Phillip Schofield – latest: Holly Willoughby’s This Morning statement torn apart by David Baddiel

Comedian David Baddiel has mocked Holly Willoughby’s statement about the Phillip Schofield saga on Twitter.

“When Holly Willoughby said ‘Firstly, are you OK?’ I genuinely thought she was talking to someone behind camera, before realising that of course she was talking to us,” he wrote on Twitter.

MP John Nicholson also mocked Willoughby’s opening statement from Monday’s episode of This Morning during a Culture, Media and Sport Committee taking place in Parliament on Tuesday (6 June).

The latest episode of the ITV daytime show opened with no mention of Schofield, in stark contrast to yesterday’s broadcast, which saw Willoughby give an emotional statement addressing the scandal surrounding her former co-host.

Schofield, 61, gave an interview to the BBC last week, where he described the impact of the media onslaught since he admitted to having a relationship with a much younger This Morning employee while he was still married.

Stars including Piers Morgan, Jeremy Clarkson and Rupert Everett have all questioned the intensity of the backlash against Schofield. Writing in his column over the weekend, former Top Gear star Clarkson said he was “baffled” by the uproar.

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Comedian David Baddiel mocks Holly Willoughby’s opening statement from Monday’s episode of This Morning

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Comedian David Baddiel has mocked Holly Willoughby’s statement about the Phillip Schofield saga.

On Monday (5 June), Willoughby addressed the scandal by giving a short speech, asking viewers: “Firstly, are you okay? I hope so.”

Soon after the episode aired, Baddiel took to Twitter, writing: “When Holly Willoughby said ‘Firstly, are you OK?’ I genuinely thought she was talking to someone behind camera, before realising that of course she was talking to us, the great British deeply-traumatised by everything’s that happened on an ITV morning show public.”

On the next day, the comedian continued joking about Willoughby’s statement, tweeting: “Going to start every day with [Firstly, are you ok?] from now on.”

He added: “The good thing about this is that all your replies about your lives are very nice and interesting. Maybe Holly was on to something.

“Sorry, that was an idiotic thing to say. I meant - deep breath - are *you* ok?”

Vanessa Feltz accuses ex-This Morning stars of having ‘grudge’ against ITV show

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Vanessa Feltz has accused former This Morning stars of having a grudge against the show while staunchly defending broadcaster ITV.

On Tuesday (6 June), Feltz addressed the response, telling her TalkTV viewers: “It has been suggested that quite a lot of the people who are very vocally critical of This Morning and, actually, it’s a handful of people – there are some celebrities, a couple of journalists – and what’s been suggested is quite a lot of them were once on the programme and aren’t on it anymore.”

She added: “And that is the reason for this aggrieved, kind of grudging malice that is coming out. And if you ask people who are still on the programme and who are on it regularly – who enjoy being on it – they won’t know what they’re talking about.”

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Vanessa Feltz questions This Morning ‘toxicity’ claims in staunch defence of ITV

Caroline Flack’s mother Christine issues strong advice to Phillip Schofield

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The mother of the late Love Island host Caroline Flack, who took her own life three years ago, has issued a heartfelt plea to Phillip Schofield: “Wait to see what happens and don’t do anything stupid.”

Read more:

Don’t do anything stupid, Caroline Flack’s mum tells Phillip Schofield

Voices: My boss said he’d sack me if I didn’t flirt – I bet Schofield and Clarkson never had to deal with that

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Don’t dismiss the Phillip Schofield scandal as a ‘workplace affair’. It’s more than that, especially when you’re in it like I was, writes Allegra Chapman.

Read more:

Opinion: My boss said he’d sack me if I didn’t flirt

This Morning editor’s aubergine rant was ‘extremely ill-judged’, ITV boss says

09:00 , Peony Hirwani

An ITV boss has said that comments by Martin Frizell were “extremely ill-judged”, after the This Morning editor referred to aubergines when asked about allegations of a “toxic” work environment on the programme.

