This Morning's Holly Willoughby was on holiday in Portugal when she discovered a barrister had been appointed to investigate Phillip Schofield's affair with a young ITV co-worker.
13.05.2023 - 12:47 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Phillip Schofield has been branded an "obnoxious, horrible man" by a fellow TV star as his position on This Morning looks increasingly precarious.
Kim Woodburn – best known for How Clean is Your House – told GB News that Schofield "absolutely sniggered" at her during a previous appearance on the iconic ITV magazine programme. The 81-year-old also claims that the presenter was deliberately unhelpful when she asked for tickets to Dancing On Ice to see a friend skate.
In an interview with the TV channel, Kim slammed him as a "cruel, brutal little man" who is "full of himself", the Mirror reports. Her comments come as Schofield could step aside from This Morning amid a reported feud with fellow presenter Holly Willoughby.
Kim said: "I have had so many run-ins. He is an obnoxious, horrible man and I don't know why he's still on television.
"I went on his show and he insulted me, he was rude, he was horrible. He was laughing at me - he was absolutely sniggering at me."
On the Dancing On Ice issue, she added: "I couldn't get in to see my friend skating recently. He said, 'Would you come on the night?' I said, 'Certainly I will'.
"And then it turned out that Phillip did not want me on the show because he would go among the audience and chat, and if I was in the front row, he thought I might say something to him. I wouldn't - it was my friend's show. But that's how hard it's got. And that's how powerful he is.
"He should not be on television. He is a cruel, brutal, little man and he's full of himself."
Schofield, 61, has been accused of exacerbating issues behind the scenes at ITV after he released a statement seemingly confirming a feud between him and 42-year-old Willoughby. The pair's on-screen and off-screen partnership has been
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