- Do YOU have a story? Email tips@:dailymail.com
Eammon Holmes saw red on Tuesday while discussing the fallout from former colleague Phillip Schofield’s dramatic return to mainstream TV.
Schofield has divided Channel 5 viewers after travelling to a remote island in the Indian Ocean for new three-part series Cast Away – his first TV work since parting ways with ITV more than 18-months ago.
The married presenter’s career was thought to be over after he admitted to lying about an affair with a young male runner on This Morning.
Discussing his return with GB News co-host Isabel Webster, Holmes reacted angrily after she insisted the presenter ‘hadn’t done anything illegal’ in having the affair.
‘Why is that even relevant?’ he barked. ‘He met the boy when he was 15, so why do you keep on pushing that?’
Eammon Holmes saw red on Tuesday while discussing the fallout from former colleague Phillip Schofield ‘s dramatic return to mainstream TV
Schofield has divided Channel 5 viewers after travelling to a remote island in the Indian Ocean for new three-part series Cast Away – his first TV work since parting ways with ITV
Holmes, who worked with Schofield on This Morning and has made no secret of his dislike for the presenter, previously admitted he was ‘very proud to have thrown him under the bus.’
‘This man is addicted to fame, absolutely addicted to fame,’ he claimed, adding the presenter ‘deserved’ to be in exile.
Schofield’s lover was just 15 when they met at a talk the TV presenter was giving at a theatre school, The Mail on Sunday previously revealed.
At the time, the schoolboy asked him for a job, and Schofield later arranged an interview for him. It led to a position as an ITV production assistant when he turned 18. Some time afterwards, their affair began.
While filming Cast Away, Schofield referred to himself as the ‘shamed, disgraced Philip Schofield, who had an affair’.
The former This Morning host said: ‘Strangely, I think another TV presenter or two might have done exactly the same thing.
‘Difference is heterosexual. It’s not an unusual thing in the gay world for there to be a difference in age groups.
‘That’s not that unusual in the straight world, but if that had been the case with me and it had been a woman. Pat on the back. Well done, mate.’