and will today fill in as interim This Morning hosts after ‘s exit left the show in turmoil.
is taking an early half-term holiday and will return in a fortnight on June 5, ITV has said.
Schofield, who still wears a wedding ring, is said to have consulted his ex-wife Stephanie, agen mpo 59, and their two daughters, Molly and Ruby, before stepping down with ‘immediate effect’ after more than 20 years on the programme.
He was seen in Cornwall with his mother Pat, 85, yesterday afternoon. He was seen on the phone, vaping and looking out to sea while in a car park for two hours, onlookers said.
ITV will give him a payoff of six months’ wages, believed to be in excess of £300,000 but the broadcaster, 61, is said to be ‘completely broken’ and has accused his bosses of showing him ‘zero respect’ after he was axed amid his deteriorating relationship with his former ‘rock’ Ms Willoughby.
ITV confirmed that Alison, 48, and , 49, who already host the show on Fridays, will appear on the sofa this morning – as ITV golden girl Alison, a close friend of Holly’s, is high up on the list of potential replacements.
Regular viewers are wondering if they will mention Phil’s sudden exit, announced on Saturday, meaning there will be no farewell show for him.
Alison and Dermot, who co-host the show on Fridays, will be on the This Morning sofa today as Phillip Schoefield left and Holly Willoughby took an early holiday
Former This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield has said he is ‘completely broken’ by his brutal ITV axing (pictured with his mother, Pat, on Sunday)
The relationship between the two presenters, once feted as the closest on TV, had broken down, according to reports