Phillip Schofield’s 'futile efforts to shoot Holly Willoughby down' as strategy explained

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Phillip Schofield's alleged attempts to "shoot Holly down" have reportedly been unsuccessful, according to a source. Holly Willoughby's rift with her then co-host Phillip Schofield followed his abrupt exit from ITV's This Morning in May 2023, where he later confessed to having had an "unwise but not illegal" affair with a younger male colleague..

Schofield, once the face of Dancing on Ice, stayed away from television for over a year before hosting Channel 5's Cast Away, which swiftly stirred up controversy, reports the Express.

Willoughby expressed being "shaken, troubled, let down," and "worried" by Phillip's This Morning departure, while a source confided to The Sun that he harbours such negativity towards her he allegedly refers to her as 'the witch'.

Moreover, during his comeback appearance on Cast Away, Schofield seemed to take a swipe at Willoughby's memorable "are you OK?" address to ITV audiences with a notable echo in his words, saying: "If you're OK, then we're OK, and I'm OK...