Holly Willoughby supported over 'special journey' update amid Phillip Schofield TV 'dig'

Holly Willoughby has been flooded with messages of support as she acknowledged a 'special journey' at the same time as her former friend Phillip Schofield was accused of making a 'dig' at her during his TV return.

The scandal-hit former presenter is making his TV comeback on the brand-new three-part Channel 5 series Cast Away next week. The programme will see him marooned on a tropical island off the coast of Madagascar with a handful of cameras for 10 days.

It will make his first appearance on a TV series since he left ITV in May 2023 after he admitted to an "unwise but not illegal" affair with a younger male colleague. In a teaser for the first episode, which airs on Monday (September 30), Phillip says he believes he was unfairly treated by certain people amid his departure from ITV last year.

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He is also reportedly heard as saying about his lost broadcasting career: "I miss parts of being on TV, certainly. I miss most of it, if I’m honest, I miss most of it. But there are bits that I really, really, really don’t miss. You learn a lot about people, I don’t miss that. When you throw someone under a bus, you’ve got to have a really good reason to do it. It is inconceivable that I would quit. I don’t quit. I’m fired. But I never quit."

He also appears to mock the moment former co-host Holly brought up the subject of his departure on This Morning', as she opened the show, before her own exit in October the same year, with the question "Are you OK?" to viewers.

In the moment on Cast Away, Phillip is seen having a family barbecue with his wife Stephanie Lowe and their daughters Molly, 31, and Ruby, 28, and