‘I’ve lost everything’: Phillip Schofield tells BBC his ‘career is over’ in wake of affair scandal
- The former ITV This Morning presenter, 61, was speaking to the BBC
Former This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield has told the BBC he has ‘lost everything’ in the wake of his affair with a younger male colleague and spoke of the criticism he has faced since, saying: ‘Do you want me to die? Because that’s where I am.’
Schofield, 61, who resigned from ITV last week and was dropped by his agency YMU after admitting to an ‘unwise, but not illegal’ affair with a younger male colleague made the dramatic comments in his first round of interviews since the scandal broke.
The former This Morning star said the affair ‘never came across’ as an abuse of power because he and his lover were ‘mates’.
Schofield told The Sun: ‘I was unprofessional, one time, in a 41-year career. There is no excuse.
Phillip Schofield broke his silence tonight, saying he’s ‘broken and ashamed’ but not a groomer in his first interview since admitting an affair
‘No one did anything wrong apart from me.’
