Phillip Schofield’s former This Morning co-host Fern Britton has shared an emotional post, amid the fallout from his ITV affair scandal.
On Friday morning, the TV presenter, 65, ignored the ongoing drama, as she tweeted: ‘Just watched the final #TedLasso with cuppa in bed.
‘Tears rolling down my face but such a smile in my heart. What a show what a cast what a story.’
Fern co-hosted This Morning with Phillip Schofield, 61, between 1999 and 2009. The pair had a well-publicised fallout, and have subsequently lost touch in the years since.
Her most recent tweet was notably different to the response she posted last month, alluding to the affair scandal that had engulfed Phil and ITV’s This Morning.
Former colleagues: Phillip Schofield ‘s former This Morning co-host Fern Britton has shared an emotional post amid the fallout from his ITV affair scandal (Archive photograph)
Doing her own thing: On Friday morning, the TV presenter ignored the ongoing drama
What a story! Fern shared that she was feeling emotional after watching the Ted Lasso final
Fern said that she and GB news presenter Eamonn Holmes had been ‘shooting the breeze’ during the catch up, as fans quickly speculated about their topic of conversation.
Hours after Phil revealed his affair with a younger colleague, Fern wrote: ‘Unexpected calls from old mates are so lovely. Just had the loveliest catch up with @EamonnHolmes.
‘I think we have known each other since the 80’s when we were babies. Shooting the breeze.’
Fern’s tweet came hours after Eamonn launched a blistering attack on his former This Morning colleagues Phillip and Holly Willoughby.
Eamonn and his wife Ruth Langsford have endured well-documented frosty relations with Phillip over the years.
When Fern announced she was quitting This Morning back in 2009, she addressed the entire team in general and didn’t mention Phil specifically.
In 2013, Phil confirmed in an interview with Heat that the pair were ‘not really’ in touch anymore.
Fern confirmed the same while speaking to MailOnline: ‘Like Morecambe and Wise, we chose not to live in each other’s pockets. We were a great professional partnership but we never went on holiday together.’
Former co-hosts: Phil and Fern presented the show together from 2002 to 2009 but have lost touch in the years since
Fern – who has since become an author – was also absent from This Morning’s 25th anniversary celebrations that year but insisted it was nothing to do with Phil and she was simply busy.
In his book Life Is What You Make It, Phil revealed he had an awkward row with Fern in 2009 when she accused him of ‘meddling’ with the content of the show.
He wrote: ‘I walked back into the make-up room and calmly said, “Please don’t do that to me again”. I think, for whatever reason, that was the point Fern decided she didn’t want to do This Morning any more.’
Their feud was back in the spotlight in 2018 when Fern appeared on This Morning via video link for the show’s 30th anniversary and claimed she wasn’t invited to the show’s BAFTA ceremony.
Speaking to Phil, she said: ‘Congrats on the BAFTA. That was absolutely wonderful and brilliant. I would have loved to have been there but I didn’t get an invitation.’
Phil was quick to dispute this, saying Fern was on stage in Scotland at the time but she replied: ‘I wasn’t on Monday night, I would have come but I wasn’t invited.’
The TV star later suggested on Twitter that Fern was suffering from ‘memory loss’ and the team would have loved to have had her there.
Phillip also revealed Fern never got in touch with him after he came out as gay on This Morning in 2020, but she did message his wife Steph, saying: ‘When I came out, she didn’t text me. She did text Steph though, which was really kind.’
Oh! Her most recent tweet was notably different to the response she posted last month , alluding to the affair scandal that had engulfed Phil and ITV’s This Morning
Awkward! Meanwhile, Phil’s conflict with Eamonn and Ruth all kicked off in 2019 when it was reported that Ruth had filed a complaint against Phil to ITV bosses
Meanwhile, Phil’s conflict with Eamonn and Ruth all kicked off in 2019 when it was reported that Ruth had filed a complaint against Phil to ITV bosses.
Fans speculated the complaint may have been down to an awkward moment between the pair caught on camera that year.
Ruth appeared at the end of an episode of This Morning to preview what was coming up on Loose Women and was cut off by Phil while she was speaking.
Phil said: ‘Guys, we’re going to have to jump in there and stop you I’m afraid because we’re a bit tight for time at this end. Thank you, Ruth.’
Ruth, who clearly looked unimpressed with the interruption, responded: ‘Well I only had about two more words to say,’ and looked away from the camera.
Eamonn co-hosted the ITV daytime show with his wife Ruth Langsford from 2006 until August 2021, until being ‘dropped’ by ITV and replaced by Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary.
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