Loose Women star Nadiya Sawalha has slammed the former This Morning host Phillip Schofield for returning to the small screen. The 59-year-old presenter claimed she was left shocked when the trailer to his brand-new Channel 5 show circulated earlier this week . Sharing her strong views about Phillip, Nadia was heard on the Coffee Moaning podcast saying she felt “embarrassed” for him.
"[The trailer] was popping onto phones all over the place yesterday and everyone was aghast,” said Nadia. Adding: "When I was first sent it, there was no message with it, so I thought it was a joke. I just couldn’t believe it.
It took me so long to get to grips with it. Then I re-watched it,” Nadia continued. "First of all, I cringed.
If I'm honest, I absolutely cringed when I saw that video. I thought, 'that is so embarrassing.' That was my first feeling.
" Meanwhile, she suggested that the broadcaster had ulterior motives branding him “clever”. Phillip stepped down from his role on the popular ITV breakfast chat show back in May last year after 20 years. Shortly after it was announced he would not be returning to any other TV gigs with the network.
Doubting Phil’s motives for breaking his silence Nadia confessed: "He's also very clever so I think he understands an audience and I think he knows how to speak to an audience. So I think, yes, he'll be very, very careful." She was quick to reflect upon the scandal that saw his career come crashing down and said: "He lied to everybody a.
