Phillip Schofield has blamed homophobia for the scandal that ended his career, saying he would have received a pat on the back for having an affair with a woman. Schofield was forced to quit his job on ITV’s This Morning when it emerged he had lied about a relationship with a runner who was more than 30 years his junior.

On the second episode of Channel 5’s Phillip Schofield: Cast Away, where the 62-year-old spends 10 days alone on a small island off the coast of Madagascar in his first return to a TV series since leaving ITV, he addressed the claims again, saying at first it was “utter bollocks”, before saying that “there wasn’t (toxicity) when I was there”.

Schofield departed ITV in the wake of his secret affair revelations, following him leaving This Morning that same month in May 2023.

Phillip Schofield has said his sexual orientation made the repercussions of hisThis Morning affair scandal worse. The former presenter, 62, left ITV last May after he admitted he had lied about having a “consensual on-off relationship” with a younger man,

Phillip Schofield has expressed his feelings of "utter betrayal" by his TV colleagues, stating that it has made him reconsider ever returning to daytime presenting. The 62 year old former This Morning host will be back on screen in Channel 5’s Phillip Schofield: Cast Away,