Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Entertainment
Susan Knox & Jasmine Allday

Phillip Schofield's replacement for British Soap Awards revealed after his ITV axe

Phillip Schofield's replacement for the British Soap Awards has been revealed after he quit ITV.

Jane McDonald will fill the fallen This Morning presenter's shoes.

Singer and presenter Jane, 60, will be stepping in to host the awards on Saturday.

Jane is best known for Channel 5 series Cruising With Jane and she has also appeared on Loose Women.

Taking to Instagram to share her excitement about hosting the awards, Jane penned: "I'm so excited to be this years host for The British Soap Awards!!

"Everyone knows how much I LOVE my soaps, this year I’ve been honoured to be mentioned in Corrie, EastEnders and Emmerdale so this is just a dream come true.

"I can’t wait to see all our wonderful soap nominees and celebrate all their hard work with them - roll on the awards, I can’t wait."

It comes after Phillip parted ways with ITV after admitting to having an affair with a younger member of staff at the channel. He admitted he had "lied" to his family, colleagues and management about what happened with the man in the past.

Jane McDonald will be hosting the Soap Awards (Getty Images)
Phillip has been axed by ITV (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

In a statement, Phil described the relationship - which happened when the runner was over 18 - as a "consensual on-off relationship with a younger male colleague". He apologised for lying to bosses and being unfaithful to his wife.

In the statement, he said: "The first thing I want to say is: I am deeply sorry for having lied to them, and to many others about a relationship that I had with someone working on This Morning.

"I did have a consensual on-off relationship with a younger male colleague at This Morning.

"I am painfully conscious that I have lied to my employers at ITV, to my colleagues and friends, to my agents, to the media and therefore the public and most importantly of all to my family.

"I am so very, very sorry, as I am for having been unfaithful to my wife."

He confirmed he had resigned from ITV and stepped down from hosting the Soap Awards.

Phil was expected to present the British Soap Awards (David Fisher/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

"I have therefore decided to step down from the British Soap Awards, my last public commitment, and am resigning from ITV with immediate effect expressing my immense gratitude to them for all the amazing opportunities that they have given me," he added.

"I will reflect on my very bad judgement in both participating in the relationship and then lying about it."

A new presenter has now been revealed for the awards ceremony, which will take place this weekend and air on ITV on June 6th.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.