Former This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield wrote “I love you mum, forever” as he announced her death in a moving Instagram post.
The 62-year-old shared a series of pictures as he announced his mother had died on Monday afternoon after a “heartbreaking weekend”.
“Over three days, we held her, loved her, hugged her and said everything that needed to be said,” Schofield said on his Instagram story.
“She was calm, peaceful, beautiful and dignified. I will forever be proud and privileged that she was my mum.”
Schofield said his mother had joined his father, her “beloved Brian”, who died in 2008.
He continued: “Our eternal thanks to the paramedics. Treliske A&E and Critical Care team who have been, in the past and this weekend, my mum’s and our angels. Your love and care has been our saviour.”
“I love you mum, forever,” Schofield added, with a heartbreak emoji.
It comes after Schofield starred in Channel 5 programme Cast Away, where he discussed departing ITV in May 2023 after admitting to a secret affair with a younger male colleague.
In the show, Schofield spent 10 days alone on a small island off the coast of Madagascar in his first return to a TV series since leaving ITV.
During the show, he blamed his brother for his departure from ITV, saying he was “fired for someone else’s crime”.
He said he had always been “open and honest with everyone at work about what was happening” with his brother Timothy.
His 54-year-old brother was convicted in April 2023 of 11 sexual offences involving a child between October 2016 and October 2019, including two of sexual activity with a child.
The presenter said: “That was when my world started to collapse. My poor mum, had to tell her about that member of the family. To break that to your mother is tough.”
