Phillip Schofield has opened up about feeling "utterly betrayed" by his TV colleagues, which has led him to vow never to return to daytime presenting.The 62 year old former This Morning host is set to appear on Channel 5's Phillip Schofield: Cast Away, marking his first TV appearance since leaving ITV in May 2023 following an admission of an "unwise but not illegal" affair with a younger male colleague.
When he stepped down over a year ago, he refuted claims that he was "forced out" of the ITV daytime show and expressed deep regret for lying to the channel, his colleagues, wife and friends.
However, while filming on the small island of Nosy Ankarea, off the coast of Madagascar, Phillip felt he was thrown under the bus, stating he could do the same to others, but he's "not that sort of person".
In the second episode, he also reveals that he had envisioned dying on live television at 93, but now he doesn't think he wants to continue in this line of work as he has been deeply hurt by being a presenter and by "some of the people on that sort of telly".
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