Phillip Schofield breaks social media silence for first time in a year

Phillip Schofield has broken his social media silence after he stepped away from television last year.

The 62-year-old stepped down from ITV in May 2023 after admitting to having an affair with a male colleague while still married to his wife.

Schofield had previously left his role as a presenter on This Morning the same month.

He was also dropped by his talent agency YMU.

Less than a week after leaving This Morning, Schofield released a statement in which he admitted to an ‘unwise but not illegal’ affair with an unnamed man, who had worked as a production runner on the daytime TV show.

He said: “I am painfully conscious that I have lied to my employers at ITV, to my colleagues and friends, to my agents, to the media and therefore the public and most importantly of all to my family.

"I am so very, very sorry, as I am for having been unfaithful to my wife."

Following the events of the past 12 months, Schofield has broken his silence on social media.

The 62-year-old changed his Instagram profile picture to his dog and also shared a photo of the pooch watching Formula 1.

"Thankfully, Alfie is a big @f1 fan," he wrote.

After an alleged relationship between Schofield and a runner on This Morning in 2019, ITV was 'unable to uncover the relevant evidence' until the presenter’s own admission in late May 2023, an external review found.

A report by Jane Mulcahy KC said: “ITV’s management made considerable efforts to determine the truth about an alleged relationship between PS (Schofield) and PX (the runner) following on from the publication of a story in The Sun newspaper in early December 2019.

“However, in the face of the denials of the individuals involved, ITV was unable to uncover the relevant evidence until PS’s admission in late May 2023.”

The report continued: “I am satisfied that PX’s promotion to a role of production secretary on another daytime programme had nothing to do with PS.

“Further, the only agreement between ITV and PX under which he was paid any settlement sum was a standard agreement ending the employment relationship dated 31 July 2021.

“After the story broke in 2019, ITV tried to do everything it could to help PX and provided significant additional support to him, even in May 2023 despite his employment having ended.”