Overview
- Holden cut off a Tuesday Heart Breakfast exchange in London after Jamie Theakston referenced Phillip Schofield during a chat with BRITs host Jack Whitehall.
- She responded on air, “Oh God, please, let’s not mention that name on air, it’s a family show,” after Theakston said, “That wasn’t me, that was Phillip Schofield.”
- The rift dates to reports that Schofield pushed for Rochelle Humes to cover This Morning in 2018, a decision ITV has said was made by producers rather than presenters.
- Holden has previously said she offered Schofield a coffee to clear the air and received no reply, and she has made occasional public jibes about him, including a 2019 quip on air.
- Schofield left This Morning in 2023 after admitting an “unwise but not illegal” affair with a younger colleague and made a brief 2024 TV return on Channel 5’s Cast Away.