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Phillip Schofield has broken his silence over claims he could make a comeback on TalkTV following his exit from This Morning.
The presenter, 61, left the show after admitting to an affair with a younger man which he branded 'ill-advised but not illegal'.
However Andy Barr, CEO of 10 Yetis Digital, claimed Phillip could return to the profession in the future, and on Saturday the TV expert told the Daily Star: 'TalkTV could be the career rebuilding platform that Schofield needs right now.
'If the current media spotlight reveals no new allegations then this is entirely recoverable for him and TalkTV could be the perfect place for him to start again in a high profile media environment.'
TalkTV is the home of presenters like Piers Morgan and Jeremy Kyle, and the former publicly sympathised with Phillip on social media following his departure from the show.
Speaking out: Phillip Schofield has broken his silence on claims he could 'rebuild his presenting career through TalkTV' after This Morning scandal on Saturday
Exit: The presenter, 61, left This Morning after admitting to an affair with a younger man which he branded 'ill-advised by not illegal' (Phillip pictured in May 2023 with Holly Willoughby)
However, a legal representative for Phillip told The Mirror that the presenter was not planning on joining TalkTV, saying: 'Absolutely not as far as I know.'
In a recent interview with the BBC, Phillip said he believed his career was 'over' and he had 'lost everything' after admitting he had lied about his relationship with a younger man on This Morning.
'I have to talk about television in the past tense, which breaks my heart,' he told the publication. 'What am I going to do with my days? I see nothing ahead of me but blackness, sadness regret, remorse and guilt. I did something very wrong, and then I lied about it consistently.'
He said the criticism he's faced since admitting the affair has had a 'catastrophic effect', adding: 'Do you want me to die? Because that's where I am. I have lost everything.'
In the interviews, Schofield, who was also dropped by his talent agency YMU after his admission to the Mail about the 'unwise but not illegal relationship', said he was 'utterly broken and ashamed'.
Schofield told the BBC that the young man, who worked as a runner for a short period on This Morning, was 20 when he first had any kind of sexual contact with him.
He told The Sun they had become friends but in 2017 – three years before he came out as gay and separated from wife Stephanie Lowe after 27 years – 'something happened that just changed it'.
There was 'a consensual moment' in Schofield's dressing room after a show and 'it was mutual'.
Reaction: A TV expert claimed that Phillip could make a career comeback on TalkTV, but a legal representative said, 'Absolutely not as far as I know'
He said he did not have a 'love affair' with the man and that 'it was not a relationship, we were not boyfriends, we were mates'.
He said 'it wasn't feelings' he was getting but it was 'more like mates: excitement'. He added: 'I was really struggling with my sexuality at that time in the build up to what happened.' The pair only had 'five or six romantic encounters' over a period of around six months.
He said they met at Schofield's apartment in south-east London only once after he phoned the young man to invite him over for a beer.
He also denied using ITV money to pay for taxis for the man, saying: 'I don't have an ITV account.'
Schofield said he had 'no excuse' for what happened, 'no one did anything wrong apart from me' and 'I was
