British former TV presenter Phillip Schofield has stated that he “got here very near ending his life” after he exited his high-profile position on ITV’s This Morning
Schofield departed the present, which he co-anchored with Holly Willoughby, in Could 2023, after his secret affair with a younger male researcher was revealed. He has stayed underneath the radar ever since, however will seem in a Channel 5 present reflecting on his abrupt departure and life since. For the three-part Castaway, Schofield spent a fortnight by himself on the island of Madagascar, filming himself with a digicam crew stationed on one other island.
Beforehand one of many UK’s most well-known and highly-paid TV stars, Schofield stated solely the considered his daughters prevented him following by on his plan to hurt himself.
The Guardian newspaper stories that, within the present to be broadcast Monday night, he stated:
“I had every little thing in place, every little thing was arrange and every little thing was prepared. (Daughter) Molly stated: ‘Do you think about what this might do to us in the event you truly managed to drag this off? Are you able to think about what would occur and may you think about what it will do to me in the event you did this on my watch?’ And that was simply sufficient to take a step again from the sting.”
And he additionally criticised the way in which he had been handled by his former ITV stablemates, together with Willoughby, with whom he was very shut earlier than his departure. He stated: “Whenever you throw somebody underneath a bus, you’ve bought to have a extremely bloody good cause to do it.”
Relating to his future employment, he appeared to substantiate he received’t seem on ITV once more, saying: “Though my greatest mates host it, there are some channels you simply received’t work for. There are just a few individuals you received’t work for.”
Schofield beforehand known as his affair “unwise however not unlawful” and stated he can be perpetually sorry for his actions, together with mendacity concerning the relationship to his TV bosses. On the time, his agent parted methods with him and he has since not appeared on British tv.
