Phillip Schofield

British broadcaster and television personality

Phillip Bryan Schofield (/skoʊfiːld/ SKOH-field; born 1 April 1962) is an English former television presenter. Initially a Children's BBC continuity presenter from 1985 to 1987, he subsequently presented many programmes for the BBC and ITV, including Going Live! (1987–93), This Morning (2002–23), Dancing on Ice (2006–14, 2018–23), All Star Mr & Mrs (2008–16), and The Cube (2009–15, 2020–21). As an actor, he played the leading roles in the musicals Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Doctor Dolittle.

Philip Schofield in 2013

In 2020, Schofield came out as gay and separated from Stephanie Lowe, his wife of 27 years. In May 2023, he admitted to having had an affair with a young male ITV employee while he was still married, and to having lied about the relationship to ITV's management, his work colleagues, his lawyers, his agents and others. The affair received extensive coverage in the British media. Schofield resigned from ITV and was removed as an ambassador for the Prince's Trust. In a subsequent BBC interview, he stated that he had "lost everything" and felt "embarrassed and ashamed".

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  • I have those names, there are those names on a piece of paper. You know the names on that piece of paper, will you be speaking to those people?
  • Holly Willoughby: It's really important to stress that you haven't had your hand forced here.
  • Phillip Schofield: "No, this is my decision. This is absolutely my decision. It is something I knew I had to do. I don't know what the world will be like now, I don't know how this will be taken and what people will think but what I would say is, yes I am very conscious of the hurt, and so my own over-riding emotion with my family is obviously going to be guilt, because I do feel guilty that it can't be anything other than a painful process."

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