{"id":84881,"date":"2023-12-10T08:52:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T08:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/?p=84881"},"modified":"2023-12-10T08:52:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T08:52:01","slug":"phillip-schofield-in-a-bad-place-as-friends-rule-out-a-return-to-tv-after-affair-scandal-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/celebrities\/phillip-schofield-in-a-bad-place-as-friends-rule-out-a-return-to-tv-after-affair-scandal-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillip Schofield \u2018in a bad place\u2019 as friends \u2018rule out a return\u2019 to TV after affair scandal inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phillip Schofield has no plans to return to the spotlight anytime soon, reports claim, with the former TV presenter said to be in a "bad place" since leaving his role on This Morning back in May. <\/p>\n

Phillip, 61, resigned from the ITV daytime show after admitting to having an 'unwise but not illegal' affair with a younger colleague and lying about it. His co-star Holly Willoughby, 42, then left the show in October. <\/p>\n

While recent reports claim Phillip is set to make a return to broadcasting in 2024, these rumours have now been shut down by a friend of his, who says there is "no way" Phillip will be back in the public eye "for a very long time". <\/p>\n

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The pal also said Phillip has been in a "really bad place" since coming clean about his affair – which happened while he was married to wife Stephanie Lowe – and is "continuing to recover". <\/p>\n

The source told The Mail on Sunday: "Phillip isn't returning anywhere, he has been in a really bad place since he decided to tell the truth and resign from his job. He has got himself into a cocoon and he is continuing to recover."<\/p>\n

ITV finally released the findings of an external review into This Morning on 7 December, following the scandal involving Phillip. The 61 year old is said to be ready to "build a life" again following the investigation, which has been "hanging over his head". <\/p>\n

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"He has had the report hanging over his head for a long time," the friend continued. "It has been a thing of dread for him."<\/p>\n

They added: "Now that's out of the way he can start to build a life of some kind but there is no way he will be in the public eye again for a very long time, if ever again." <\/p>\n

The findings of ITV's external review into the ITV daytime show were released on Thursday, 7 December. A week after Phillip's confession in May, Jane Mulcahy KC was appointed by ITV to conduct an external review.<\/p>\n

Phillip "reluctantly declined" to take part in an external review into the circumstances surrounding his departure from ITV because of "the risk to his health", a report says.<\/p>\n

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Jane Mulcahy KC added that she has been informed Schofield\u2019s mental health has since deteriorated.<\/p>\n

The report read: "ITV\u2019s management made considerable efforts to determine the truth about an alleged relationship between PS (Schofield) and PX (the runner) following on from the publication of a story in The Sun newspaper in early December 2019.<\/p>\n

"However, in the face of the denials of the individuals involved, ITV was unable to uncover the relevant evidence until PS\u2019s admission in late May 2023."<\/p>\n<\/p>\n