Phillip Schofield returns to TV in new Channel 5 series and takes a cheeky dig at Holly Willoughby. Get the latest entertainment news sent straight to your inbox with our weekly Showbiz newsletter We have more newsletters Get the latest entertainment news sent straight to your inbox with our weekly Showbiz newsletter We have more newsletters Phillip Schofield took a dig at his former best friend Holly Willoughby by mocking her iconic This Morning intro after his departure from the show. In the wake of Schofield's exit, Holly had asked viewers, "Firstly, are you OK?" During his new Channel 5 program, Schofield made it clear that there’s little love left between them.
While enjoying a BBQ with his wife and two daughters, he quipped, "If you're okay, then we're okay, and I'm okay. Are you okay?" Thw comment signals a jab at Willoughby , who was once considered his on-screen partner. It wasn’t the only instance in the opening episode where he appeared to take shots at his former colleagues, reports t he Mirror.
While biting into a piece of fruit, he remarked, "It’s going through an angry, bitter stage...
like some television presenters, haha." Schofield described his exit from ITV as the "biggest grenade going off in your life." His departure came after revelations of a years-long affair with a younger male staff member on This Morning.
He referred to the situation as "unwise but not illegal" and left the show in May 2023, stating, "This Morning itself has become the story,.