Holly Willoughby responds to Phillip Schofield's scathing criticism as feud fallout continues

Phillip Schofield is said to person branded his one-time person Holly Willoughby 'a witch' aft she didn't publically backmost him amid rumours of a rift pursuing his brother's high-profile tribunal case

TV presenter Holly Willoughby is brushing disconnected the information her one-time person Phillip Schofield branded her "a witch".

Former This Morning presenter Schofield, 62, is thought to person coined the savage nickname for his aged co-host aft Holly seemingly refused to assistance him support his occupation connected the ITV sofa past year.

The Mirror revealed connected Monday nighttime however Schofield accused Holly of not supporting him erstwhile helium needed it most, saying: "You brought maine down." In a melodramatic eruption, the prima lashed retired astatine Holly via WhatsApp conscionable a time earlier his departure from This Morning deed the headlines.

A root adjacent to the erstwhile friends told the Mirror: "As good arsenic saying she had brought him down, helium said helium couldn't judge his TV sister would bash this to him." Schofield directed his choler towards Holly for not publically backing him aft rumours surfaced of hostility following his brother's tribunal lawsuit successful May 2023.

He had hoped for a nationalist endorsement, possibly a connection oregon representation together, which helium believed could squash the claims of a rift betwixt the iconic presenting duo. Yet, his petition was met with soundlessness from the mum-of-three. According to the source, Holly's deficiency of enactment sealed Schofield's destiny connected the famed couch, arsenic audiences started doubting their erstwhile celebrated concern connected screen.

"He feels it was a elemental motion that mightiness person saved his occupation and her refusal to bash truthful efficaciously finished him off. Believing successful the TV chemistry was the bedrock of the This Morning format," the person disclosed. Following the pal's revelations - and The Sun's claims Schofield dubbed his erstwhile co-star "a witch" - Holly's campy has deed back.

While Holly, 43, hasn't publically addressed the remarks, insiders told the outlet she wouldn't dignify them with a response. A person remarked to the publication: "Holly isn't batting an eyelid astatine this, it's similar she couldn't attraction less. Phil is coming crossed arsenic incredibly bitter. Holly knows who her friends are and they're the radical she pays attraction to."

Allegations that Holly was oblivious to Schofield's brother's ineligible issues were rampant astatine the time. However, a confidant insists Holly was really clued successful by Schofield a period pursuing his brother's 2021 arrest. Schofield had shared with Holly that the constabulary were precise knowing during their interactions, and helium commended her for being "really supportive of what helium was going through."

His member Timothy Schofield, aged 54, was recovered blameworthy of 11 counts of intersexual offences involving a insignificant from October 2016 to October 2019, including 2 counts of engaging successful intersexual enactment with a child. The person stated to the Mirror: "There is simply a communicative - uncorrected by Holly's squad - that she was blindsided by quality of his brother's tribunal lawsuit and was furious with him for keeping her successful the acheronian astir it. But that communicative couldn't beryllium further from the truth."

Schofield discussed his brother's condemnation and his dismissal from This Morning during his clip connected a distant land for the three-part Channel 5 bid Cast Away. Pointing to his brother's "heinous crime", Schofield attributed his ITV greeting gig nonaccomplishment to his sibling's crimes.

From the isolation of the land set, Schofield told viewers: "I had perfectly nary qualms whatsoever successful buying him. We were praised by the constabulary and we got justness done. But still, adjacent though they knew each of the facts the papers painted maine retired to beryllium immoderate benignant of complicit agent."

He recalled however it was past that helium felt his world opening to shatter astir him. Despite insisting that ITV was alert helium was guiltless regarding his sibling's crimes, helium recounted receiving quality of his This Morning exit 1 time earlier Timothy's sentencing. Schofield recounted the shocking telephone telephone with his cause wherever helium received the quality astir being dropped from This Morning

"'Mate are you determination quiet' which is ne'er a bully sign," Schofield recalled his squad telling him implicit the phone. "'Yeah. good alright. I've got a spot of a shock. Right. I'm acrophobic you've been fto spell from This Morning. Yeah that's it, it's done. You're not going backmost connected Monday'"

He disclosed however his brothers antagonistic publicity led to his unfair dismissal: "That has thing to bash with me," helium argued. "Why would I beryllium sacked for thing idiosyncratic other did. I've conscionable been fired due to the fact that of him." He admitted conceding to assertion helium resigned for the involvement of the show's image: "Because I was becoming much of a communicative than the programme. It was amended for the show, amended for the channel. And I agreed to accidental that I'd resigned due to the fact that it would beryllium neater for everybody."

In the voiceover, Schofield revealed his transparency regarding his brother's concern and offence. He expressed the vexation of losing his occupation owed to association: "I was fired for the atrocious publicity, for idiosyncratic else's crime. And the happening is astir a week later, I blew my ain wheels disconnected with everything other due to the fact that I thought the lone mode to adjacent statesman to enactment this close for everybody is to bash a afloat mea culpa."

Follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and Threads