 62-year-old broadcaster talked about coming out later in life.
Do YOU have a story? Email [email protected] This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield has been accused of lying by ITV insiders, after he blamed his brother for the collapse of his career.
'He then admitted himself he had been lying about an affair and he resigned from ITV altogether. We didn't sack him, he lied to us and then he resigned, there is not much else to say and we as a network just want to move on.' His 54-year-old brother was convicted in April 2023 of 11 sexual offences involving a child between October 2016 and October 2019, including two of sexual activity with a child.
'And I had to go through everything with the hierarchy at ITV. The full entire story so that they knew I hadn't done anything wrong. The full story.''My phone rang and I picked it up, 'mate, are you somewhere quiet', which is never a good sign, 'I've got a bit of a shock, I'm afraid you've been let go from This Morning'. What? 'Yeah that's it, it's done. You're not going back on Monday'.
'Why would I be sacked for something someone else did? I've just been fired because of him. Because I was becoming more of a story than the programme. Phillip with younger brother Timothy at the Silverstone Grand Prix. The presenter now claims he was sacked 'for someone else's crime' At the time Schofield denied he had been 'forced out', and said he was 'so very, very sorry' for lying to ITV, his colleagues, wife and friends.
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