Phillip Schofield has laid bare the impact if his recent high profile departure from This Morning and ITV. In his first interviews since news of his affair with a younger male colleague at ITV, he spoke about the impact the attention surrounding the news is having on him.
He says he has been “vaping a lot” and drinking Southern Comfort whiskey liqueur since revealing his affair. The 61-year-old presenter said he has “lost everything” in the wake of his affair with a younger male colleague and told of a “catastrophic effect” on his mind.
In his first interviews since his high profile departure from ITV, he has spoken about the affair he had with a younger male colleague and the impact of his depature from ITV after almost two decades.
told The Sun that he had “blistered” both of his hands by sitting at home “staring into space”.
During clips of the interview, his first since admitting to the affair, he occasionally smoked a blue vape, which he held in his hand.
“I am not sleeping, I am not eating. There’s a lot of Southern Comfort,” he said.
“My mind is in constant, utter turmoil. I think back to regrets, forwards to… What do I do now? What I am going to do now?
“I’ve been vaping, a lot.”
During the interview, Schofield showed his “collection” of blisters and calluses, according to The Sun.
“I didn’t realise until suddenly it hurt, but I’ve been sitting looking up at the sky or out of the window, just staring into space,” he said.
“I just sit on the sofa and stare. I realise by doing that, I’ve blistered both hands.”
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