Read more:

This Morning editor’s aubergine rant was ‘extremely ill-judged’, ITV boss says

WATCH: This Morning’s editor has aubergine-centred response when asked about toxic environment on set

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WATCH: Phillip Schofield reveals why he made affair public

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Everything we know about Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield’s ‘fall-out’

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Everything we know about the Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby ‘fall-out’

Jodie Marsh says she’ll ‘never forgive’ Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield

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Jodie Marsh has claimed she will “never forgive” former co-hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield after her 2016 interview on This Morning.

March appeared on the show in 2016 to discuss freezing her eggs. However, she claims she claims that Schofield was more interested in other topics, such as her sex life.

The former model branded Schofield’s line of questioning as “vile” as she also accused Willoughby of “breaking the girl code” and not telling her about the lipstick on her teeth during the segment.

In an interview with The Sun, Marsh said: “Everyone thinks I was pissed off about the lipstick thing.

“Yes, it p***ed me off that neither of them told me I had lipstick on my teeth, but it wasn’t actually even that that annoyed me the most.

“What annoyed me the most was I was there to talk about freezing my eggs and having a child on my own, which is a really raw emotional subject, and Phillip turned the interview to sex and my exes.

“He just wanted to be crude and gross and basically just wanted to talk about my exes and my love of sex, and how I’ve admitted in the past I’m addicted to sex.”

This Morning editor’s aubergine rant was ‘extremely ill-judged’, ITV boss says

07:00 , Peony Hirwani

An ITV boss has said that comments by Martin Frizell were “extremely ill-judged”, after the This Morning editor referred to aubergines when asked about allegations of a “toxic” work environment on the programme.

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This Morning editor’s aubergine rant was ‘extremely ill-judged’, ITV boss says

Amanda Holden mocks Holly Willoughby’s ‘Are you OK?’ This Morning statement

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Amanda Holden has brutally mocked Holly Willoughby’s statement made on This Morning on Monday (5 June) after she presented the show alone for the first time since Philip Schofield’s exit.

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Amanda Holden mocks Holly Willoughby’s ‘Are you OK?’ This Morning statement

VOICES: Lies, scandal and celebrity showdowns: Can This Morning ever recover?

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Lies, scandal, salacious gossip and celebrity presenters pitted against each other: it is perhaps no wonder that Piers Morgan compared the latest shockwaves to hit daytime TV show This Morning as being like something in a Quentin Tarantino movie, writes Rhea Freeman.

Read more:

Lies, scandal and celebrity showdowns: Can This Morning ever recover?

The real issue is bigger than the scandalous optics. It’s how the developments have made viewers feel

‘Shaken, troubled’: Holly Willoughby’s This Morning statement in full

05:30 , Peony Hirwani

Willoughby returned to the programme on Monday (5 June) after a two-week break, and addressed the absence of her disgraced former co-host.

Here’s her statement in full.

Holly Willoughby’s This Morning statement addressing Schofield scandal in full

WATCH: This Morning’s editor has aubergine-centred response when asked about toxic environment on set

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VOICES: My boss said he’d sack me if I didn’t flirt – I bet Schofield and Clarkson never had to deal with that

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Don’t dismiss the Phillip Schofield scandal as a ‘workplace affair’. It’s more than that, especially when you’re in it like I was, writes Allegra Chapman.

Read more:

Opinion: My boss said he’d sack me if I didn’t flirt

Don’t dismiss the Phillip Schofield scandal as a ‘workplace affair’. It’s more than that, especially when you’re in it like I was, writes Allegra Chapman

WATCH: Phillip Schofield reveals why he made affair public

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The 5 biggest takeaways from Phillip Schofield’s BBC interview

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On Friday 2 June, the BBC broadcasted an interview between Phillip Schofield and the Today programme’s Amol Rajan.

In the 43-minute-long conversation, the former This Morning host shared some insight into his affair with a “much younger” colleague, and his feelings on the subsequent fallout.

