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A brief moment on Phillip Schofield’s comeback to British television on Channel 5’s Cast Away, has left viewers looking away from the television.

The disgraced formerThis Morning presenter has made his return to television for the first time in 16 months, spending 10 days on an island off the coast of Madagascar.

The 62-year-old, left ITV last year after admitting he had lied about having a consensual relationship with a younger man, who worked as a runner on This Morning.

In the final episode of the show, Schofield finally decided that after more than a week on the island, that he would go for a swim in the ocean.

However, viewers were shocked when they saw Schofield sprinting past the camera at night with absolutely nothing on, with his campfire lighting up his backside, leaving almost nothing to the imagination.

This was shortly after Schofield had made a list of all the people that he considered to be “toxic” in his life before throwing the piece of paper in the fire.

Although it was only a brief glimpse, viewers couldn’t help but be taken aback. One asked: “Did we really have to see Philip Schofield’s naked bottom?”

A second said: “I need to bleach my eyes. I just saw Philip Schofield’s bare ass on my TV.”

A third wrote: “No way have I just seen Phillip Schofield naked running into the sea.”

Another viewer noted: “Honestly, the fact that it took Schofield ten days to have a swim in that beautiful sea tells me all I need to know about him.”

Elsewhere in the final episode, Schofield claimed he was “fired for someone else’s crime,” insinuating that he was sacked for crimes committed by his brother.

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Schofield said that he refused “to name and refuse to acknowledge” his sibling and that he had “absolutely no qualms whatsoever in shopping” to police, who he said had “praised” him for getting “justice done”.

Schofield went on to say: “My phone rang and I picked it up, ‘mate, are you somewhere quiet’ which is never a good sign,’I’ve got a bit of a shock, I’m afraid you’ve been let go from This Morning’. What? ‘Yeah that’s it, it’s done. You’re not going back on Monday’.

“What? because of what? ‘Think it’s the publicity, mate’, that’s got nothing to do with me, that has nothing to do with me. Why would I be sacked for something someone else did? I’ve just been fired because of him. Because I was becoming more of a story than the programme.”

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At the end of the Channel 5 programme, Schofield said he was undecided on whether he would return to presenting.

Beginning to tear up, he said: “Now I’m not saying I’m done but you know, never in a million years will I go back to daytime telly. I’ve lived a hundred TV lives.”

At the end of the programme, Schofield could be seen reuniting with his daughter Molly, 31, and their dog, with Molly saying she was “proud to say he’s my dad”.

TOWIE stars Joe Blackman and Junaid Ahmed made their first public appearance tonight after their shock romance was revealed.

Joe left ex-boyfriend and fellow Towie star Harry Derbidge heartbroken when he started a relationship with their friend Junaid.

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On Friday evening the new couple put on a loved-up display as they attended the Tulleys Shocktober Fest event together.

Joe and Junaid beamed while posing happily for snaps, with each of them dressed down for the occasion.

During last week’s episode Junaid told Harry he and Joe were sleeping together, leaving him in tears.

And in a first look at Sunday night’s show Harry’s furious cousin Amy Childs was seen confronting Junaid and Joe.

She told Junaid: “I really hope you two get married, but I know for a fact in two weeks time you’ll ring me and say ‘Amy look what he’s done to Harry and now look what he’s done to you,’ so good luck to you.”

Amy was joined by her fiancé Billy Delbosq, who also backed Harry, as he called Junaid and Joe’s romance “fake.”

He said: “Personally I think he’s going to drop you out, and whatever this is that’s going on it’s as fake as a handbag down Dagenham market.”

As they turned to leave, Amy turned back and said: “Yeah you’re snakes, hun.”

Last month, Harry was dumped by his fiancée in emotional scenes.

They had been dating for a year but Joe called time on their relationship just after their anniversary.

The Sun recently revealed the love triangle will come to a dramatic head in the series finale – with bosses having to take emergency measures due to the explosive scenes.

A show insider said: “Let’s just say things really kick off after the Harry, Joe and Junaid love triangle.

“I don’t think anyone was expecting it to end the way it ends.

“It was pretty shocking and the fallout was so bad that the show had to do something that has never ever happened before.”

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Will Best has revealed he and his Big Brother co-host AJ Odudu are experiencing health troubles days before the show’s 2024 live launch.

The social experiment show, which sees contestants live together in a house without access to the outside world in a bid to win £100,000 prize money, made a comeback to screens on ITV2 in 2023, having previously been cancelled by Channel 4 in 2010 and Channel 5 in 2018.

Best and Odudu are scheduled to return to screens for the Big Brother 2024 launch show on Sunday, 6 October to introduce a new group of housemates in front of a studio audience.

Speaking on Capital radio, Best said he had booked an emergency physiotherapy appointment ahead of the live broadcast.

“I’ve got a stiff neck,” he said. “Yesterday was bad. I’ve got an emergency physio [appointment] in a couple of hours after this.”

The broadcaster continued: “It’s always good to just before the biggest show of the year, when you’re going to be live for six weeks, with all kinds of mad stuff, to not be able to move.”

Of Odudu’s health, Best added: “AJ’s lost her voice as well…I saw her yesterday, we did a podcast record. That’s why she’s not doing radio today.” Despite his illness, the Big Brother host said he was hopeful he and Odudu would be well again by Sunday night.

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“I get nervous because I love this show so much,” Best said. “So I’m nervous that we’re going to do it justice, the format justice, I’m nervous how the housemates will do.”

“But, once we get to Sunday, just before we go live, the nerves sort of disappear. I can’t wait to meet these people.”

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Big Brother returned last year after being cancelled by Channel 5 in 2018 due to poor ratings.

Speaking about the forthcoming series of the controversial reality show, ITV said in a statement: “Once again, the public plays a crucial role, voting throughout the series and ultimately determining the winner, who will walk away with a life-changing cash prize. Who wins? You decide.”

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It comes shortly after Best confirmed last week that Big Brother would introduce even bigger budget challenges for its forthcoming series in order to “[raise] the bar further”.

“I’m excited about the tasks,” he told MailOnline. “The tasks were phenomenal last series, but I’ve been speaking to the members of the team and I think they’ve kind of raised the bar even further.

“This series, I think it’s been taken up a notch.”

Big Brother will return to ITV2 and ITVX at 9pm on 6 September

MARRIED at First Sight bride Charlie Curtis has revealed she and Eve Reid are not on speaking terms.

The E4 star has opened up on what really happened when cameras stopped rolling after she and Eve decided to quit the show.

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It came after an emotional rollercoaster packed full of rows and trust issues.

And after throwing a dig at Eve earlier this week, Charlie has admitted to The Sun the former couple no longer speak.

She explained: “The last time I saw or spoke to Eve was on that sofa at the last commitment ceremony.

“Me and Eve do not have a relationship at all.

When asked if Eve was the real ‘bully’, Charlie replied: “I’m not here to name call but let’s just say I sleep very well at night knowing that deep down me and Eve are the only ones who know what really went down and the actual truth and we both know I’m not a bully.”

Married at First Sight fans had watched the former couple clash after Charlie discovered Eve had branded her a bully to co-star Polly Sellman.

There were more tears when Eve was caught listening in to Charlie’s “safe space, breaking her trust in the process”.

Eve insisted Charlie was lying when she accused her of eavesdropping in the ceremony, but expert Mel Schilling was on hand to announce to the room that it was Eve who was telling fibs.

The couple were then tasked with writing down whether they wanted to stay and give the relationship a go or leave and walk away from each other for good.

It resulted in them leaving the programme and going their separate ways.