Phillip Schofield, the former This Morning presenter, has broken his social media silence for the first time in two years with a post supporting the England football team during their World Cup quarter-final match against Norway. The 64-year-old, who has 2.5 million Instagram followers, had not posted on the platform since November 2024, when he shared a photo of a Newquay sunset after scattering his parents' ashes.
World Cup Enthusiasm
On Saturday, Schofield shared an extreme close-up selfie showing an England flag transfer tattoo on his face, along with a slightly smudged transfer on his cheek intended to read, "It's coming home." He captioned the image with a quip: "Bloody s***e transfer," adding a face-plant emoji and a laughing face. The post came ahead of England's 2-1 victory over Norway in Miami, which secured their place in the semi-finals.
Background and Fallout
Schofield was axed from This Morning in May 2023 following an alleged feud with co-host Holly Willoughby. Initially expected to continue presenting peak-time shows for ITV, including The British Soap Awards, he resigned from the broadcaster days later after revealing he had an affair with a young employee. In a statement at the time, he said: "I have therefore decided to step down from the British Soap Awards, my last public commitment, and am resigning from ITV with immediate effect expressing my immense gratitude to them for all the amazing opportunities that they have given me." He added: "I will reflect on my very bad judgement in both participating in the relationship and then lying about it." He described it as a "consensual on-off relationship with a younger male colleague at This Morning," clarifying that while he met the man as a teenager and helped him get into television, the relationship became more than friendship only after the man started working on the show. He stressed it was "unwise, but not illegal."
Post-ITV Career
Since leaving ITV, Schofield has given televised interviews and appeared in only one TV show: Channel 5's Castaway, where he was stranded alone on an island for 10 days to reflect on his life and downfall. His Instagram post marks his first public social media activity since his hiatus, drawing attention from fans and media alike.
