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Phillip Schofield says he was fired from ITV ‘for his brother’s crime’

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On Cast Away, the former presenter says he was let go due to the bad press generated by his sibling’s child sex offences

Phillip Schofield has blamed his brother for his departure from ITV, saying he was “fired for someone else’s crime”.

In the final episode of Channel 5’s Phillip Schofield: Cast Away, the 62-year-old former This Morning presenter said he had always been “open and honest with everyone at work about what was happening” with his 54-year-old brother, Timothy, who 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.

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Phillip Schofield says he will be ‘forever sorry’ on primetime TV return

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Former This Morning presenter says he was ‘so, so close’ to taking his own life after scandal that saw him quit ITV

Phillip Schofield has said he will be “forever sorry” in his first television appearance in more than a year since his shock downfall.

Schofield, now 62, quit ITV and admitted to having lied about an “unwise, but not illegal” affair with a younger male colleague at This Morning last May. His agent parted ways with him and he has stayed out of the spotlight since.

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Phillip Schofield to return to TV 16 months after quitting This Morning over affair

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Former ITV presenter will appear in Channel 5’s Cast Away, which follows a celebrity stranded off Madagascar

Phillip Schofield is returning to television 16 months after quitting This Morning over what he called an “unwise, but not illegal” affair.

The 62-year-old, who stepped down from presenting the ITV daytime show in May 2023 after 21 years, will appear in a Channel 5 special called Cast Away, which follows a celebrity stranded on an island off the coast of Madagascar for nearly two weeks.

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New ITV rules require staff to ‘declare relationships with colleagues’

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Policy reportedly includes sexual relationships and friendships, and launch follows Phillip Schofield’s resignation over workplace affair

ITV has drawn up strict new rules requiring staff to declare all relationships with colleagues – which could even include friendships – in the wake of Phillip Schofield’s resignation earlier this year over a workplace affair, according to a report.

The This Morning presenter quit after admitting that he had lied about an “unwise, but not illegal” affair, amid allegations that ITV bosses had turned a blind eye to the relationship.

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