Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary pay tribute to Phillip Schofield after This Morning departure

Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary on Monday paid tribute to Phillip Schofield after he dramatically stepped down from hosting This Morning after weeks of speculation about his relationship with co-host Holly Willoughby.

Hammond and O’Leary wished Schofield a “huge thank you”, on behalf of the This Morning team and ITV, for his contribution to the show “for the past 21 years.”