After two decades on the sofa and a mysteriously swift departure, giving Schofield just 30 seconds of funereal airtime was enough to leave you shrieking: ‘Is that it?’
Watching This Morning last week was a surreal experience. We viewers became body language experts, assessing whether or not reports of a falling out between Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield were true. The show’s hosts continued to act as if everything was fine, even running a news review that ignored the fact their relationship was dominating half of the front pages.
But with Schofield stepping down from This Morning “with immediate effect” on Saturday afternoon, the show that had acted as if it was broadcasting from a parallel universe was forced to address the subject it had been so rigorously avoiding.
