Phillip can’t dance according to ex Strictly judge Arlene Phillips (Image: Getty)
There’s no chance will sign up to Strictly Come Dancing, says former judge .
Troubled Schofield tried to relaunch his career by appearing on Channel 5 show Castaway where he reflected on his departure from This Morning after he was forced to step down.
But his comeback has been mired in controversy with viewers and celebrities, including , blasting the star’s bid to return to the screen.
When asked if Phillip might sign up to Strictly, Arlene said: “Frankly, that would be three hours of my life wasted.
“I’ve known Phillip from early, early days when he was just a kid.
“Can he dance? You’ve got to go on Strictly because you want to dance and I don’t think that’s what would want to do. I don’t think it’s an option.”
In May last year how, Phillip had “agreed to step down” from This Morning after more than 20 years in order to “protect the show that I love”.
In reality he had been forced to step down and had been fielding increasing questions about his relationship with an ITV runner and denying that anything had happened between them.
But days after being forced off the show, he admitted lying about the affair with the younger male which led to his resignation from ITV, crashing his career.
He admitted at the time: “I did have a consensual on-off relationship with a younger male colleague at This Morning. That relationship was unwise but not illegal. It is now over.”
Schofield was also ditched by his agency of 35 years, YMU, on the same day he admitted to having the extra-marital affair.
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Arlene has known Phil for many years (Image: Getty)
Arlene, who has known Phillip for years, believes that the truth of what happened may never be known.
Speaking at the Women of the Year Awards on Monday, she said: “Nobody but the people involved know the truth. Everybody has their own truth.”
Schofield previously suggested his stint on Cast Away would be his last TV appearance.
Speaking to the cameras from the deserted Madagascan island where he spent 10 days searching for food, water and shelter, the 62-year-old said he didn’t “care any more, this is me having my say as I bow out”.
Many had expected Schofield to quit television for good when he left ITV, having lied and later admitted to an affair with a younger employee at the company.
He subsequently disappeared from the spotlight and told the that his career was finished.
But a TV insider believes that Schofield “has a big ego and he will want to return again. TV is in his blood.”
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Schofield recently returned to TV (Image: Getty)
It comes as it was claimed this week that Schofield’s future on This Morning was doomed from the minute refused to publicly support him as his career imploded.
A friend of the former ITV star has alleged that the lack of backing from his co-host in the aftermath of his brother’s child sex convictions meant viewers no longer believed in their on-screen chemistry.
Schofield, 62, had also convinced himself that Holly and a This Morning executive had conspired against him. And he scolded her via Whatsapp the day before news of his This Morning axe became public.
The pal said: “As well as saying she had brought him down, he said he couldn’t believe his TV sister would do this to him.”Schofield asked Holly, 43, for a public show of support such as a statement or picture of them together in the hope it would diffuse media claims of a fallout between the pair. But his plea was ignored.
The friend added: “He feels it was a simple gesture that might have saved his job and her refusal to do so effectively finished him off. Believing in the TV chemistry was the bedrock of the This Morning format.”
Holly reportedly told Schofield that she did not want to “feed the narrative” and that ITV bosses did not want her to publicly respond.
After he sent her the Whatsapp, Holly is said to have replied that she was in the dark about what was going on, the pal said. But Schofield was so upset that he later messaged two ITV chiefs to complain about her, the friend claims.
In another report, it is claimed that Phil now brands Holly, once one of his closest friends, as “the witch”. He even uses a hatted hag’s emoji when discussing her with pals if she comes up.