Lorraine Kelly breaks silence on Phillip Schofield's well-being and says 'everyone lost their minds' over This Morning exit

Lorraine Kelly has spoken out about her former ITV colleague Phillip Schofield's well-being following his publicised TV downfall. The 64-year-old, who presents her self-titled chat show every weekday, told how she was 'heartbroken' when the This Morning presenter resigned.

In May last year, Phillip, 61, left ITV and was dropped by his talent agency after admitting to an “unwise, but not illegal” relationship with a younger male colleague. Lorraine says her fellow morning TV star has had a 'hard time' since his affair became public.

As well as stepping down from hosting This Morning, which he presented alongside Holly Willoughby, Phillip also no longer presents Dancing On Ice and has been replaced by Stephen Mulhern in the series which is currently airing.

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Months on from the incident, Lorraine has now spoken to The Sunday Times Magazine. She revealed: "I was heartbroken when all that happened. It’s just a shame for the amazing career that he’s had, for it to end like that.”

She called him “generous”, unlike some other male TV presenters, and said she thinks “everybody lost their minds a wee bit” during the media furore. “He’s doing all right and he will be all right, but it’s hard,” she said.

She added that she finds the “whole culture of pile-ons very sad and quite depressing”, and that there are people in the entertainment industry who are “gleeful at seeing somebody’s downfall”. Lorraine also said she believes “there is a front page tabloid story” about everyone, including her.

Schofield told the Sun in June that he was afraid to leave the house and the fallout had had a “catastrophic effect” on his mind. He also told the BBC’s