The daughter of Phillip Schofield revealed that him coming out on live TV as gay was “hard”, especially for her mother, and it turned their family life “upside down”. In February 2020, Schofield revealed his sexuality publicly in an emotional chat with his then This Morning co-star Holly Willoughby on the ITV daytime programme. Advertisement The former presenter left ITV in 2023, after revealing an affair with a younger colleague, which he said was “unwise but not illegal”, and has since returned to the limelight in the survivalist Channel 5 programme Phillip Schofield: Cast Away.
Phillip Schofield and his wife Stephanie Lowe. Photo: Ian West/PA. Wife Stephanie Lowe, who Schofield has been married to for more than 20 years, appeared in the first episode of the three-part series, with their two grown-up daughters, enjoying a BBQ in the garden before he sets off for a tropical island off the coast of Madagascar.
Advertisement Advertisement While speaking on the show, Schofield admitted that coming out later in life has given him “more anguish than joy because I’m fully aware of the damage that it leaves”. He also praised his family for never having “wavered” in their support of him. His daughter Molly Schofield also gave an interview about her reaction on the Channel 5 show, saying: “When my dad came out, it was.
.. very hard for me, it was very hard for the entire family – mainly my mum, of course – everything was turned upside down.
“But we talked.