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Phillip Schofield reveals how a stranger's act of kindness helped him amid battle with suicidal thoughts and admits he's glad his late father wasn't alive to see his downfall in candid confessions on Cast Away


The disgraced presenter, 62, is making his TV comeback on Channel 5's Cast Away, which sees him fend for himself for 10 days on a remote island paradise.

Schofield had locked himself away at home while he struggled with his mental health but once his mum Pat (pictured) grew sick he was forced to leave and visit her at hospital in Cornwall Another is thought to be This Morning editor Martin Frizell - who Schofield seemingly blames for letting him take the fall over 'Queugate', when he and Willoughby were accused of skipping the queue to see the Queen's lying in state. ITV chief Dame Carolyn McCall was called to Parliament last June to face questions over safeguarding and complaint handling after Phillip Schofield's exit from This Morning.

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