Phillip Schofield's daughter 'never thought' affair bombshell would 'go the way it has'

Phillip Schofield returns to TV successful Channel 5's Cast Away this week, with his daughters Molly Schofield and Ruby Schofield, arsenic good arsenic woman Stephanie Lowe, acceptable to look successful it too

Presenter Phillip Schofield's narration with his daughters is addressed successful his upcoming TV return.

Phillip, 62, fronts the caller series of Channel 5's Cast Away, which volition aerial this week. It marks his instrumentality to TV aft helium stepped down arsenic a co-host of This Morning successful May past year, earlier announcing his resignation from ITV altogether. His resignation coincided with him admitting to having had an "unwise but not illegal" narration with a younger workfellow whilst connected This Morning. He apologised astatine the clip for having antecedently lied astir the concern and successful his resignation connection stated that the "consensual on-off relationship" was "now over".

The presenter - who announced 4 years agone that helium was gay - has been supported by loved ones pursuing the scandal. His household includes his daughters Molly Schofield, 31, and Ruby Schofield, 28, whom helium shares with Stephanie Lowe, 60. Molly, Ruby and Stephanie are acceptable to look successful Cast Away, including successful a country filmed astatine a BBQ successful the family's garden. Molly speaks astir her begetter Phillip and the ungraded connected the show.

At 1 point, she says: "When my dada came retired it was precise hard for me. It was precise hard for the full family. Mainly my mum, of people - everything was turned upside down. But we talked done it and [over time] it's got easier." She adds: "My mum and my sister, we're each the same. We'll ever proceed to enactment him, nary substance what. I ne'er thought it would person gone the mode it has." Molly describes herself arsenic the "luckiest person" to person her parents stay "best friends" aft their experiences.

Molly besides shares successful the caller bid that everything that has happened has brought the household "closer". She said: "We've seen him astatine his lowest times, but I've been truthful arrogant of him, and arsenic a girl to spot the emotion that radical had for him that erstwhile it's taken distant it's conscionable heartbreaking."

It's teased that she shares hope that radical "forgive him" for having made a "mistake". She's quoted arsenic saying successful the 2nd occurrence of Cast Away, airing this week: "I would emotion radical to recognize what's really happened." During the series, Phillip discusses his daughters and says that pursuing the ungraded they helped him "take a measurement backmost from the edge". He says: "Molly and Ruby [were] some looking aft maine astatine the clip and Molly said 'do you ideate what this would bash to america if you really managed to propulsion this off? Can you ideate what would hap and tin you ideate what it would bash to maine if you did this connected my watch?' And that was capable conscionable to instrumentality a measurement backmost from the edge."

Phillip had antecedently said that his daughters supported him successful the aftermath of the scandal. Speaking to Amol Rajan successful an interrogation that aired connected the BBC past year, helium said: "My girls saved my life. They said past week, they haven't near maine for a moment. They've been by my broadside each infinitesimal due to the fact that they're frightened to fto maine retired of their sight. What is that similar for daughters to person to spell done thing similar that?" He added astatine the time: "They said to maine 'don't you situation bash this connected our watch. We're expected to beryllium looking aft you.' And if my girls hadn't been there, I wouldn't beryllium present due to the fact that I don't spot a future."

Phillip Schofield: Cast Away starts contiguous connected Channel 5 from 9pm, with the 2nd and 3rd episodes airing connected Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.

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