ITV has provided a timeline of how it responded to rumors of This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield’s relationship with a younger runner three years before the story burst into the public domain.
02.06.2023 - 13:31 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Holly Willoughby will return to host This Morning on Monday alongside Josie Gibson as the ITV show continues to face controversy in the wake of Phillip Schofield’s departure following his affair revelation.
Willoughby has been on a two week half-term break having taken an early holiday around the time news of her former co-host’s departure emerged and has this week been pictured on holiday in Portugal with her family.
It was confirmed at the end of Friday’s episode of This Morning, which was hosted by Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary, that Gibson will be filling in on the sofa.
Gibson, who won the 2010 series of Big Brother, joined the ITV show in 2019 and has co-hosted on a number of occasions as a relief presenter.
It comes after Schofield said he “didn’t tell anybody” about his affair with his former This Morning colleague and that his ex co-host Willoughby “did not know” in a tell-all interview with BBC’s Amol Rajan.
The duo, who presented the show together since 2009 and also co-hosted ITV’s Dancing On Ice before Schofield resigned from ITV, had been open about their close friendship over the years including going on holiday together.
Schofield has been speaking about the affair he had with a younger male colleague for the first time since he left the broadcaster last week.
Asked by the BBC’s Rajan whether he told Willoughby, he said: “No, oh god, no, that’s a bigger question because our make-up room was like a sanctuary so you tell everything in that room.
“Holly knows everything about me, I know everything about Holly…. Holly did not know. Nobody knew. I didn’t tell anybody.”
Asked about who on his team knew about the relationship, the presenter said: “Nobody to my knowledge. I mean somebody has to know something for
ITV has provided a timeline of how it responded to rumors of This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield’s relationship with a younger runner three years before the story burst into the public domain.
Not one to mince her words, Kerry Katona, has decided that enough is enough and whilst she has "nothing against her" she really believes it's time for Holly Willoughby to hang up her hat and leave the hosting of This Morning to presenters better suited. And she has just the duo in mind. Kerry, 42, revealed last week how ITV failed to ask her is she "needed a doctor or any help" after her troubling 2008 sofa interview with Phillip and then-host, Fern Britton, and strongly believes that something has to change in wake of Phillip Schofield's shock scandal.
Holly Willoughby has shared a series of new snaps in an elegant all-black outfit via her lifestyle account, Wylde Moon, as she gets back to work on her other projects following her This Morning return. The star went away on holiday to the Algarve in Portugal over the school half term, and it coincided with the scandal surrounding her former ITV co-host Phillip Schofield, who quit his role on This Morning and then resigned from ITV after admitting he'd previously had an "unwise but not illegal" affair with a much younger colleague.
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K.J. Yossman “This Morning” anchor Holly Willoughby has returned to the show after a two-week absence following the resignation of her long-time co-host Phillip Schofield. She was joined by guest anchor Josie Gibson. Willoughby began the show by addressing the controversy that has been swirling over the last few weeks, ever since Schofield, who is married with two children, admitted he had had an affair with a young “This Morning” employee. “Firstly, are you OK? I hope so,” Willoughby told viewers. “It feels very strange indeed sitting here without Phil. And I imagine you might be feeling a lot like I have: shaken, troubled, let down. Worried for the wellbeing on all sides of what’s been going up. And full of questions. You, me and all of us at ‘This Morning’ gave our love and support to someone who was not telling the truth, who acted in a way that they themselves felt like they had to resign from ITV and step down from a career that they loved.”
This Morning insiders have claimed Holly Willoughby will be greeted with open arms as she makes her dramatic return to This Morning on Monday.
Holly Willoughby has spoken out following her highly-anticipated return to This Morning.
Ahead of her return to This Morning, Holly Willoughby has penned a cryptic message on social media. The TV presenter has been absent from the show since her former co-worker Phillip Schofield, 61, stepped down after 21 years with immediate effect. Since then, Phillip, 61, has resigned from ITV all together and was dropped by his talent agency YMU after admitting to an “unwise, but not illegal” affair with a young male colleague on This Morning.
This Morning viewers will welcome a "naturally apprehensive" Holly Willoughby back to the sofa on Monday morning. In light of the ongoing Phillip Schofield scandal - the 61 year old recently issued a number of public statements, confirming both his immediate exit as presenter and an "on-off" affair with a young colleague - the last few weeks will have been stressful for all involved with This Morning. Having enjoyed an early half-term family holiday in Portugal, it's now time for Holly, 42, to return to the screen alongside her new co-presenter Josie Gibson.
affair confession. Alison Hammond revealed that Josie Gibson will join Holly, 42, on the sofa on Monday, when the Wylde Moon founder makes her comeback after taking an early half-term break and holidaying in Portugal. Holly has been laying low since Phillip, 62, admitted to having an ‘unwise but not illegal’ relationship with a young runner on This Morning and subsequently quit ITV with ‘immediate effect.
Ex-pal of Phillip Schofield , Holly Willoughby might feel "saddened" by his suffering, however the determined star has flown home from her family escape to return to the This Morning sofa, insisting there's no way she will be forced out at ITV. The duo, who were friends for over 14 years still haven't spoken in the aftermath of Phillip's revelations in his astonishing interview with the BBC yesterday, or since his initial confessions over a week ago.
Holly Willoughby has been left distressed by Phillip Schofield's latest interviews. She has been pictured enjoying the half-term break with her family in Portugal before she plans to return to This Morning on Monday. The ITV presenter and her former co-star Phillip, 61, have presented the ITV Daytime programme for the past 13 years.
Holly Willoughby has made a return on social media after keeping a low profile amid Philip Schofield's sensational ITV This Morning exit and affair confession. She took to her Wylde Moon Instagram page on Thursday (June 1) to share a gorgeous make-up free selfie.
Holly Willoughby will return on Monday to present This Morning alongside Josie Gibson, it emerged today. The news was revealed during the last moments of today's episode by stand-in host Alison Hammond, who said: 'Holly will be back on Monday with Josie. ' Gibson, 38, has appeared regularly on the show since 2019 and guest presented several episodes.
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Holly Willoughby made light work of Phillip Schofield's latest jaw-dropping BBC interview, by posting a natural, bare-faced selfie to her Instagram. Ignoring the drama as it unfolds today with Phillip's further revelations continuing to spill from his exclusive chat with Amol Rajan, the blonde beauty looked radiant and glowing.This carefree shot has been posted on Holly's Wylde Moon lifestyle Instagram page, where the site claims to offer guidance to the 178k followers, and helps you to reconnect with yourself.
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This Morning's Holly Willoughby was on holiday in Portugal when she discovered a barrister had been appointed to investigate Phillip Schofield's affair with a young ITV co-worker.