The alleged feud between Holly Willoughby and her former This Morning co-star Phillip Schofield resurfaced this month, despite both parties having now left the show. In his three-part series Cast Away, which saw him marooned on a desert island alone for ten days with just his cameras for company, Phillip made a scathing and none-too-subtle swipe at the "three s***s" of ITV. Fans widely believed the insult to refer to Holly, after he described one of the mystery trio as "too brand orientated".

Meanwhile, it's rumoured that Phillip has referred to her as "The Witch" in text messages , following his complaint that he'd suffered a "complete betrayal". Holly is reportedly fuming at the slight, and a source suggested that she may even do her own tell-all interview about what working with her former co-star was really like behind the scenes. Phillip's comments could cost him valuable relationships in television, with Holly's husband Dan Baldwin running a production company, Hungry Bear, which is behind shows such as Gladiators and Michael McIntyre's Big Show.

Castaway was notably screened on Channel 5, leading fans to speculate over whether he has burned his bridges at ITV permanently. The TV host had landed himself in hot water over an age-relationship with a much younger colleague whom he'd first met when the man was just 15, and has since stated he was sacked by the channel. With the furore showing no sign of cooling down, a source reportedly told Mail Online : "The friendship be.