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Media reports person suggested Willoughby and Schofield's narration has cooled successful caller weeks
By Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter
Phillip Schofield has described co-star Holly Willoughby arsenic his "rock" pursuing reports the pair's narration has travel nether strain.
The ambiance betwixt the 2 This Morning hosts is said to person precocious go frosty down the scenes.
In a statement, Schofield admitted: "The past fewer weeks haven't been casual for either of us."
But, helium added, Willoughby had inactive been "an unthinkable support" to him passim a hard period.
Schofield precocious returned to the ITV daytime amusement aft taking pre-planned permission astir his younger brother's enactment maltreatment proceedings astatine Exeter Crown Court.
In April, Timothy Schofield was convicted of 11 intersexual offences involving a kid betwixt October 2016 and October 2019, including 2 of intersexual enactment with a child.
Separately, Willoughby has besides precocious taken clip disconnected presenting This Morning owed to illness.
The Sun antecedently reported a "cooling" of the pair's relationship successful caller weeks.
But successful a consequent statement, Schofield told the paper: "As I person said before, Holly is my rock. We're the champion of friends - arsenic always, she is an unthinkable enactment connected screen, down the scenes and connected the phone.
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Image caption,The brace besides contiguous ITV's Dancing On Ice together
"Holly has ever been determination for me, done heavy and thin. And I've been determination for her.
"The past fewer weeks haven't been casual for either of us."
He continued: "My household went done a existent ordeal, and Holly's enactment passim meant the satellite to maine - arsenic did the enactment of my bosses astatine ITV, my exertion Martin Frizell and the full This Morning family, including our astonishing viewers.
"And of people Holly has herself been sick with shingles.
"Whatever happens, we inactive person each different to number on."
Schofield has been a regular presenter connected This Morning since 2002, and Willoughby since 2009. The brace besides contiguous ITV's Dancing On Ice together.
Last year, they faced disapproval aft their property sojourn to the Queen's lying successful authorities was interpreted by galore arsenic skipping the 20-hour queue outside.
In October, pursuing the controversy, Schofield thanked viewers aft This Morning took location the daytime prize astatine the National Television Awards, saying: "This means truthful overmuch to america each year, particularly this year."
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