Phillip Schofield has reflected on how “dark” the last 18 months have been following his exit from This Morning . The former ITV presenter claimed he was “so close” to ending his life after admitting to an “unwise, but not illegal” relationship with a younger male colleague. 62-year-old Phillip is set to make his TV comeback next week in the three-part Channel 5 special, Phillip Schofield: Cast Away .
The show follows his high-profile departure from ITV in May 2023. "In the last 18 months it got as dark as it is possible to get,” the father-of-two said. “A year ago, I got so, so close.
I had everything in place. Everything was set up. Everything was ready.
“And it was Molly that was looking after me. Molly and Ruby were both looking after me at the time." He continued, recounting a conversation with the former: “‘Do you imagine what this would do to us if you actually managed to pull this off? Imagine what would happen? Can you imagine what it would do to me if you did this on my watch?' “And that was just enough.
Just enough to take a step back from the edge. I could have been hospitalised. I had the option to be hospitalised, but then I thought, that’s going to get out.
“So I just raced to the family home and shut the gates,” he added. Phillip also uses Cast Away to claim that while he does “miss parts of being on TV”, there are bits he “really, really, really [doesn’t] miss. “You learn a lot about people, I don’t miss that,” he e.