After a year of keeping a low profile, Phillip Schofield is back in the public eye ahead of his highly intriguing TV comeback . The former This Morning host has been pictured this weekend with friends, toasting to a pal’s engagement at a party alongside wife Stephanie Lowe. Schofield, 62, appeared in good spirits as he sipped from a champagne glass at a London pub last night, surrounded by heart-shaped balloons.
Dressed in a smart ensemble of a salmon pink shirt and navy blazer, the ex-ITV star was seen gesticulating while engrossed in conversation. He was later pictured laughing while playing with a dog before heading home in a taxi. Schofield’s night out with Lowe comes after he admitted to, as he described it, ‘an unwise but not illegal’ affair with a younger male runner on the daytime show which, despite making headlines for months, did not end his marriage .
He married Lowe in 1993, and they share two daughters: Molly, born in 1993, and Ruby, born in 1996. The three have remained close since Schofield’s admission, with his children recently expressing support for their father’s new project. Airing from tomorrow night on Channel 5, Cast Away documents Schofield’s summer in which he spent 10 days on a deserted island in Madagascar, fending for himself.
It’s his first appearance on screens since he quit presenting last year, and offers the opportunity for the once-revered TV star to share his version of events and open up about the impact of his scandal . Pr.