Phillip Schofield‘s daughter has damaged her silence on her father’s TV comeback on new present Solid Away.
The presenter introduced this week that he secretly filmed Channel 5 particular Solid Away, during which he lives on a tropical island within the Indian Ocean for 10 days. The three-part sequence will air from Monday throughout three nights.
Molly Schofield, 30, who additionally acts as her dad’s publicist, gave her opinion on the controversial comeback with a sequence of Instagram posts.
Sharing a publicity shot of her dad on the present, Molly tagged her father and wrote ‘so pleased with you @schofe’.
Phillip Schofield’s daughter Molly has damaged her silence on her father’s TV comeback on new present Solid Away (pictured collectively in 2022)
Molly Schofield, 30, who additionally acts as her dad’s publicist, gave her opinion on the controversial comeback with a sequence of Instagram posts
Molly additionally reposted an early teaser clip for Solid Away which did not reveal her dad’s id, as she joked of the footage of a barefoot Phil strolling on the island: ‘I might recognise these legs wherever.’
Phillip is alleged to have consulted Molly and the remainder of his household earlier than saying sure to Solid Away- the main points of which have been stored ‘prime secret’.
The previous This Morning star reportedly turned down a number of huge cash TV presents earlier than selecting to enroll in Solid Away – 16 months after his departure from the ITV present.
An insider has now stated that over the previous few months he has had a gentle stream of presents are available however ‘steadfastly turned all of them down’.
A brand new report recommend he determined to tackle the problem so he may share his story in an ‘unedited and sincere’ manner.
He’ll focus on his acrimonious departure from ITV and daytime present This Morning whereas fending for himself on the island, positioned off the coast of Madagascar.
Viewers will see the axed presenter focus on the emotional affect of his exile from mainstream TV after information of his affair with a 20-year previous runner on daytime present This Morning got here to mild.
A supply instructed The Sun: ‘Over the previous few months Phil has had fairly a couple of presents for varied issues – however has steadfastly turned all of them down.
Sharing a publicity shot of her dad on the present, Molly used celebratory and applause emojis
Molly additionally reposted an early teaser clip for Solid Away which did not reveal her dad’s id, as she joked of the footage: ‘I might recognise these legs wherever’
‘This kind of problem has at all times appealed to him although and after consulting with family and friends, he determined to go for it. It is all been prime secret, and has been an extremely fast turnaround so as to preserve the information quiet.’
‘With 10 days to himself, no digital camera crews or manufacturing round, he shot some unbelievably uncooked footage – a few of it makes for robust, emotional viewing.
‘However he wished an opportunity to share his story, unedited and sincere, and let viewers see one other facet to him.’
A consultant for Phillip has been contacted by MailOnline for remark.
The three-part sequence will air on Channel 5 from Monday night and can be Schofield’s first TV work since leaving This Morning underneath a cloud in 2023.
It was Might 2023 when the presenter admitted to having a relationship with a a lot youthful male colleague on This Morning, and later mendacity about it.
He described their romance as ‘unwise however not unlawful’ and defined it happened throughout his practically 30-year marriage to Stephanie Lowe, with whom he’s a guardian to 2 kids.
Schofield subsequently resigned from each This Morning and ITV and stated that he was ‘so very sorry’ to Lowe for being untrue.
On the time, it was reported that Steph had been left ‘devastated’ by the revelation and indignant that her husband had lied to her.
Nevertheless, it was later revealed she is selecting to not file for divorce as a result of she doesn’t need him to ‘fall any additional’ then he already has, and regardless of all the things, ‘the love remains to be very a lot there.’
The presenter, 62, has secretly filmed Channel 5 particular Solid Away, during which he lives on a tropical island within the Indian Ocean for 10 days
Phillip is alleged to have consulted Molly and the remainder of his household earlier than saying sure to Solid Away- the main points of which have been stored ‘prime secret’
Schofield will focus on his acrimonious departure from ITV and daytime present This Morning whereas fending for himself on the island, positioned off the coast of Madagascar
In addition to the breakdown of his marriage, Schofield’s relationship with co-host Holly Willoughby faltered within the midst of the scandal, with the pair understood to be at loggerheads.
Schofield’s daughter Molly is now his publicist after she stop the expertise company that when represented her father.
PR guru Mark Borkowski says his tepid return to the general public eye has come after a yr away to vanish and get himself collectively.
Calling him a uncommon expertise, Borkowski stated: ‘He is testing the waters. However audiences are very forgiving.’
