Phillip Schofield announces the death of his mother

Former This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield has announced the death of his mother after a “heartbreaking weekend”.

Schofield said, “I will forever be proud and privileged that she is my mother. I love you, mom, forever.”

He shared a story on Instagram with several photos of his mother, Pat, including one of her wing-walking, calling her “one of the oldest women ever” to do so.

The former TV presenter wrote that she died on Monday afternoon, calling her “calm, peaceful, beautiful and dignified”.

It is widely reported that she was 88 years old when she died.

“After a moving weekend, my magnificent mother decided it was time to go to her beloved (husband) Brian,” he said.

“For three days, we hugged her, we loved her, we hugged her and we said everything that needed to be said,” Schofield added, thanking the medical teams “who were, last and this weekend, my mother and of our angels.”

His father died in 2008.

News of his mother’s death follows Schofield’s recent solo appearance on Channel 5’s Cast Awayin which he discussed his departure from ITV in 2023, having lied, before later admitting an affair with a younger employee of the company.

He subsequently disappeared from the spotlight and told the BBC that his career was over.

In Cast Away – his first return to a TV series since leaving ITV – Schofield spent 10 days alone on a small island off the coast of Madagascar.

He suggested on the show that this would be his last TV appearance.