As well as denying paying anyone off to conceal the nature of his relationship with the coworker, Schofield also revealed that his mental health had taken a severe decline.

Here are five major takeaways from the interview:

5 biggest revelations from Phillip Schofield’s interview about affair scandal

Former ‘This Morning’ host said his career is ‘done’, and that he thinks the ‘massive’ backlash is due to homophobia

Alison Hammond breaks down while discussing ‘painful’ Phillip Schofield interview

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Holly Willoughby is not the first This Morning presenter to have displayed emotion publicly in the wake of Phillip Schofield’s departure.

On Friday’s edition (2 June) of the show, Alison Hammond addressed Schofield’s interviews in which he admitted to having lied about an “unwise but not illegal” affair with a “much younger” colleague.

Speaking with co-host Dermot O’Leary, Hammond admitted how “painful” she found the situation. “Obviously, I loved Phillip Schofield and it’s weird because I still love Phillip Schofield.

Isobel Lewis has the full report:

Alison Hammond breaks down while discussing Phillip Schofield on This Morning

‘As a family, we’re all really struggling to process everything,’ presenter said

Holly Willoughby has awkward on-air moment with Ruth Langsford after Eamonn Holmes’s This Morning criticism

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Watch the moment Holly Willoughby had an awkward on-air encounter with Ruth Langsford, whose husband has been outwardly critical of Ms Willoughby following.

Holly Willoughby has awkward on-air moment with Ruth Langsford

Watch the moment Holly Willoughby had an awkward on-air encounter with Ruth Langsford, whose husband has been outwardly critical of Ms Willoughby following. During This Morning, Ms Willoughby had to hand over to Ms Langsford to preview her show Loose Woman, with both smiling through the palpable tension. Eamonn Holmes has branded Ms Willoughby a “big mouth” and even called her to be sacked after it became public knowledge that Philip Schofield lied about an “unwise but not illegal” affair with a younger male colleague. Meanwhile, Holly Willoughby and Ruth Langsford continue to both work on ITV’s daytime flagship talkshows.

Caroline Flack’s mother Christine issues strong advice to Phillip Schofield

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The mother of the late Love Island host Caroline Flack, who took her own life three years ago, has issued a heartfelt plea to Phillip Schofield: “Wait to see what happens and don’t do anything stupid.”

Read more:

Don’t do anything stupid, Caroline Flack’s mum tells Phillip Schofield

Christine Flack claims ITV has not learnt lessons from her daughter’s suicide

Phillip Schofield claims he ‘understands how Caroline Flack felt’ after This Morning departure

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Piers Morgan defends Schofield again

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The former ITV star has urged people to lay off Schofield while suggesting he “probably shouldn’t have” compared himself to Caroline Flack in a recent BBC interview.

Piers Morgan urges ‘baying Twitter mob’ to lay off ‘broken’ Phillip Schofield

Former ‘Good Morning Britain’ host has been speaking out in defence of the disgraced ITV star

Tuesday 6 June 2023 23:30 , Inga Parkel

Yikes... an old advertisement from secondhand car company We Buy Any Car has resurfaced, bringing one Twitter user to ask: “Has a video ever aged as bad?”

In the old commercial, a voiceover begins: “At webuyanycar.com, we live by one simple rule: be more like Phillip Schofield. It might sound weird, but hear us out. By being like the most loved man in Britain, unofficially, we hope to make the whole selling a car thing nicer.”

The car company began its five-year partnership with Schofield in 2017, before it abruptly came to an end in late 2022, amid the ex-presenter’s Queuegate scandal.

However, the company confirmed that the end of his contract had nothing to do with the outrage he sparked among ITV viewers, who falsely accused him and co-host Holly Willoughby of skipping the line to see the late Queen’s coffin at her funeral.

