Phillip Schofield loved an evening out with spouse Stephanie Lowe and buddies in a West London pub on Saturday, as he was seen for the primary time since taking purpose on the ‘three s***s of showbiz’ amid his controversial TV comeback.
The disgraced presenter, 60, secretly filmed a particular three half sequence for Channel 5, which required him to surrender his house comforts for some soul-searching on a tropical island within the Indian Ocean.
It will likely be the primary time Schofield has been on TV since leaving the ITV’s This Morning in Could 2023 after admitting to a relationship with a a lot youthful male colleague. In a clip of the present launched on Saturday, he took purpose at these ‘who betrayed him’.
Final evening, the star, who got here out as homosexual in 2020, joined his spouse and associates on the pub and even introduced alongside his pet pooch, simply 48 hours forward of the brand new present’s first episode.
A supply instructed MailOnline: ‘Phillip was together with his spouse and a bunch of associates. He appeared in good spirits and seemed like he was having fun with himself.
Phillip Schofield, 62, loved an evening out with spouse Stephanie Lowe and buddies in West London on Saturday, as he was seen first time for the reason that announcement of his controversial TV comeback
The disgraced presenter secretly filmed a particular three half sequence for Channel 5, which required him to surrender his house comforts of soul-searching on a tropical island
He wore a darkish blazer of a pale pink shirt and teamed it with darkish trousers for the outing the place he posed for selfies with followers
Phillip cheated on spouse of over 20 years Stephanie Lowe with a a lot youthful man (pictured collectively in 2021)
‘It seemed like they have been attending an engagement get together for a pal and he helped himself to some cake too.’
Schofield wore a darkish blazer of a pale pink shirt and teamed it with darkish trousers for the outing the place he posed for selfies with followers.
The previous ITV star later shared a goodbye hug with a pal earlier than hopping right into a ready taxi.
It comes following reviews that ITV bosses have been livid on the star’s claims he would have been handled in another way if he had had an affair with a lady reasonably than a person.
In Solid Away, Schofield says he would have gotten a ‘pat on the again’ if it wasn’t a gay relationship, earlier than taking purpose on the ‘three s***s of showbiz’ who betrayed him as he ranted about his downfall.
In his much-criticised tv comeback on Channel 5 programme Solid Away, he refers to himself because the ‘shamed, disgraced Philip Schofield, who had an affair’.
He stated: ‘Unusually, I believe one other TV presenter or two may need accomplished precisely the identical factor. Distinction is heterosexual. It is not an uncommon factor within the homosexual world for there to be a distinction in age teams.
‘That is not that uncommon within the straight world, but when that had been the case with me and it had been a lady. Pat on the again. Nicely accomplished, mate.’
In his much-criticised tv comeback on Channel 5 programme Solid Away, he refers to himself because the ‘shamed, disgraced Philip Schofield, who had an affair’
The broadcaster, who got here out as homosexual in 2020, appeared in excessive spirits as he joined his spouse and associates the pub, the place additionally took alongside his pet pooch
The previous ITV star later left the pub, however not earlier than sharing a goodbye hug with a pal, earlier than hopping right into a ready taxi
Schofield stated that he ‘has regrets’ and acknowledges he ‘acquired one thing mistaken’ and ‘damage the folks’ round him.
‘I do not know what value you are speculated to pay and whether or not the worth you are paying is essentially proportionate,’ he provides.
Hitting again, a supply on the channel stated: ‘It is a silly factor for Phil to say, and it’s simply not true. Phil lied to his colleagues, his bosses and his associates about it, it would not have mattered if it was a lady or a person.’
They add that Schofield is unlikely to work with the channel once more regardless of his hints that he had been approached to look on their actuality present, I am A Celeb. One supply stated: ‘He lied to us, it will be actually, actually troublesome.’
Within the programme, which airs from Monday, Schofield takes purpose at a trio of his former ITV colleagues, saying: ‘I believe there are solely three s**ts.’
He identified that one was a ‘coward who by no means stepped up in queue gate,’ whereas one other ‘is a coward as a result of they by no means stepped up after I was being battered by that one journalist who thought I would acquired them fired.’
The third, Schofield says ‘is simply model oriented. Not what you count on, not what you assume you are going to get.’
Persevering with to take purpose at those that he believes mistaken him, Phillip added of his previously long-standing TV profession: ‘They understand how vital that was to me.
‘They know whenever you throw somebody underneath a bus, you have to have a extremely bloody good motive to do it. Model, ambition will not be ok’, reviews The Solar.
He went on: ‘Folks may be faux. They are often so faux with you when it is all going properly, and immediately utter, utter betrayal.
‘There are plenty of wonderful folks in morning tv.’
He additionally insisted that he has now give up tv and does not wish to make a return regardless of filming the three-part present for Channel 5 which sees him having to outlive alone in Madagascar.
