Phillip Schofield to make dramatic return to TV on Channel 5 show Cast Away after former This Morning presenter admits having ‘reckless’ affair with ITV colleague – live updates

Phillip’s daughter, Molly, became emotional as she declared that she is “proud” of her father.

The former presenter sat down with his family to say a few last positive words before leaving for the remote island.

‘Keep your knives sharp, spend the day trying to find wood or you won’t be able to eat anything.

‘I’ll be thinking about you all the time and I’m actually a little jealous. Much love.’

Phillip said it was a “fortune” for his career before everything fell apart.

Introducing the show, he recalled: “It all came to a very sudden and abrupt end and was cancelled; it’s like the biggest grenade of your life went off.”

‘You know you’ve let people down, you know you’ve let yourself down.

‘I will always regret it. I ruined it. I made a mistake. I hurt the people around me.’

He added: “I’m not doing this because I’m poor, I don’t have any rights.”

The show began with Phillip making the dramatic statement:

“I think there will be a lot of people who will hope that he never comes back”

‘I locked myself away from the outside world, but now I want to see if final isolation can finally free me.

‘…Will this be my chance to reflect or will I be consumed by my inner demons?’

In the upcoming show, Phillip opens up about his suicidal thoughts after leaving This Morning and reveals how a chance meeting with a stranger helped him.

He explained that he had locked himself away at home while struggling with his mental health, but once his mother fell ill, he was forced to leave and visit her in hospital in Cornwall.

Schofield recalled: “I walked into the hospital reception and found a big guy with a big red face, big arms and tattoos and I walked into the reception trying to find where the intensive care unit was.

‘This guy said “Schofield” and I said “yeah” and I thought “oh shit” and he said “can I give you a hug, mate?” and I said, “Actually, do you know that you can?” and he gave me a huge, huge hug and said: “They’re all shitty colleagues, they’re all shits.”

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While discussing Schofield’s much-maligned television return on Channel 5’s Cast Away, Holmes, 64, made her feelings clear.

When co-presenter Isobel Webster revealed on GB News Breakfast on Monday that Schofield claimed he had been “thrown under the bus”, Holmes was quick to respond: “Well, if I’m one of the people who threw him under the bus, I’m very proud to have done it…

“This man is addicted to fame, absolutely addicted to fame.”

Phillip Schofield said he “just doesn’t care anymore” in a sneak peek which saw him go on a “crazy rant” during his return to TV in Cast Away.

Schofield sat around a campfire on Channel 5’s survival show and said: “It’s me giving my opinion as I retire.”

Looking disheveled, he says: ‘I’ll get criticized for this,’ rants Philip Schofield (shakes head). ‘But the thing is, I don’t care anymore. I don’t care. This is me giving my opinion as I walk away.’

During the second episode of the three-part programme, he addressed claims of toxicity on the ITV show as “absolute idiocy”.

“After I left I discovered that there are some people there who could be a little toxic,” he added.

“I’ve never seen it… when you’re on TV, you don’t see things like that, you’re protected, people don’t tell you about it, so I had no idea.”

Phillip Schofield is not the first celebrity to face a lonely survival experience.

Comedian Ruby Wax took on Channel 5’s Cast Away challenge last year and it was a huge success.

After arriving at her new home, Ruby left viewers “in awe” as she wielded a machete to cut down trees and build herself a shelter.

The actress, who has been open about her mental health battle, emotionally confessed to the camera that she was “out of her depth” before declaring in later scenes that “people with mental health are survivors because we know what it’s like to be alone.” “.

Fellow actress Joanna Lumley also made a similar program for the BBC in 1994, where she converted her bra into shoes to brave the island’s treacherous terrain.

Phillip Schofield took a symbolic step to cut ties with “all the toxic people in his life” as the isolation of being alone on an island takes its toll in the final episode of his series Cast Away.

In the third and final episode, Phillip declares that he is ending his relationships with “toxic people”, making a list of names and burning it in a bonfire.

In a clip from the upcoming episode, Phillip narrates: “There’s something I’ve done here that I haven’t shared with you yet, now is the time.”

He then tells the camera: ‘Over the course of my ten days I have written down all the things and all the people that were and are toxic in my life, and that’s how I have it now. It’s there.’

Phillip names anyone on the list, but crumples it in his hand and adds, “That’s it,” before throwing it into the fire.

It’s been more than a year since Phillip Schofield left This Morning amid scandal after admitting to having an affair with a much younger colleague.

But what has the presenter’s life been like since he left the screen?

From enlisting his family’s PR help to meeting up with famous friends, MailOnline takes a look back at Phillip’s year off air, ahead of his imminent return.

This is the moment they left Phillip on the desert island for Cast Away, leaving the camera crews behind.

The presenter looked agitated as he was seen saying goodbye to the team of the new three-part series.

Filmed stepping off a ship towards his new “home” for the next week and a half, he lamented: “I will be all alone for 10 long days and nine lonely nights.” God help me.’

Waving to the crew, he shouts, “Thank you, see you in 10 days,” before reflecting, “That’s the wildest feeling, oh my God.” Shit just got real.”

Phillip took to his Instagram Stories to prepare for the first episode of Cast Away airing tonight at 9 p.m.

The presenter joked: ‘It’s almost time!! See you at 9pm on @Channel5_tv and My5. I hope you enjoy it x’

It included a never-before-seen snap taken during filming, where the former ITV star is sitting under a canopy in front of a camera.

The disgraced host announced his return to mainstream television on September 24.

Phillip wrote: ‘Now you know how I spent my summer! Alone for 10 days, no food, no water, no crew. My story of survival, both on a desert island and off it.’

He will talk about his bitter split from ITV and This Morning, which he presented for 21 years, while managing on the island paradise, located off the coast of Madagascar.

Viewers will see the sacked presenter reflect on the emotional impact of his exile from mainstream television after news of his affair with a 20-year-old runner emerged on This Morning.

It is understood Schofield was given a handheld camera, body cameras and a sound package before being allowed to record his emotional week-and-a-half journey.

“What people don’t realize is that you get hit, but there are other people affected too,” Stephanie, Phillip Schofield’s ever-loyal wife, told him before he became a castaway on a desert island this summer.

Mrs Schofield, 59, has unfailingly supported her husband through an extraordinary and challenging decade which began when he came out as gay and then lost his job on This Morning over an affair with a young producer last year.

Gone was her £2m-a-year ‘golden handcuff’ deal with ITV, as were lucrative deals with the likes of Princess Cruises, We Buy Any Car and Waitrose.

Hello and welcome to MailOnline’s live coverage as Phillip Schofield makes his first return to television since leaving This Morning in May last year.

The disgraced broadcaster appears on Channel 5’s Cast Away, in which he spends 10 days stranded on an uninhabited island off Madagascar, without food, water or production equipment.

The formerly beloved TV presenter shocked fans last week when he revealed he would soon return to screens 16 months after a ‘reckless but not illegal’ affair scandal with a younger colleague ended his career.

Follow our coverage as we guide you through the first one-hour episode of a three-part series.

Cast Away will air on Channel 5 at 9 p.m.