1. Phillip Bryan Schofield is an English television presenter.
44 Facts About Phillip Schofield
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In February 2020, Schofield came out as gay and separated from his wife of 27 years.
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Phillip Schofield had first met the co-worker while giving a talk at the drama school where the latter was then a 15-year-old student.
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Phillip Schofield later arranged a job interview for the co-worker at This Morning, where he was hired as a production assistant.
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Phillip Schofield stated that the affair had begun when the co-worker was 20 years old, at which point Phillip Schofield was in his mid-50s.
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Amid extensive media coverage, Phillip Schofield resigned from ITV, was removed as an ambassador for the Prince's Trust, and was dropped by the talent agency that had represented him for over 35 years.
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Phillip Schofield was born on 1 April 1962, in Oldham, but moved to Newquay, Cornwall at the age of eighteen months.
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Phillip Schofield spent two years working for the Auckland-based radio station Radio Hauraki.
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Phillip Schofield left The Broom Cupboard in 1987, with Andy Crane succeeding him in the role.
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Phillip Schofield co-authored the book that came out of the series.
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In 1991, Phillip Schofield hosted a series named after Gordon which was shown on CBBC on BBC One and BBC Two and ran from 3 January 1991, to 28 March 1991, only lasting for a series of 13 episodes.
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In May 2008, Phillip Schofield's father died from a long-standing heart condition, after which Phillip Schofield took a break from presenting This Morning.
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Phillip Schofield made a brief appearance on 5 February 2012, edition.
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In 2006, Phillip Schofield presented two episodes of the ITV game show It's Now or Never, before the network cancelled the show, due to poor ratings.
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Phillip Schofield presented Dancing on Ice on ITV with Willoughby from 2006 until 2011 and Christine Bleakley from 2012 until 2014.
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Phillip Schofield returned to co-present the show with Willoughby in 2018 following ITV's choice to bring the series back after four years away.
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Phillip Schofield returned to present the show in 2020 following ITV's choice to reboot the series after five years away, although it was later put on hiatus again in 2022.
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Phillip Schofield hosted A Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards with Amanda Holden from 2009 until 2014.
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In 2010 and 2011, Phillip Schofield hosted the annual comedy show The Comedy Annual on ITV.
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In March 2014, Phillip Schofield narrated the one-off ITV2 show Educating Joey Essex.
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Phillip Schofield presented two series of the primetime game show You're Back in the Room for ITV in 2015 and 2016.
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In 2016, Phillip Schofield travelled to South Africa with his wife Stephanie Lowe, as part of a series of short clips for This Morning.
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From 2011 to 2022, Phillip Schofield was involved in several television programmes about the British royal family.
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In 2016, Schofield worked with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on the programme When Phillip Met Prince Philip: 60 Years of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the youth awards programme.
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Phillip Schofield was widely criticised for his action, with broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby describing his behaviour as "cretinous".
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ITV's director of television, Peter Fincham, said that Phillip Schofield was "wrong" in confronting Cameron and the broadcaster had agreed to co-operate fully with government regulator Ofcom's investigation into the matter.
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Phillip Schofield wrote in his memoir that in 2009, Britton accused him of meddling in the show and left because of this.
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When Radio 1 started to broadcast in FM stereo in 1988, Phillip Schofield was one of the presenters chosen to help with the launch.
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Phillip Schofield first performed on the West End stage in 1991, taking over the role of Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat from Jason Donovan.
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Phillip Schofield was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1998, when he was surprised by Michael Aspel at the curtain call of the musical.
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Phillip Schofield did numerous adverts for the car buying service We Buy Any Car, and was a brand ambassador for the company.
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Phillip Schofield was dropped by the company in October 2022 amid criticism for Schofield and Willougby not joining the Queue for the lying-in-state of Elizabeth II with the public, and all adverts featuring Schofield were later removed from the company's YouTube channel without explanation, although the revelations about Schofield's affair in May 2023 likely resulted in the decision.
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Phillip Schofield released his autobiography, Life's What You Make It, on 15 October 2020.
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Phillip Schofield was sent two cases of Burgundy by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman with a set of tasting notes; Schofield joined the Wine Society two years later.
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In 2013, Phillip Schofield began writing for the Waitrose Weekend newspaper and became the face of wine in their UK stores.
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When in Rome stopped selling the wines on its own website after revelations emerged about Phillip Schofield's affair, saying "this collaboration has drawn to a natural conclusion".
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On 7 February 2020, Phillip Schofield came out as gay via a statement posted on Instagram Stories.
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Phillip Schofield stated he had thought he was bisexual at the time he married Lowe.
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Phillip Schofield had first met the co-worker while giving a talk at the drama school where the latter was then a 15-year-old student.
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Phillip Schofield later arranged a job interview for the co-worker at This Morning, where he was hired as a production assistant.
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Phillip Schofield stated that the affair had begun when the co-worker was 20 years old, at which point Phillip Schofield was in his mid-50s, and admitted lying about it to ITV's management, his work colleagues, his lawyers, his agent and his friends and family.
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Phillip Schofield said that the two had never been in a "love affair" and were still friends.
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Phillip Schofield said his career was over; said he had "lost everything" and felt "utterly broken", embarrassed and ashamed; and claimed that if not for his daughters Ruby and Molly guarding him, he would have attempted suicide.
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ITV confirmed that This Morning would continue without Phillip Schofield, and announced that Jane McDonald would replace him as host of The British Soap Awards.