Piers Morgan gives his take on the former This Morning presenter’s affair with a runner

Tuesday 6 June 2023 23:00 , Inga Parkel

WATCH: Amanda Holden mocks Holly Willoughby’s This Morning message

Tuesday 6 June 2023 22:30 , Inga Parkel

Phillip Schofield fears leaving home amid fallout from secret affair

Tuesday 6 June 2023 22:00 , Inga Parkel

In his first interview since leaving This Morning, Phillip Schofield spoke openly about the decline in his mental health since the fallout that followed coming clean about his extramarital affair at work.

In the ex-TV presenter’s first interview since he resigned from This Morning and ITV at large, Schofield said he feared getting spat on in public.

“I do not know a time I will be able to walk out of the door,” Schofield told The Sun. “I don’t have any spirit. My friends tell me, ‘It will get better’. It won’t. Not now. Not this one.”

Read more:

Phillip Schofield fears leaving home amid fallout from secret affair

Former ‘This Morning’ host said he doesn’t know if he’ll ever ‘be able to walk out of the door’

The inside story of Phillip Schofield’s shocking downfall

Tuesday 6 June 2023 21:30 , Inga Parkel

“British light entertainment had not seen a rise and fall so dramatic since the downfall of Michael Barrymore, whose career was destroyed when a man was found dead in the swimming pool of Barrymore’s £2m mansion after a party in 2001. The circumstances are very different, but Schofield’s downward trajectory has been no less cataclysmic.”

Read the full feature here:

Technicolour nightmare: the inside story of Phillip Schofield’s shocking downfall

For more than four decades, the former ‘This Morning’ presenter was synonymous with bulletproof affability, writes Ed Power. It’s only made his cataclysmic fall from grace that much more surprising

BBC ‘eyeing up poaching Holly Willoughby’ after ITV’s Phillip Schofield scandal

Tuesday 6 June 2023 21:00 , Inga Parkel

While Holly Willoughby’s return to This Morning, following the controversy surrounding her former co-host Phillip Schofield, has been severely mocked by politicians and high-profile names alike, Willoughby is reportedly being eyed up for presenting opportunities by the BBC.

The Mirror is reporting that since Willoughby hosted the celebrity challenge show Freeze the Fear on BBC One last year, bosses at the rival broadcaster have been keen to poach her.

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BBC ‘eyeing up poaching Holly Willoughby’ after ITV’s Phillip Schofield scandal

Willoughby has been laying low since Schofield admitted to ‘unwise’ but ‘not illegal’ affair with younger colleague

MP pokes fun at Holly Willoughby’s statement on Phillip Schofield

Tuesday 6 June 2023 20:30 , Inga Parkel

Eamonn Holmes launches yet another attack on ‘big mouth’ Holly Willoughby

Tuesday 6 June 2023 20:00 , Inga Parkel

Eamonn Holmes has launched yet another attack on disgraced former This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield and his ex-co-host, Holly Willoughby.

My colleague Louis Chilton reports:

Eamonn Holmes launches yet another attack on This Morning hosts

Willoughby returned to ‘This Morning’ alongside Josie Gibson on Monday 5 June

Holly Willoughby presents second broadcast since Phillip Schofield controversy

Tuesday 6 June 2023 19:30 , Inga Parkel

Holly Willoughby and Josie Gibson opened today’s episode with big smiles, launching straight into the news of the day, including Prince Harry arriving in court for the Mirror publisher phone-hacking trial. The show then went on to feature interviews with Sarah Beeny, who talked about her cancer journey and her new documentary, and The Repair Shop’s Suzie Fletcher, who discussed her work with leather.

There was no mention of Phillip Schofield throughout the episode’s two-and-a-half-hour run – this was in stark contrast to Monday’s episode, which opened with emotional words from Willoughby on the scandal surrounding her former co-host.

Piers Morgan defends ‘good friend’ Holly Willoughby

Tuesday 6 June 2023 19:00 , Inga Parkel

Former ITV star defended Willoughby from criticism following her divisive Phillip Schofield speech.

