Phillip Schofield recalls his desperate last text to Holly Willoughby after affair revelation
02.06.2023 - 10:55
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Phillip Schofield sent a text message to his This Morning co-star Holly Willoughby after news of his affair with a 'younger' ITV colleague broke last week. In an interview with The Sun, the 61-year-old revealed the exact words he sent to his former friend, which was the last contact he had with her.
Phillip resigned from ITV last week and was dropped by his talent agency YMU after admitting to an “unwise but not illegal” relationship with an ITV colleague. In his first interviews since leaving the broadcaster and This Morning, he said he was “utterly broken and ashamed” but that he had not “groomed” the man in question.
Opening up about his friendship with Holly, which is now over, Phillip said that he received no reply from her after he sent his final message. “The last time we had a conversation was when I texted Holly and said, ‘Don’t reply’ – this was after the statement last week – ‘Don’t reply, you’re probably not allowed to, but I am deeply deeply sorry that I lied to you,'" he told The Sun.
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He added: "And I am. It was the one secret in our sanctuary that was never mentioned.” Phillip revealed that he had lost his "best friend" following the breakdown of his relationship with Holly. "I let her down. I let that entire show down. I let the viewers down," he said.
He claimed that Holly "did not know" about the affair, which is why he text her to apologise after issuing his statement about it. "She was one of the first texts that I sent, to say, ‘I am so, so sorry that I lied to you’," he said in the interview. "She didn’t reply and I understand why she didn’t reply, as well. So yeah. If anyone is in any way linking Holly to this;