Ex-This Morning Phillip Schofield has been dropped by a charity as their patron, which comes as another blow for the star.
The presenter has been let go as a patron for the Shooting Star Children’s Hospices charity. T
The charity has made the announcement and said he has “not been an active patron” since 2019.
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Though the charity did insist the removal wasn’t linked to the affair he had with the young ITV showrunner.
A spokesperson for the charity said: “Phillip Schofield has not been an active patron since 2019 and therefore his patronage was formally ended earlier this year.”
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They also told SurreyLive: “The decision to stand down Phillip was part of our review of some of our longer-term inactive relationships.”
Phil was previously described by Shooting Star Children’s Hospice as an “awesome patron” having supported the charity for approximately 20 years.
Talking about the charity, he previously said: “I’ve known the charity for so long I remember having the plans for one of the hospices on my kitchen table. And if you visit, you realise it’s not a place of sadness – it’s a place of joy and celebration, and a place of happiness for families in those final hours, days or months.
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“It’s awful to think anyone has to step through those doors but I’m so grateful the angels that work at Shooting Star Chase are on the other side. The charity do an utterly incredible job and that’s why I’m proud to be involved.”
Phillip has recently stepped back from This Morning after claims of a feud between him and his co-star Holly Willoughby.
Though he later admitted to an affair with a much younger male colleague while he was married.
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The statement read: “The first thing I want to say is: I am deeply sorry for having lied to them, and to many others about a relationship that I had with someone working on This Morning. I did have a consensual on-off relationship with a younger male colleague at This Morning.
“I am painfully conscious that I have lied to my employers at ITV, to my colleagues and friends, to my agents, to the media and therefore the public and most importantly of all to my family. I am so very, very sorry, as I am for having been unfaithful to my wife…
“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.
“I will reflect on my very bad judgement in both participating in the relationship and then lying about it.”
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