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Jeremy Clarkson puts out defence of Phillip Schofield as he says he’s ‘delighted’ by TV return

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Published 19:09 30 Sep 2024 GMT+1

Jeremy Clarkson puts out defence of Phillip Schofield as he says he’s ‘delighted’ by TV return

Clarkson said he called Schofield up and 'had a long chat'

Michael Slavin

Michael Slavin

Jeremy Clarkson has leapt to the defence of Phillip Schofield, saying he is ‘delighted’ by the former This Morning presenter’s TV return in his new Channel 5 show.

In a new article for The Sun, Clarkson has revealed that he actually phoned the former TV star up following the controversy to offer support.

Schofield stepped down from his position on This Morning following the reveal he had an 'unwise but not illegal' extra-marital affair with a young ITV staffer.

The staff member was 20 when the affair began, with Schofield having first met him when he has 15, and having got him work experience at ITV when he was 19.

This came following Schofield revealing he was gay in 2020, with him announcing he was separating from his wife.

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The former This Morning presenter will be returning to TV with Cast Away, in which he is left on an island for ten days with no camera crew or producers to help him.

Schofield admits in episode one of the show that his affair was ‘unwise but not illegal’ before calling it a ‘mistake’.

Clarkson has offered his support (Neil Mockford via Getty Images)
Clarkson has offered his support (Neil Mockford via Getty Images)

Clarkson said in his new article: “When Phillip Schofield announced on morning television that he was gay, everyone rallied round and said how brave he'd been.

“But when it turned out that he'd actually done gay stuff, he was sacked, cancelled, eviscerated and swept into the bucket of history marked 'disgraced ageing TV stars’.

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“It was actually quite cross about this, so even though I don’t know him at all well, I called him up and we had a long chat.

"It was like talking to a completely broken man because he could see no way back. I was therefore delighted to hear this week that he’s managed it”.

Schofield is making his TV return tonight (Channel 5)
Schofield is making his TV return tonight (Channel 5)

The Clarkson’s Farm star is not the only major TV personality to respond to the show however, with Eammon Holmes having weighed in on Schofield’s return.

Holmes’ comments came after it was revealed Schofield felt he was ‘thrown under the bus’ in his TV return.

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He said: “I believe he is where he deserves to be. If I am one of the people who threw him under the bus, I am very proud to have done it."

Featured Image Credit: Neil Mockford via Getty Images/Channel 5

Topics: Phillip Schofield, This Morning, ITV, Channel 5, TV and Film, TV

Michael Slavin
Michael Slavin

Michael Slavin is LADbible's dedicated specialist Film and TV writer. Following his completion of a Masters in International Journalism at Salford University, he began working for the Warrington Guardian as a reporter. Throughout this he did freelance work about Entertainment for publications such as DiscussingFilm, where he was the Film and TV editor. Now, he is LAD's go to voice on all things Netflix, True Crime, and UK TV, as well as interviewing huge global stars such as Jake Gyllenhaal, Daisy Ridley, and Ben Stiller.

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