Phillip Schofield has declared that he ‘doesn’t miss’ parts of his TV career, after he dramatically departed his role on This Morning.
The 62-year-old TV presenter returned to screens on Monday, for the first time since he stepped down from the ITV show last May following an ‘unwise’ affair with a junior colleague.
Channel 5‘s Cast Away sees the broadcaster stranded on an uninhabited island off Madagascar for 10 days with no food or water and without a production crew.
With only a camera to talk to, Phillip opened up about what life has been like since he was ousted from the daytime show.
He reflected: ‘I miss part of it, certainly. I miss most of it if I’m honest. But, there are parts that I really, really, really don’t miss.’
Phillip Schofield has declared that he ‘doesn’t miss’ parts of his TV career, after he dramatically departed his role on This Morning
The 62-year-old TV presenter returned to screens on Monday, for the first time since he stepped down from the ITV show last May following an ‘unwise’ affair with a junior colleague
Phillip paused before divulging: ‘You learn a lot about people… I don’t miss that.’
The outburst came after after he made a supposed dig at his former This Morning co-host Holly Willoughby.
During the show, Phillip discusses his bitter parting of ways with ITV and This Morning, which he hosted for 21 years.
Holly distanced herself from her former best friend and during a ‘highly strategised’ return to the This Morning sofa in June 2023, she told viewers she had been left ‘shaken, let down and worried.’
When she returned, she began by saying: ‘Hello, Firstly, are you okay? I hope so. It feels very strange sat here without Phil.’
Appearing to reference the now-famous speech on Cast Away, Phillip is seen having a BBQ with his family before heading off to the island.
He gives out food to his wife Stephanie and their daughters Molly, 31, and Ruby, 28, and laughs: ‘If you’re ok, then we’re ok, and I’m ok… are you ok?’
No mention of Holly is made in the clip, but fans were quick to clock the jibe, with one branding Phillip’s series an ‘ego trip’, before claiming he’s clearly ‘not as remorseful as he claims.’
During the show, Phillip discusses his bitter parting of ways with ITV and This Morning, which he hosted for 21 years
The outburst came after after he made a supposed dig at his former This Morning co-host Holly Willoughby
Meanwhile, a sneak peek clip from the third episode shows Phillip ranting about ‘three sh**s of showbiz’ on his new desert island documentary.
Schofield appears to blame his dramatic fall from grace on a trio of his former ITV colleagues, saying: ‘I think there are only three s**ts [of showbiz].’
He pointed out that one was a ‘coward who never stepped up in Queuegate,’ while another ‘is a coward because they never stepped up when I was being battered’.
In a clip obtained by The Sun, Schofield claims the third ‘is just brand-orientated’, adding: ‘Not what you expect, not what you think you’re going to get.’
While Schofield does not name any individuals, speculation has mounted that he could again be taking aim at Willoughby, who he doesn’t mention at all throughout the series.
Phillip stunned the nation when he revealed he would be making his TV comeback in the Channel 5 series.
Elsewhere in the first episode, Phillip told how he had ‘everything in place’ for a suicide attempt, but decided against it when his eldest daughter Molly persuaded him not to, in the wake of his exit from This Morning.
Phillip stunned the nation when he revealed he would be making his TV comeback in the Channel 5 series
Elsewhere in the first episode, Phillip told how he had ‘everything in place’ for a suicide attempt, but decided against it when his eldest daughter Molly persuaded him not to, in the wake of his exit from This Morning
He said: ‘In the last eighteen months, it got as dark as it is possible to get.
‘A year ago I got so, so close. I had everything in place, everything was set up and everything was ready and it was Molly that was looking after me.’
He explained: ‘Molly and Ruby both looking after me at the time, and Molly said: ‘Do you imagine what this would do to us if you actually managed to pull this off? Can you imagine what would happen and can you imagine what it would do to me if you did this on my watch?’
‘That was just enough, just enough to take a step back from the edge. I could have been hospitalised, I just raced to the family home and shut the gates and I was in there.’
He later paid tribute to his wife and daughters, saying: ‘Without them, I wouldn’t be here.’
Schofield’s return to television comes 16 months after he was forced to apologise to the Mail for lying about his affair with his former This Morning colleague.
He also lied to ITV and his former co-host Holly Willoughby about the romance and he hasn’t worked since.
But during the programme, he addressed the relationship, saying: ‘It’s like the biggest grenade going off in your life. You know you let people down, you know you’ve let yourself down.
‘It was an unwise and unprofessional thing to do. I will be forever sorry. I screwed up. I made a mistake, and I hurt the people around me.’
