- Schofield, 61, resigned from the channel and was dropped by his talent agency YMU in May after admitting to an ‘unwise but not illegal’ relationship with a younger male colleague on the show
The National Television Awards 2023 nominations are out and some new names are up for their first gong at the O2 arena next month – including new Strictly Come Dancing contestants and a couple of famous pop stars.
This Morning will attempt to retain its title in the daytime category against The Chase, Loose Women and The Repair Shop on September 5 – the first NTAs since the show’s former host Phillip Schofield‘s dramatic exit from the programme and ITV earlier this year.
Schofield, 61, resigned from the channel and was dropped by his talent agency YMU in May after admitting to an ‘unwise but not illegal’ relationship with a younger male colleague on the show.
Prior to admitting the workplace affair, Schofield quit This Morning days before making the revelation.
Holly Willoughby, who hosted alongside Schofield from 2009 onwards, has continued to present the show with a series of co-stars, while MPs have called on ITV bosses to address claims of toxicity and bullying behind the scenes.
Last year’s NTAs saw Schofield party without then best pal Holly, after the two presenters received a mixed reaction as This Morning won the NTA for Best Daytime Show for the fifth year in a row on October 13.
Holly apparently left the star-studded ceremony early after their win – reportedly sneaking out and heading home around 10pm.
Schofield and Holly were once well known to have enjoyed an afterparty tipple in the past and presented their morning-after show hungover on a number of occasions over the years – much to the delight of viewers.
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However, last year’s NTAs came just weeks on from the former pals being accused of cutting in line to see the late Queen lying in state following the monarch’s death the month before.
Despite both being long-listed once again this year, neither Schofield or his one-time best friend and co-host Holly are up for the best TV presenter prize at next month’s NTAs.
Geordie duo Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, who have won the award a whopping 21 time, will compete against Alison Hammond, Martin Lewis, Claudia Winkleman and Bradley Walsh as they aim to be crowned the nation’s favourite TV presenter(s) once again.
Following Happy Valley’s conclusion at the start of this year, the BBC crime drama will be hoping to take home some awards too, with Sarah Lancashire and James Norton both up for honours in addition to the gripping series being nominated in the returning drama category for the final time.
Unfortunately, not all the stars nominated for awards will be at the star-studded ceremony in London next month, with both the late Paul O’Grady and Dame Deborah James in the running to be posthumously recognised for respective TV projects filmed prior to their death.
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