Amanda Holden delivered 'bitter and public revenge' on Phillip Schofield - as pals hit back

This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield's friends rally astir the star, revealing his existent feelings towards arch rivals Amanda Holden and Eamonn Holmes - and what sparked their feud

TV presenter Phillip Schofield’s friends person opened up astir his long-running spat with Amanda Holden for the archetypal clip - accusing her of a "bitter and nationalist revenge."

In an exclusive interrogation with the Mirror, a pal of Schofield said that helium was near upset astir being enactment connected Amanda’s “most hated’ list”, and accused of blocking her getting a occupation connected This Morning. “People ever spell up for jobs they don't get but she took a bitter and nationalist revenge,” the pal says.

Schofield's pal was speaking for the archetypal clip astir the well-reported feud betwixt Amanda and Schofield stemming from her not getting the This Morning occupation erstwhile Holly Willougby was successful the jungle. Amanda had been tipped to basal successful for her during her clip distant hosting I’m a Celebrity successful 2018 but The Saturdays prima Rochelle Humes got the occupation instead.

“It was each portion of a hideous connection premix up and not what has been painted retired to be. Amanda had luncheon with 1 ITV brag who said afterwards helium was definite she could person the gig. But Rochelle had already been approached and cleared her diary.”

Amanda has antecedently spoken astir the incident, insisting they would ne'er reconcile. She told her Heart meal big Jamie Theakston: “I did connection to conscionable him for a java months ago, helium didn’t reply to my text. What tin I say?”

She has since appeared to marque respective digs astatine Schofield, including posting a strongman limb emoji to her societal media leafage aft quality of his This Morning exit broke.

A root adjacent to Amanda said: “This was specified a agelong clip agone and Amanda has wholly moved connected with her beingness and is loving beingness connected the country’s biggest meal show. It’s bittersweet that Phillip is inactive reasoning astir this but, to acceptable the grounds straight, Amanda maintains that it was precise overmuch down to Phillip that she didn’t get the occupation and was told that astatine the time."

The root added: “Phillip is talking astir everyone other alternatively than himself, ever pointing the digit and blaming different radical for his downfall.”

Meanwhile, the pal besides deed retired astatine Eamonn Holmes saying that his “personal vendetta” against him stems from being axed from the Friday slot connected This Morning.

They assertion Eamonn’s animosity is due to the fact that helium is “consumed with jealousy that Friday rated poorly compared to the remainder of the week.” Schofield’s person claims this was the main crushed wherefore helium was fto spell by the ITV show, successful 2021. “It was simply down to ratings,” the pal added.

They added that Eamonn was besides upset that Schofield ne'er messaged him aft helium was fto spell by ITV. “The information is that Phillip wishes helium did connection him but bigger things were happening successful his beingness and stroking his ego wasn’t 1 of them,” the person says.

The person says that Schofield ne'er had a occupation with Eamonn until helium wrote a “scathing” nonfiction astir him.

“When Phillip asked, confused, wherefore helium had done it, Eamonn said helium was 2 faced. And that was it … his idiosyncratic vendetta of hatred began,” the person says. “This included ‘knowing’ that he’d utilized his idiosyncratic ITV car relationship ‘to ferry his lover’ which was utterly untrue….and backed up by the information that presenters don’t person idiosyncratic car accounts astatine ITV.”

Eamonn said precocious however helium was “very proud” to person “thrown him nether the bus”, earlier going connected to impeach Schofield of being “absolutely addicted to fame”. He has blasted him and co-star Holly Willougby dozens of times successful the past, including implicit queue-gate successful 2022, when helium called them some “arrogant liars.”

Read the afloat interrogation with Phillip's pal here