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Piers Morgan defends Holly Willoughby after ‘patronising’ Phillip Schofield speech

‘She is in an impossible position,’ broadcaster said

Amanda Holden mocks Holly Willoughby’s ‘Are you OK?’ This Morning statement

Tuesday 6 June 2023 18:30 , Inga Parkel

Amanda Holden is the latest to brutally mock Holly Willoughby’s statement made on This Morning on Monday (5 June) after she presented the show alone for the first time since Philip Schofield’s exit.

Read what Holden had to say here:

Amanda Holden mocks Holly Willoughby’s ‘Are you OK?’ This Morning statement

Willoughby’s remark on Monday’s show has been subject to criticism online

Video: ITV boss questioned over ‘toxic aubergine' comment made by This Morning editor

Tuesday 6 June 2023 18:00 , Inga Parkel

David Baddiel mocks Willoughby’s emotional statement on Schofield

Tuesday 6 June 2023 17:30 , Inga Parkel

The comedian wasn’t impressed when the This Morning host opened yesterday’s episode by asking viewers, “Are you OK?”

This Morning viewing figures shot up briefly for Willoughby’s statement yesterday

Tuesday 6 June 2023 17:00 , Inga Parkel

According to TV writer Scott Bryan, This Morning had a surge of an additional 300,000 viewers yesterday at 10am, who were tuning in to see Holly Willoughby’s statement on the Schofield fall-out.

“Then 200,000 of those viewers immediately went away afterwards,” he tweeted.

Everything we know about Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield’s ‘fall-out’

Tuesday 6 June 2023 16:30 , Inga Parkel

Before Phillip Schofield admitted to an “unwise but not illegal” relationship with a younger This Morning colleague, his departure from the show was thought to have stemmed from a rift with co-host Holly Willoughby.

Jacob Stolworthy has the details of their rumoured fallout:

Everything we know about the Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby ‘fall-out’

Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby news

VOICES: Holly tried her damnedest – but This Morning is anything but a functional family

Tuesday 6 June 2023 16:00 , Inga Parkel

According to Samuel Fishwick, Holly Willoughby’s speech on yesterday’s This Morning was not enough to convince him of all being well on set.

For him, it was an example of putting on a great show for the viewers.

“What a masterful performance this was: smart and heartfelt, even if scripted,” he writes. “Revenge dress. Revenge hair. The textbook power plays with which to exorcise a disgraced work husband.”

Read the full op-ed below:

Opinion: Holly tried – but This Morning is anything but a functional family

What a masterful performance this was: smart and heartfelt, even if scripted. Revenge dress. Revenge hair

Holly Willoughby returns to This Morning sofa after Phillip Schofield scandal

Tuesday 6 June 2023 15:34 , Inga Parkel

ICYMI: This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby returned to the softa this week for the first time since her former co-host Phillip Schofield resigned from the show and ITV altogether.

Schofield’s exit came as he admitted to lying about having an “unfair, but not illegal” affair with a younger male colleague.

On Monday (5 June), Willoughby made her highly anticipated return, where she gave an emotional speech addressing the controversy, saying she felt “shaken, troubled, let down and worried for “the wellbeing of people on all sides of what’s going on”.

Read more:

This Morning viewers react to Holly Willoughby’s ‘ridiculous’ Phillip Schofield speech

‘I don’t think I’ve seen anything quite as patronising,’ one viewer said

MP pokes fun at Holly Willoughby’s statement on Phillip Schofield

Tuesday 6 June 2023 14:54 , Roisin O'Connor

Eamonn Holmes launches yet another attack on ‘big mouth’ Holly Willoughby

Tuesday 6 June 2023 14:01 , Roisin O'Connor

Eamonn Holmes has launched yet another attack on disgraced former This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield and his ex-co-host, Holly Willoughby.

My colleague Louis Chilton reports:

Eamonn Holmes launches yet another attack on This Morning hosts

This Morning editor’s aubergine rant was ‘extremely ill-judged’, ITV boss says

Tuesday 6 June 2023 13:31 , Roisin O'Connor

An ITV boss has said comments by Martin Frizell were “extremely ill-judged”, after the This Morning editor referred to aubergines when asked about allegations of a “toxic” work environment on the programme.

