Phillip Schofield claims ITV sacked him over his brother's crimes and the 'bad publicity'

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Former This Morning host Phillip Schofield has pointed the finger at his brother for his exit from ITV, claiming he was "fired for someone else's crime" In the final instalment of Channel 5's Phillip Schofield : Cast Away, the 62-year-old TV veteran also confessed he would "never in a million years" consider making a comeback to daytime television.

Phillip said on the new series that he had always been ""open and honest with everyone at work about what was happening" regarding his brother Timothy Schofield, who was jailed last year for a number sexual offences.The 54-year-old was found guilty in April 2023 of 11 sexual offences involving a minor between October 2016 and October 2019, including two counts of sexual activity with a child.

On the new Channel 5 programme, Phillip stated that he refused "to name and refuse to acknowledge" his brother, and said he had "absolutely no qualms whatsoever in shopping" Timothy to police, who he said had "praised" him for getting "justice done".The presenter, originally from Oldham, said: "Even though they knew all of the facts the papers painted me out to be some sort of complicit agent.That was when my world started to collapse.

My poor mum, had to tell her about that member of the family.To break that to your mother is tough." "And I had to go through everything with the hierarchy at ITV.The full entire story so that they knew I hadn't done anything wrong.The full story.