Phillip Schofield has lost a lot of weight during his TV comeback.
The former ITV star has returned to TV for the first time and said he’s dropped 13 pounds as a result of appearing on Channel 5’s new show Cast Away. He’s making his TV comeback on the three-part Channel 5 series next week.
It appears he’s been trying to build muscle after dropping the weight on the programme, which sees him stranded on a desert island and trying to fend for himself for 10 days. He posted a video of him at the gym and wrote on his Instagram Story: “Leg day. Putting back the 6kg I lost on the island with muscle… not carbs.”
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Phillip has teased that he will tell all about the last year and a half. The broadcaster left ITV last year after it emerged he’d had an affair with a younger male colleague.
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Speaking in a trailer for the upcoming show, he said: “I’ve been cast away on a desert island, completely on my own, all I have is camera gear, and I can say whatever I want about whatever I want.
“It’s my chance to tell my side of my story.” I know what I did was unwise, but is it enough to absolutely destroy someone?”
It’s said Schofield has had numerous TV offers since he left ITV. Cast Away will see him with nothing but camera equipment to document his time.
Schofield, who admitted having an “unwise, but not illegal” affair, insisted ‘Cast Away’ is the only project he felled “compelled” to take part in.
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He said: “This is most definitely a first for me and the only thing I felt compelled to do. It appealed to me on so many levels.”
“I’ve recently had a lot of time to think about my life, what went right and what went wrong, but I’ve always had the safe arms of friends and family wrapped around me.”
“This time it’s just me, no ‘phone, no comforts, no crew and only lip balm as a luxury. I’m looking forward to exploring the island, trying to tie knots to secure my shelter and foraging and fending for myself in the wild … with no help.”
“Maybe I’ll be Robinson Crusoe, or maybe I’ll just be Tom Hank’s Wilson and quietly drift off into the wild blue yonder!!”
Cast Away kicks off from 9pm Monday on Channel 5.
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