At a Culture, Media and Sport Committee hearing on Tuesday 6 June to talk about the draft Media Bill, Magnus Brooke, group director of strategy, policy and regulation at ITV, was questioned about the show by MP John Nicolson.

Mr Nicolson called Mr Frizell’s remarks to a journalist “outrageously dismissive and flippant on camera about an immensely serious issue”.

Full story:

This Morning editor’s aubergine rant was ‘extremely ill-judged’, ITV boss says

Piers Morgan defends ‘good friend’ Holly Willoughby

Tuesday 6 June 2023 13:00 , Ellie Harrison

Former ITV star defended Willoughby from criticism following her divisive Phillip Schofield speech.

Piers Morgan defends Holly Willoughby after ‘patronising’ Phillip Schofield speech

That’s a wrap on Tuesday’s episode of This Morning

Tuesday 6 June 2023 12:30 , Ellie Harrison

Holly Willoughby and Josie Gibson opened today’s episode with big smiles, launching straight into the news of the day, including Prince Harry arriving in court for the Mirror publisher phone-hacking trial. The show then went on to feature interviews with Sarah Beeny, who talked about her cancer journey and her new documentary, and The Repair Shop’s Suzie Fletcher, who discussed her work with leather.

There was no mention of Phillip Schofield throughout the episode’s two-and-a-half-hour run – this was in stark contrast to Monday’s episode, which opened with emotional words from Willoughby on the scandal surrounding her former co-host.

Here is footage of the MP asking the ITV representative ‘are you OK?'

Tuesday 6 June 2023 11:45 , Ellie Harrison

Video: ITV boss questioned over ‘toxic aubergine' comment made by This Morning editor

Tuesday 6 June 2023 11:44 , Ellie Harrison

David Baddiel mocks Willoughby’s emotional statement on Schofield

Tuesday 6 June 2023 11:19 , Ellie Harrison

The comedian wasn’t impressed when the This Morning host opened yesterday’s episode by asking viewers, “Are you OK?”

This Morning viewing figures shot up briefly for Willoughby’s statement yesterday

Tuesday 6 June 2023 10:50 , Ellie Harrison

According to TV writer Scott Bryan, This Morning had a surge of an additional 300,000 viewers yesterday at 10am, who were tuning in to see Holly Willoughby’s statement on the Schofield fall-out.

“Then 200,000 of those viewers immediately went away afterwards,” he tweeted.

Sarah Beeny gives This Morning interview about breast cancer treatment

Tuesday 6 June 2023 10:37 , Ellie Harrison

TV present Beeny is on the sofa now with Willoughby and Gibson. Read more about her cancer journey and her new documentary here.

Sarah Beeny: Why I’m no longer scared of cancer

Piers Morgan defends Schofield again

Tuesday 6 June 2023 10:34 , Ellie Harrison

The former ITV star has urged people to lay off Schofield while suggesting he “probably shouldn’t have” compared himself to Caroline Flack in a recent BBC interview.

Piers Morgan urges ‘baying Twitter mob’ to lay off ‘broken’ Phillip Schofield

Tuesday’s This Morning opens with no mention of Phillip Schofield

Tuesday 6 June 2023 10:04 , Ellie Harrison

Holly Willoughby and Josie Gibson opened today’s episode with big smiles, launching straight into the news of the day, including Prince Harry arriving in court for the Mirror publisher phone-hacking trial. This was in stark contrast to Monday’s episode, which opened with emotional words from Willoughby on the Schofield fall-out.

Eamonn Holmes launches yet another attack on ‘big mouth’ Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield

Tuesday 6 June 2023 09:40 , Roisin O'Connor

Eamonn Holmes has launched yet another attack on disgraced former This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield and his ex-co-host, Holly Willoughby.

My colleague Louis Chilton reports:

Eamonn Holmes launches yet another attack on This Morning hosts