It wasn’t going to be long before celebrities shared their feelings on Phillip Schofield quitting This Morning – and Eamonn Holmes has seemingly stepped up to the plate with a deft dig.
Whether you think Phillip Schofield deserved to fall on his sword and lose his beloved This Morning job, there are no end of people who aren’t feeling sorry for him. You just need to glimpse at Twitter.
ITV announced earlier this afternoon that Phillip Schofield had left This Morning with immediate effect and the network seemed happy for him to hint that he’d basically had no choice but to offer to step down.
Read more: Phillip Schofield’s statement in full as he quits This Morning
Schofe said: “I have always been proud to cover fascinating stories on This Morning. But recently, This Morning itself has become the story.
“Throughout my career in TV – including the very difficult last few days – I have always done my best to be honourable and kind. I understand that ITV has decided the current situation can’t go on, and I want to do what I can to protect the show that I love.
“So I have agreed to step down from This Morning with immediate effect, in the hope that the show can move forward to a bright future.”
Holly Willoughby’s short and not particularly sweet statement will have done nothing to quell the feverish speculation that their once enviable friendship is dead in the water.
She commented: “It’s been over 13 great years presenting This Morning with Phil and I want to take this opportunity to thank him for all of his knowledge, his experience and his humour. The sofa won’t feel the same without him.”
Phillip Schofield isn’t without his frenemies in the showbiz world – there have been reports of spats with Amanda Holden, Ruth and Eamonn and Fern Britton to name but a few.
Tonight, Eamonn appears pretty jubilant about events of the day. He shared a picture of himself receiving a kiss from his super-cute granddaughter and captioned it: “Thank u Emilia. All in all that rounded off what turned out to be a good day.”
Hmmm, what could he possibly be referring to?!
Pappa got a smacker 👄 Thank u Emilia. All in all that rounded off what turned out to be a good day 😍 pic.twitter.com/1Q022dUQVq
— Eamonn Holmes OBE (@EamonnHolmes) May 20, 2023
Earlier, Amanda was straight out of the block to – let’s for safety’s sake say ‘seemingly’ – stick the boot in following news of the 62-year-old’s exit from the show he so clearly adored.
Amanda Holden sharpened her talons as she posted a strong arm emoji to her Instagram shortly after the news broke.
So far only one other celebrity, connected to This Morning, has commented.
Matthew Wright, who regularly appears on This Morning, tweeted support: “Gutted for Schofe. He was there for me when I was having problems a few years back.”
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