Overview
- A Heart Radio listener named Phillip Schofield during a celebrity name game using the letters P and S, prompting Holden to joke that Patrick Swayze would have been a better choice.
- Days earlier, co-host Jamie Theakston referenced Schofield during a chat with Jack Whitehall, after which Holden laughed and urged not to mention that name on air.
- The reported fallout traces to 2018 press claims that Schofield pushed for Rochelle Humes to fill in on This Morning, a claim an ITV spokesperson refuted by saying producers make presenter decisions.
- Schofield previously rejected the campaigning rumors on social media as hurtful and wildly untrue, while Holden has said her offer to meet for coffee went unanswered.
- Holden continues her TV role on Britain's Got Talent alongside Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon and KSI, with the series airing tonight on ITV and ITVX.