Phillip Schofield has blamed the collapse of his career in show business on the ‘utter betrayal’ by “fake people” at ITV.

ITV bosses are furious at Phillip Schofield's claim that he would have been treated differently if he'd had an affair with a woman rather than a man. The disgraced presenter, who quit the channel after lying about his fling with a much younger This Morning colleague,

Phillip Schofield has said his sexual orientation made the repercussions of his This Morning affair scandal worse. The former presenter, 62, left ITV last May after he admitted he had lied about having a “consensual on-off relationship” with a younger man, which took place while Schofield was still married to his wife Stephanie Lowe.

British former TV presenter Phillip Schofield has said that he "came very close to ending his life" after he exited his high-profile role on ITV's This Morning Schofield departed the show, which he co-anchored with Holly Willoughby,

Speaking on the forthcoming second episode of his comeback series Cast Away, which sees him trying to survive on an island in the Indian Ocean for 10 days, Schofield expresses his love for working at the Television Centre, the filming studios in London.