Eamonn Holmes said that he feels Phillip Schofield is "where he deserves to be" after his relationship with a younger man came to light. The GB News star has admitted that he is “very proud” to have “thrown him [Phil] under the bus”.
Speaking about Phil's TV return, as he is set to appear in a new Channel 5 show following him on a desert island, 64-year-old Eamonn ripped into him, and the affair which saw Phil step down from This Morning.
The presenter said: “If I am one of the people who threw him under the bus, I am very proud to have done it and protected children."
He added: "People seem to be forgetting this and they’re making it out to be one situation, one relationship, if you want to believe it, fine. But I believe he is where he deserves to be.”
Eamonn’s co-host, Isabel Webster, reminded viewers of Schofield’s words stating that the affair was “unwise, but not illegal”. But Eamonn's scathing verdict on Phil continued, as he said: "He fertles with an underage boy, you can make your mind up when it started.
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“This man is addicted to fame. Absolutely addicted to fame. Funny, nobody is going to put Huw Edwards on a desert island and say, ‘Huw, tell us about your experiences’. But they will do it to Phillip Schofield.”
Schofield is making his television comeback on Channel 5’s Phillip Schofield: Cast Away. It is set to follow the former ITV presenter spending 10 days alone on a small island off the coast of Madagascar.
In one of the episodes, the 62-year-old ripped into his former colleagues for not standing up for him for numerous controversies that he faced.
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He called two people that he used to work with "cowards". One came into his firing line for not defending him over “queuegate”, and a second for not “stepping up” over another matter, which he did not clarify. Phil described a third unnamed person as “just brand-orientated”.
Speaking about his exit, Phil added: "When you've given so much to somewhere and been so loyal, to have absolutely no loyalty shown to you. I know what I did was unwise, not sensible. But is it enough to absolutely destroy someone? Literally destroy them."
Schofield walked away from ITV in May 2023 amidst revelations of his affair with a younger male colleague from This Morning, a scandal he'd previously denied.
