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Privacy Notice Phillip Schofield has opened up about feeling “utterly betrayed” by his TV colleagues, which has led him to vow never to return to daytime presenting. The 62 year old former This Morning host is set to appear on Channel 5’s Phillip Schofield: Cast Away, marking his first TV appearance since leaving ITV in May 2023 following an admission of an “unwise but not illegal” affair with a younger male colleague. When he stepped down over a year ago, he refuted claims that he was “forced out” of the ITV daytime show and expressed deep regret for lying to the channel, his colleagues, wife and friends. However, while filming on the small island of Nosy Ankarea, off the coast of Madagascar, Phillip felt he was thrown under the bus, stating he could do the same to others, but he’s “not that sort of person”.
Rumours of a toxic fall out between Holly and Phil exploded in 2019
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In the second episode, he also reveals that he had envisioned dying on live television at 93, but now he doesn’t think he wants to continue in this line of work as he has been deeply hurt by being a presenter and by “some of the people on that sort of telly”. He reminisces about his early days at the BBC when he started as a booking clerk at 19 and first visited Television Centre, where ITV’s This Morning was later filmed, saying he “loved being there”. He shared: “When what happened to me happened to me, it screwed up my favourite building in the world, and it pretty well blew away all those happy memories, and suddenly the place became hostile to me, and that was heartbreaking. And the people who did it to me know, they know how important that building was to me. “They know that when you throw someone under a bus, you’ve got to have a really b****y good reason to do it. Brand, ambition is not good enough. It’s not a good enough reason to throw someone under a bus.” He also expressed his disillusionment with fair-weather friends, saying “people can be so fake with you when it’s all going well, and suddenly utter, utter betrayal”.
Reflecting on the aftermath, he said: “When the tidal wave washed through and it washed everybody away”
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Reflecting on the aftermath, he said: “When the tidal wave washed through and it washed everybody away. The ones that are still standing. They’re the ones that matter. And I thought: ‘How many friends do you need? I don’t need 200 fake friends’. I’ve got, what? Ten, 15 friends that I would die for, they would die for me.” Phil also touched upon the issue of sexuality and its impact on public perception, claiming that if he wasn’t gay, the relationship wouldn’t have been as scrutinised, suggesting that an affair with a woman might have even earned him a “pat on the back”. He remarked: “I think another TV presenter or two might have done exactly the same thing, difference is heterosexual, it’s not an unusual thing in the gay world, for there to be a difference in age groups.” On the sixth day of his new adventure, the star takes on the challenge of climbing the island’s mountain, taking time to ponder life beyond television.
Phil also touched upon the issue of sexuality
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Before undertaking a significant challenge, a video snippet was shared showing him muse: “You’ve got to look elsewhere, and you’ve got to see, where does that path go? Because I can’t go down that one any more.” Having reached the top, he reflected on the poem “Welcome To Holland” by Emily Perl Kingsley, which his therapist shared with him. This illustrates the concept of lifes unexpected journeys, likening it to planning a trip to Italy but ending up in Holland. Admiring the view, Schofield related to the piece, saying: “Holland is a lovely place, with lovely people… and it’s not quite where you thought you were going to go, but it’s rewarding and it gives moments like this.”Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnPhillip SchofieldThis MorningDocumentary
