Phillip Schofield appeared completely unfazed on Wednesday morning, as he was seen grinning while his Jaguar had to be towed away, after being pranged by another car.
The former This Morning presenter, 63, was spotted laughing and chatting with the tow operator, as his £60,000 vehicle was loaded up onto the recovery truck.
The pricey car could be seen to have sustained sizeable damage in the collision, with a visible flat tire and large dent in the far side door.
However, Phillip didn’t allow it dampen his spirits, looking unperturbed as he watched on with his hands in his pockets and cracked jokes.
A representative for the star described how the collision had occurred to Metro, explaining that Phillip had been driving through the roadworks when another driver had pulled of a car park and struck his vehicle.
They stated: ‘The other driver admitted full liability. Thankfully no one was hurt and all was very cordial with no drama. Accidents happen.’
Phillip Schofield appeared completely unfazed on Wednesday morning, as he was seen grinning while his Jaguar had to be towed away, after being pranged by another car
The former This Morning presenter, 63, was spotted laughing and chatting with the tow operator, as his £60,000 vehicle was loaded up onto the recovery truck
The pricey car could be seen to have sustained sizeable damage in the collision, with a visible flat tire and large dent in the far side door
Phillip has stepped back from the spotlight after departing This Morning in 2023 in the wake of an affair with a 20-year-old runner, which he branded ‘unwise but not illegal’.
He has mostly kept a low profile since then apart from an appearance on Channel 5’s Cast Away where he was isolated on an island close to Madagascar for 10 days without ‘food or water’.
His once-close friendship with co-host Holly Willoughby fell apart after his affair came to light, fracturing further when she released a statement saying she had felt ‘hurt’ by his ‘lies’.
The pair had once been best friends, with their families even taking annual holidays together, before their major falling out.
Phillip accused Holly of ‘betrayal’ after suggesting she helped to orchestrate his departure from the ITV show because they thought his brother’s trial and Phillip’s affair with a young showrunner were both bad for her ‘brand’.
While the host – who came out as gay in February 2020 – is also said to have called his ex-pal ‘The Witch’ following the pair’s departure from their presenting roles.
Holly stepped down from This Morning after 14 years on the show due to the terrifying kidnap threat and subsequently took time out from the spotlight.
Tensions between the pair reached further heights when Phil made his TV comeback on Cast Away, in which he referred to Holly as ‘one of the three s***s of showbiz’.
However, Phillip didn’t allow it dampen his spirits, looking unperturbed as he watched on with his hands in his pockets and cracked jokes
A representative for the star described how the collision had occurred to Metro, explaining that Phillip had been driving through the roadworks when another driver had pulled of a car park and struck his vehicle
They stated: ‘The other driver admitted full liability. Thankfully no one was hurt and all was very cordial with no drama. Accidents happen’
Holly had previously vented her frustration at Phillip’s lies when he tried to deny he was having an affair with the showrunner, before eventually coming clean by releasing a bombshell statement to the Daily Mail in May 2023.
He said: ‘I am making this statement via the Daily Mail, to whom I have already apologised personally for misleading, through my lawyer who I also misled, about a story [sic] which they wanted to write about me a few days ago.
‘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.
‘Contrary to speculation, whilst I met the man when he was a teenager and was asked to help him to get into television, it was only after he started to work on the show that it became more than a just a friendship.
‘That relationship was unwise, but not illegal. It is now over…
‘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…
‘I am resigning from ITV with immediate effect, expressing my immense gratitude to them for all the amazing opportunities that they have given me.
‘I will reflect on my very bad judgement in both participating in the relationship and then lying about it.’
Phillip has stepped back from the spotlight after departing This Morning (pictured) in 2023 in the wake of an affair with a 20-year-old runner, which he branded ‘unwise but not illegal’
He has mostly kept a low profile since then apart from an appearance on Channel 5 ‘s Cast Away where he was isolated on an island close to Madagascar for 10 days without ‘food or water’ (pictured)
At the time of his departure from This Morning, it was reported that Phillip’s wife Stephanie Lowe had been left ‘devastated’ by the revelation and angry that her husband since 1993 had lied to her (pictured together in 2019)
At the time of his departure from This Morning, it was reported that Phillip’s wife Stephanie Lowe had been left ‘devastated’ by the revelation and angry that her husband since 1993 had lied to her.
However, it was later revealed she is choosing not to file for divorce because she does not want him to ‘fall any further’ then he already has, and despite everything, ‘the love is still very much there.’
His daughter Molly is now his publicist after she quit the talent agency that once represented her father.
Phillip insisted he had not ‘groomed’ his young lover, despite first meeting him when he was 15, saying: ‘Attraction is attraction. It’s no different in the gay world as it is in the heterosexual world or in the lesbian world.
‘There shouldn’t be a difference. This is where homophobia comes in. We did first meet when he was 15, I visited the drama school [he attended].’
He said the fallout from his admission that he lied about his affair with a younger male colleague had been ‘relentless’, revealing he has had suicidal thoughts and crediting his daughters for saving him.
He said: ‘My girls saved my life. They said last week they haven’t left me for a moment. They’ve been by my side every moment because they’re scared to let me out of their sight. What is that like for daughters to have to go with something like that?
‘And they said to me, ‘Don’t you dare do this on our watch. We’re supposed to be looking after you.’ If my girls hadn’t been there, I wouldn’t be here, because I don’t see my future.’
