hello, i m mark lobel. here in the uk, it s been announced within the last hour that tv presenter phillip schofield is to step down from the programme this morning with immediate effect after more than 20 years on the itv programme, the broadcaster has announced. the 61 year old tv presenter will not return to co host the morning talk show with holly willoughby, with thursday s show being his last. in an statement, itv said that holly willoughby will remain on this morning and will co present with members of the this morning family. despite his departure from this morning, phillip schofield will continue to present peak time shows for itv. this is the statement mr schofield has posted on his instagram a short time ago. we ve also had a statement from his co host holly willoughby. she said it s been over 13 years. she said the sofa won t feel the same without him. with more on this we canjoin robin brant in the newsroom. we will ask him as soon as we get him about the cont
we will ask him as soon as we get him about the context. why has this come from? why has he been asked to stand down by itv? fist come from? why has he been asked to stand down by itv? stand down by itv? at the heart, this is about stand down by itv? at the heart, this is about a stand down by itv? at the heart, this is about a crisis stand down by itv? at the heart, this is about a crisis of stand down by itv? at the heart, i this is about a crisis of reputation for philip schofield, a veteran tv presenter, and if you are on itv executive, concerns about reputation damage of this morning, which is a bedrock in terms of atb s schedule, running for four decades. let s breakdown a couple of themes. the importance of the show, how important it is for itv. let s look at the statement. i think the most important thing is, in terms of what he says, i understand itv understands the situation congo on. clearly there was pressure on him to
a number of years, but their chemistry is the success of the show. it has been so popular online, many of the moments have become big viral moments on twitter and youtube and so forth. the issue is when there is press speculation that relations have strained between the two, that can actually overshadow the show. in the last week, viewers have been tuning into this morning notjust to have been tuning into this morning not just to see the have been tuning into this morning notjust to see the enjoyment of them, but to work out whether the accusations of a falling out were actually true or not. it comes to itv bosses, they operably think and it is too much of a destruction. we want advertisers, to be a popular programme, we don t want the attention. it is a surprise it has
hello, i m mark lobel. here in the uk, it s been announced within the last hour that tv presenter phillip schofield is to step down from the programme this morning with immediate effect after more than 20 years on the itv programme, the broadcaster has announced. the 61 year old tv presenter will not return to co host the morning talk show with holly willoughby, with thursday s show being his last. in an statement, itv said that holly willoughby will remain on this morning and will co present with members of the this morning family. despite his departure from this morning, phillip schofield will continue to present peak time shows for itv. this is the statement mr schofield has posted on his instagram a short time ago.
necessarily new, dating back from the allegations of him skipping the queue for the queen s funeral, which they have denied. that was the start of the public opinions towards holly and phil changing. and then that continuing with a quiz where prices were having your energy bills paid during a cost of living crisis. many people saw that as distasteful. over the last year, i think there s been some difficulties that this morning has been facing with the public, and at the end of the day, this morning wants to be a positive programme that gets attention for the right reasons and not the wrong reasons. philip schofield has been asked by itv to leave this morning sofa, he s presented his le show. holly willoughby will remain, she will take a break for half term. she will