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 intention on the ‘three s***s of showbiz’ amid his controversial TV comeback.
The disgraced presenter, 60, secretly filmed a particular three half collection for Channel 5, which required him to surrender his residence comforts for some soul-searching on a tropical island within the Indian Ocean.
It is going to be the primary time Schofield has been on TV since leaving the ITV‘s This Morning in Might 2023 after admitting to a relationship with a a lot youthful male colleague. In a clip of the present launched on Saturday, he took aim at those ‘who betrayed him’.
Final night time, 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 along 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 collection for Channel 5, which required him to surrender his residence 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 had been attending an engagement occasion for a pal and he helped himself to some cake too.’
Schofield wore a darkish blazer over 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 experiences that ITV bosses had been livid on the star’s claims he would have been handled in another way if he had had an affair with a lady relatively than a person.
In Solid Away, Schofield says he would have got a ‘pat on the back’ if it wasn’t a homosexual relationship, earlier than taking intention 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: ‘Surprisingly, I believe one other TV presenter or two may need completed 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. Properly completed, 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
Phillip Schofield was seen in west London with associates at a pub earlier than hugging one goodbye
Schofield stated that he ‘has regrets’ and acknowledges he ‘received one thing flawed’ and ‘harm the individuals’ round him.
‘I do not know what worth you are alleged to pay and whether or not the value 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 seem on their actuality present, I am A Celeb. One supply stated: ‘He lied to us, it could be actually, actually troublesome.’
Within the programme, which airs from Monday, Schofield takes intention 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 once I was being battered by that one journalist who thought I might received them fired.’
The third, Schofield says ‘is simply model oriented. Not what you anticipate, not what you suppose you are going to get.’
Persevering with to take intention at those that he believes flawed him, Phillip added of his previously long-standing TV profession: ‘They understand how essential that was to me.
‘They know if you throw somebody below a bus, you have to have a very bloody good cause to do it. Model, ambition isn’t adequate’, experiences The Sun.
He went on: ‘Individuals may be faux. They are often so faux with you when it is all going effectively, and immediately utter, utter betrayal.
‘There are quite a lot of superb individuals in morning tv.’
He additionally insisted that he has now stop tv and does not need 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 depart viewers questioning whether or not it’s aimed toward her, Schofield says: ‘While you throw somebody below a bus, you have to have a very bloody good cause to do it.
It comes following experiences that ITV bosses had been livid on the star’s claims he would have been handled in another way if he had had an affair with a lady relatively than a person
In the meantime, Phillip additionally took intention 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 throughout 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: ‘Should you’re okay, then we’re okay, and I am okay…are you okay?’
‘I received into telly as a result of I like the nuts and bolts of telly, I by no means needed to be well-known. I am not fussed about that.
‘I miss components of it. I miss most of it, I am sincere. However there are bits that I actually, actually, actually do not miss. You be taught loads about individuals. I do not miss that.’
ITV’s fury comes as Schofield additionally hints that he was fired from the community when in actual fact the primary its chiefs learned of his departure was in assertion to the Mail the place he admitted the affair and stated he left with speedy impact.
Sources on the broadcaster additionally say that he selected to step back from presenting This Morning a fortnight before following a fall out with his former co-star Holly Willoughby.
In the meantime throughout the programme, Phillip and his household appeared to mock Holly’s famous ‘are you ok?’ clip as he made his return to TV.
Phillip was ousted from This Morning in Might final yr, after he admitted to lying about his relationship with a much younger male colleague.
Holly distanced herself from her former finest pal and during a ‘highly strategised’ return to the This Morning couch in June 2023, she instructed viewers she had been left ‘shaken, let down and nervous.’
When she returned, she started by saying: ‘Howdy, 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 along with his household earlier than heading off to the island.
In a clip obtained by The Sun, he provides out meals to his spouse Stephanie and their daughters Molly, 31, and Ruby, 28, and laughs: ‘Should 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 part in place’ for a suicide try, however determined towards it when his eldest daughter Molly persuaded him not to.
The Channel 5 present additionally took a darkish flip when Phillip instructed how he had ‘every part in place’ for a suicide try, however determined towards it when his eldest daughter Molly persuaded him to not
Phillip recalled how a dialog along 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 may have been hospitalised, I simply raced to the household residence and shut the gates and I used to be in there’
Talking on the primary episode of the three-part collection which airs on Monday, the previous This Morning host stated: ‘Within the final eighteen months, it received as darkish as it’s doable to get.
‘A yr in the past I received so, so shut. I had every part in place, every part was arrange and every part 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 could do to us if you happen to really managed to drag this off? Are you able to think about what would occur and may you think about what it could 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 may have been hospitalised, I simply raced to the household residence 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 collection, may be streamed on Channel 5 at 9pm on September 30, October 7 and October 14.