Whereas Phillip didn’t disclose which ITV figures he was referring to, he did take the chance to take a brutal swipe at his ex-colleagues.
Regardless of mentioning ITV Co-stars Ant, 48, and Dec, 49, in addition to Joanna Lumley, 78, his former pal Holly Willoughby is not talked about in any respect all through the 45-minute episode.
In a single outburst which is able to go away viewers questioning whether or not it’s aimed toward her, Schofield says: ‘If you throw somebody underneath a bus, you have to have a extremely bloody good motive to do it.
It comes following reviews that ITV bosses have been livid on the star’s claims he would have been handled in another way if he had had an affair with a lady reasonably than a person
In the meantime, Phillip additionally took purpose on the ‘three s***s of showbiz’ who betrayed him as he ranted about his downfall [pictured with former co-star Holly Willoughby]
In the meantime through the programme, Phillip and his household appeared to mock Holly’s well-known ‘are you okay?’ clip as he made his return to TV [Holly pictured in June 2023]
In a clip obtained by The Solar , he provides out meals to his spouse Stephanie and their daughters Molly, 31, and Ruby, 28, and laughs: ‘In the event you’re okay, then we’re okay, and I am okay…are you okay?’
‘I acquired into telly as a result of I really like the nuts and bolts of telly, I by no means needed to be well-known. I am not fussed about that.
‘I miss elements of it. I miss most of it, I am trustworthy. However there are bits that I actually, actually, actually do not miss. You study loads about folks. I do not miss that.’
ITV’s fury comes as Schofield additionally hints that he was fired from the community when in reality the primary its chiefs discovered of his departure was in assertion to the Mail the place he admitted the affair and stated he left with fast impact.
Sources on the broadcaster additionally say that he selected to step again from presenting This Morning a fortnight earlier than following a fall out together with his former co-star Holly Willoughby.
In the meantime through the programme, Phillip and his household appeared to mock Holly’s well-known ‘are you okay?’ clip as he made his return to TV.
Phillip was ousted from This Morning in Could final 12 months, after he admitted to mendacity about his relationship with a a lot youthful male colleague.
Holly distanced herself from her former finest pal and throughout a ‘extremely strategised’ return to the This Morning couch in June 2023, she instructed viewers she had been left ‘shaken, let down and anxious.’
When she returned, she started by saying: ‘Hey, Firstly, are you okay? I hope so. It feels very unusual sat right here with out Phil.’
Showing to reference the now-famous speech on Solid Away, Phillip is seen having a BBQ together with his household earlier than heading off to the island.
In a clip obtained by The Solar, he provides out meals to his spouse Stephanie and their daughters Molly, 31, and Ruby, 28, and laughs: ‘In the event you’re okay, then we’re okay, and I am okay…are you okay?’
No point out of Holly is made within the clip.
The Channel 5 present additionally took a darkish flip when Phillip instructed how he had ‘every thing in place’ for a suicide try, however determined towards it when his eldest daughter Molly persuaded him to not.
The Channel 5 present additionally took a darkish flip when Phillip instructed how he had ‘every thing in place’ for a suicide try, however determined towards it when his eldest daughter Molly persuaded him to not
Phillip recalled how a dialog together with his daughters Molly, 31, and Ruby, 28, stopped him from going forward with it (pictured with spouse Stephanie Lowe, Molly and Ruby in 2018)
He added: ‘That was simply sufficient, simply sufficient to take a step again from the sting. I might have been hospitalised, I simply raced to the household house and shut the gates and I used to be in there’
Talking on the primary episode of the three-part sequence which airs on Monday, the previous This Morning host stated: ‘Within the final eighteen months, it acquired as darkish as it’s attainable to get.
‘A 12 months in the past I acquired so, so shut. I had every thing in place, every thing was arrange and every thing was prepared and it was Molly that was taking care of me.’
He defined: ‘Molly and Ruby each taking care of me on the time, and Molly stated: ‘Do you think about what this might do to us if you happen to really managed to drag this off? Are you able to think about what would occur and might you think about what it will do to me if you happen to did this on my watch?’
‘That was simply sufficient, simply sufficient to take a step again from the sting. I might have been hospitalised, I simply raced to the household house and shut the gates and I used to be in there.’
He later pays tribute to his spouse Stephanie Lowe, Molly, 31, and his youngest daughter Ruby, 28, saying: ‘With out them, I would not be right here.’
The disgraced presenter revealed this week he was participating in his personal survival present simply 16 months on from leaving This Morning after admitting to having an ‘unwise however not unlawful’ fling with a junior male colleague.
Phillip Schofield Solid Away, which is a three-part sequence, may be streamed on Channel 5 at 9pm on September 30, October 7 and October 14.