Phillip Schofield: TV presenter fears being spat on on the street amid fallout from affair

Phillip Schofield says he’s afraid to depart the home and fears being spat on on the street following the revelation of his affair with a youthful male colleague.

The presenter resigned from ITV final week and was dropped by his expertise company, YMU, after admitting having an “unwise, but not illegal” relationship with the person who he labored with on This Morning.

Schofield’s affair came about whereas the tv star was nonetheless married to spouse Stephanie Lowe and earlier than he got here out publicly as homosexual.

He had denied having a relationship with a colleague when questioned by ITV about rumours in early 2020.

In an interview revealed on Friday night, he instructed The Sun: “I have no idea a time I will stroll out of the door.

“I don’t have any spirit.

“My buddies inform me, ‘It will get higher’.

“It won’t. Not now. Not this one.”

Schofield instructed the newspaper he had by no means beforehand been abused on the street however now fears being shouted at or spat on, saying: “Are they spitting on me because I had an affair at work and lied about it?”

“You watch all these layers of you slide away and slide away and slide away – the things that were dear to you.

“But I deserve it. It’s my fault. I deserve it.”

He added: “I get by hour by hour. I’ve received my women and my buddies.”

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The 61-year-old mentioned he had been hounded on Twitter and Instagram for the reason that revelations and has now deleted all apps and silenced notifications, insisting he won’t ever use social media once more.

“Why would I ever, ever go back there?”, he instructed The Sun.

ITV has launched an external review to determine the details across the affair – after Schofield lied to the broadcaster, his colleagues and spouse in regards to the relationship.