British former TV presenter Phillip Schofield has mentioned that he “got here very near ending his life” after he exited his high-profile function 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 digital camera crew stationed on one other island.
Beforehand one of many UK’s most well-known and highly-paid TV stars, Schofield mentioned solely the considered his daughters prevented him following by way of on his plan to hurt himself.
The Guardian newspaper reports that, within the present to be broadcast Monday night, he mentioned:
“I had all the pieces in place, all the pieces was arrange and all the pieces was prepared. (Daughter) Molly mentioned: ‘Do you think about what this might do to us in case you really 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 case you did this on my watch?’ And that was simply sufficient to take a step again from the sting.”
And he additionally criticised the best way he had been handled by his former ITV stablemates, together with Willoughby, with whom he was very shut earlier than his departure. He mentioned: “While you throw somebody underneath a bus, you’ve received to have a very bloody good motive to do it.”
Relating to his future employment, he appeared to verify he gained’t seem on ITV once more, saying: “Though my finest mates host it, there are some channels you simply gained’t work for. There are just a few individuals you gained’t work for.”
Schofield beforehand referred to as his affair “unwise however not unlawful” and mentioned he could be endlessly 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.
