Phillip Schofield has stated he’s “heartbroken” by the demise of his “magnificent” mom, Pat.
In an Instagram publish, alongside aspect footage of himself and his mum, the previous This Morning presenter stated: “I love you mum, forever”, after what he known as a “heartbreaking weekend”.
He wrote: “Over three days, we held her, loved her, hugged her and said everything that needed to be said.”
He stated Pat, who was reportedly 88, was “calm, peaceful, beautiful and dignified. I will forever be proud and privileged that she was my mum”.
Schofield, 62, added his “magnificent” mom had joined his father, her “beloved Brian”, who died in 2008.
He supplied “eternal thanks” to the paramedics and the Treliske [Royal Cornwall Hospital] A&E and Vital Care workforce, describing the NHS employees as “my mum’s and our angels”, whose “love and care has been our saviour”.
“I love you mum, forever,” Schofield added, with a heartbreak emoji.
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He later shared a video of a aircraft flying overhead, captioning it: “God I loved her for wanting to do this. One of the oldest ever ladies to wing walk.”
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Schofield on an island off the coast of Madagascar. Pic: PA/Channel 5
Final month, Schofield starred in Channel 5 programme Solid Away, during which he spent 10 days alone on a small island off the coast of Madagascar.
It was his first return to a TV sequence since leaving ITV in Might 2023 after admitting to an “unwise but not illegal” secret affair with a youthful male colleague.
He stated on the time he had “lost everything” after admitting to the affair, and that the fallout had had a “catastrophic effect” on his thoughts.
An exterior evaluate discovered that ITV made “considerable efforts” to seek out out the reality about an alleged relationship between Schofield and a co-worker on This Morning in 2019 however was “unable to uncover the relevant evidence” till the presenter’s personal admission.
Schofield “reluctantly declined” to participate within the evaluate, carried out by Jane Mulcahy KC, due to “the risk to his health”.
