Phillip Schofield was so worried as he wrestled with his sexuality that he once dramatically refused to go on This Morning at the very last minute. In his incredible new memoir, the star tells how he instead fled to his London flat where he messaged Steph, his wife of 27 years, to tell her: “I couldn’t do the show.” Phil's absence meant Holly Willoughby presented the ITV programme alone as viewers were told that the star had called in sick.