Schofield instructed the BBC in an emotional interview final June the affair had completed his profession and revealed that the fallout had left him feeling suicidal.
He instructed how his two daughters – Molly and Ruby – had saved his life and had ‘guarded me and will not let me out of their sight’.
Viewers will see the axed presenter focus on the emotional affect of his exile from mainstream
He admitted in the course of the sit-down interview with Amol Rajan denied he had groomed the youthful colleague, earlier than telling critics: ‘Would you like me to die? As a result of that is the place I’m.’
Schofield additionally insisted he had not ‘groomed’ his younger lover, regardless of first assembly him when he was 15.
He stated: ‘Attraction is attraction. It is no totally different within the homosexual world as it’s within the heterosexual world or within the lesbian world.
‘There should not be a distinction. That is the place homophobia is available in. We did first meet when he was 15, I visited the drama college [he attended].’
He stated the fallout from his admission that he lied about his affair with a youthful male colleague had been ‘relentless’, revealing he has had suicidal ideas.
Schofield stated: ‘My women saved my life. They stated final week they have not left me for a second. They have been by my facet each second as a result of they’re scared to let me out of their sight. What’s that like for daughters to should go along with one thing like that?
‘They usually stated to me, ‘do not you dare do that on our watch. We’re alleged to be taking care of you’. If my women hadn’t been there, I would not be right here, as a result of I do not see my future.’
Schofield additionally slammed ‘a handful of individuals’ with ‘persistently loud voices’ in an announcement days after leaving This Morning – and rejected claims of a ‘poisonous’ tradition on the programme.
The daytime present was plunged into meltdown since revelations over Schofield’s relationship with a a lot youthful man at ITV emerged with the channel shedding hundreds of thousands of kilos in sponsorship offers and a few company refusing to look on the couch.
ITV deny shedding sponsorship offers. Shark Ninja have been the present’s sponsor since September 2023.
However talking out on social media in Might 2023, Schofield hit out at these ‘with a grudge in opposition to me’.
In an announcement posted on his Instagram, the presenter stated: ‘Now I now not work on This Morning I’m free to say this. I hope you will have observed that it is the similar handful of individuals with a grudge in opposition to me or the present who appear to have the loudest voice.
‘This Morning IS the very best present to work on, with the very best individuals. In all of the years I labored there there was no toxicity. You may hearken to these persistently loud voices if you happen to like.
‘However the 1000’s of company over time, 1000’s of employees and crew, a whole lot of presenters and contributors all realize it, it IS a household of great, proficient, type, arduous, working individuals.’
Bosses at ITV printed the a lot anticipated overview into the scandal and allegations of poisonous working tradition in December. It was carried out by an impartial lawyer, Jane Mulcahy KC.
Shamed TV presenter Schofield speaks to the BBC’s media editor Amol Rajan about his affair
One worker instructed the Mail of their ‘sheer bewilderment’ that just one junior employee was conscious of the connection.
The report discovered that ITV didn’t cover-up the connection and that station bosses had made ‘appreciable efforts’ to find the reality in 2019 – 4 years earlier than the affair broke.
The exterior overview discovered that the channel was ‘unable to uncover the related proof’ till Schofield’s personal admission in Might 2023, when he instructed the Mail that he had been having the connection and later lied about it.
ITV bosses have stated each Schofield and his former lover, a runner who has by no means been named, ‘repeatedly denied’ allegations of a relationship till the star dramatically stop ITV and formally apologised.
It added that just one particular person out of 48 interviewed – a junior worker – stated they knew in regards to the presenter’s relationship with a youthful male former colleague earlier than he revealed it in Might.
The three-part sequence will air on Channel 5 from Monday night and can be Schofield’s first TV work since leaving This Morning underneath a cloud in 2023
It was Might 2023 when the presenter admitted to having a relationship with a a lot youthful male colleague on This Morning, and later mendacity about it (pictured with co-host Holly Willoughby)
Mulcahy revealed that Schofield refused to participate within the overview into the circumstances surrounding the his departure due to ‘the danger to his well being’. She added that she was knowledgeable that the host’s psychological well being had since deteriorated.
Schofield’s former colleague and lover additionally declined to take part within the report.
Nevertheless, employees at ITV have been left cross, accusing the report of being a ‘waste of time’.
The findings did reveal that there was a tradition of silence on the channel, saying that junior workers at ITV’s This Morning nonetheless worry that talking out will harm their careers within the business.