My daughters stopped me from killing myself after ITV axing, I had everything ready to do it, says Phillip Schofield

PHILLIP Schofield was prepared to instrumentality his ain beingness aft being axed from ITV - and was lone saved by his daughters.

The broadcasting legend makes the shocking revelation astir his termination plans successful his caller TV vehicle, Cast Away, which airs connected Channel 5 next week.

The three-parter, which was filmed by Phillip himself portion helium was isolated connected an land disconnected the seashore of Madagascar, sees the erstwhile This Morning prima bespeak connected the downward spiral aft being axed from the ITV daytime amusement successful May 2023.

And successful 1 poignant moment, helium opens up astir however helium plotted to extremity it each - and was lone stopped aft speaking to his girls Molly, 31, and Ruby, 28, who helium shares with his wife Stephanie Lowe.

'It got arsenic acheronian arsenic it is imaginable to get'

Recalling the darkest clip successful his beingness erstwhile helium wanted to perpetrate suicide, helium says: “It got arsenic acheronian arsenic it is imaginable to get. A twelvemonth ago, I got so, truthful close.

“I had everything successful place. Everything was acceptable up. Everything was ready. And it was Molly that was looking aft me. Molly and Ruby were some looking aft maine astatine the time."

Phillip reveals however it was a speech helium had with a hopeless Molly that stopped him successful his tracks.

“Molly said: ‘Do you ideate what this would bash to america if you really managed to propulsion this off? Imagine what would happen? Can you ideate what it would bash to maine if you did this connected my watch?'

“And that was conscionable enough. Just capable to instrumentality a measurement backmost from the edge.”

He past goes connected to say: “Without them, I wouldn’t beryllium here.”

'Throw nether the bus'

Phillip, 62, was forced to permission his occupation connected This Morning aft an matter with a younger antheral colleague.

Amid the fallout from the matter coming to light, it emerged a rift had grown betwixt Phil and his former co-presenter, Holly Willoughby, who was erstwhile his champion friend.

While Phillip does not sanction Holly straight successful the documentary, helium hints that helium felt unsupported by her.

“When you propulsion idiosyncratic nether a bus, you’ve got to person a truly bloody bully crushed to bash it," helium says of his last days astatine This Morning.

And successful what appears to beryllium different thinly-veiled excavation astatine his erstwhile pal, Phillip adds:  “I miss parts of being connected TV certainly. I miss astir of it, if I’m honest, I miss astir of it. But determination are bits that I really, really, truly don’t miss.

“You larn a batch astir people, I don’t miss that.”

And Phillip besides reveals wherever helium stands with his erstwhile employers ITV these days, arsenic rumours swirl helium was acceptable to motion up for I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! fixed his enduring relationship with hosts Ant and Dec.

“I’m seemingly 4 to 1 to bash the different jungle programme," helium says to camera successful the show.

“Although my champion mates big it, determination are immoderate channels you conscionable won’t enactment for. There are conscionable immoderate radical you won’t enactment for.”