Phillip Schofield sips champagne and poses with fans hours before TV comeback

Phillip Schofield's Cast Away debuts connected Channel 5 contiguous successful which the erstwhile This Morning big faces his astir 'personal challenge' yet: 10 days of isolation connected a distant island

Phillip Schofield has been papped quaffing champagne, conscionable hours earlier his bombshell Channel 5 debut.

The erstwhile This Morning host, 64, is instrumentality to TV contiguous successful Cast Away successful which the dad-of-two faces his astir 'personal challenge' yet: 10 days of isolation connected a distant land successful Madagascar.

Ahead of its release, the erstwhile Broom Cupboard prima was joined by his pals, wife, Steph, and favored pooch successful a West London pub connected Sunday, surrounded by reddish emotion bosom balloons. Sporting a achromatic blazer and achromatic shirt, Phil clutched a solid of bubbles portion happily posing for photos with fans. He aboriginal appeared to beryllium dancing successful the engaged boozer, earlier taking Uber cab backmost to his location successful the superior erstwhile the hi-jinx were over.

In a preview for tonight's show, which is successful 3 parts, Phil blasts a trio of radical at ITV arsenic "three sh*ts" - successful an aggravated onslaught wherever helium claims determination was nary loyalty for him astatine the channel.

The presenter discontinue the transmission successful May 2023 aft it emerged helium had been having an matter with a younger antheral unit subordinate connected This Morning, thing helium had antecedently denied. But determination is furious choler reserved for execs and perchance for his co-host Holly Willoughb y who helium is understood to nary longer beryllium friends with.

Unshaven, wearing a soiled t.shirt and shorts, Phil, who is unsocial connected the island, isolated from a 'camera and articulator gloss', says: "When what happened to maine happened to me, it screwed up my favourite gathering successful the world, and it beauteous good blew distant each those blessed memories, and abruptly the spot became hostile to me, and that was heartbreaking.

"And the radical who did it to me, know, they cognize however important that gathering was to me. They cognize that erstwhile you propulsion idiosyncratic nether a bus, you've got to person a truly bloody bully crushed to bash it. Brand, ambition is not bully enough. It's not a bully capable crushed to propulsion idiosyncratic nether a bus."

Pausing to chuck much wood connected the occurrence connected the beach, helium continues: "I was conscionable reasoning determination arsenic I was collecting wood. There are lone 3 sh*ts. One of them is simply a coward who ne'er stepped up successful queue gate. One of them is simply a coward due to the fact that they ne'er stepped up erstwhile I was being battered by 1 journalist....and the different 1 is conscionable marque orientated. Not what you expect, not what you deliberation you're going to get. When it each came to a abrupt and precise abrupt end, questions were asked astir our toxic situation successful parliament!"

*Cast Away starts connected Monday September 30 connected Channel 5 astatine 9pm

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