Axed This Morning star Philip Schofield is pictured embracing his mother, 87, on a bench in Cornwall
The moment Phillip Schofield made it clear to his mum about his firing: Axed This Morning star is pictured hugging his mum, 87, on a bench overlooking the sea in Cornwall
- The TV presenter was pictured last month in Newquay hugging his mother, Pat
- It was shortly after he told her bosses at ITV that he had to leave This Morning
Photos have come to light showing suspended This Morning star Phillip Schofield hugging his elderly mother after being fired from the show.
The 61-year-old was seen hugging his mother Pat, 87, on a bench overlooking the sea in Newquay, Cornwall, last month.
Pictures show the TV presenter revealing he lost his job after admitting to having an affair with a younger male colleague who worked behind the scenes on the hit ITV programme.
Phillip and his mother had driven from her house to their favorite fish and chip shop on Friday, May 19, before heading to Pentire Headland, where they looked out to sea. The sun reports.
The presenter, who has presented This Morning since 2002, had been in the seaside town to support his mother when his brother, Timothy, was convicted of sex offenses against a teenage boy.
Phillip Schofield was pictured hugging his mum Pat in Newquay, Cornwall shortly after being told ITV bosses wanted him to leave this morning
The TV presenter, who admitted to having an affair with a younger male colleague who worked behind the scenes on the show, was seen hugging his mother at Pentire Headland on May 19.
Phillip, pictured here on This Morning with former co-host Holly Willoughby, has presented the program since 2002
On the same day her youngest son was sentenced to 12 years in prison, Pat was told by her oldest child that he had lost his job.
While getting fish and chips with his mother, Phillip received a call from his manager telling him that the channel’s bosses wanted him to leave the show.
In an interview with The Sun last week, he said: ‘I had to go to Cornwall to be with her for sentencing.
‘And our family thing was always to buy fish and chips and sit on the headland.
‘I picked up my mum and she went in to get the fish and chips – and as she got them my phone rang.
βIt was my manager at the time who said, ‘Mate, I’m so sorry, it’s gotten too loud for ITV. You’ll have to resign from This Morning’.
And she arrived in the car. She said to me before I arrived: ‘You’re not coming with bad news, are you?’.
“She was in the car and she was totally happy to see me, and then she said, ‘Oh, your face has changed.’
I said, ‘Let’s go to the headland’. And I had to tell her.’
In an interview last week, Phillip said he believed his career was “over” and that he had “lost everything” after admitting he lied about his relationship with a man on the show.
“I have to talk about television in the past tense, it breaks my heart,” he told the BBC. ‘What am I going to do with my days? I see nothing but darkness, sadness, regret, remorse and guilt. I did something very wrong, and then I lied about it consistently.β
He said the criticism he’s received since admitting to the affair has had a “catastrophic effect,” adding, “Do you want me to die? Because that’s where I am. I’ve lost everything.’
In the interviews, Schofield, who was also sacked by his talent agency YMU after confessing to the Mail about the “ill-advised but not illegal relationship,” said he was “utterly heartbroken and ashamed.”