Phillip Schofield shared a clip reuniting with his beloved dog Alfie on Sunday after three weeks away filming his controversial new survival show Cast Away.
The former This Morning presenter, 62, flew out to Madagascar to fend for himself on an island for 10 days as he made his TV comeback.
It came after stepping down from the ITV show last May following an ‘unwise' affair with a junior colleague.
Phillip's show has proved controversial after he seemingly took a swipe at former co-host and pal Holly Willoughby, ranted about the ‘three s***s of showbiz' as well as making shocking claims about other male stars who may have ‘had an affair'.
But ignoring the fall out he shared a sweet video on X reuniting with his pet pooch after the time away.
Phillip Schofield shared a clip reuniting with his beloved dog Alfie on Sunday after three weeks away filming his controversial new survival show Cast Away
The former This Morning presenter, 62, flew out to Madagascar to fend for himself on an island for 10 days as he made his TV comeback
He was seen crouching down in the garden as Alfie ran towards him before the pair embraced – with lots of tail wagging from the furry friend.
As Alfie jumped up and down and even knocked him over Phillip was heard saying: ‘Alfie bear! Hello baby! Hello!'
He captioned the post as he plugged his new show: ‘After 3 weeks away … Alfie's welcome. Cast Away available to stream on My5.'
It comes after earlier this week Phillip told his haters to ‘kiss his a****' as he shared a nude snap from his time on the desert island for his new show.
Taking to his Instagram Stories on Friday he captioned the image of himself naked on the beach: ‘Thank you for your incredible support, I've been shown hundreds of lovely messages which are very important to me. I'm so proud of the shows'.
Before ‘Obvs the haters can…. kiss my a***' alongside a plug for the Channel 4 show which is now available to streaming online.
Phillip took aim at the ‘three s***s of showbiz' who betrayed amid his downfall, saying: ‘Strangely, I think another TV presenter or two might have done exactly the same thing. Difference is heterosexual. It's not an unusual thing in the gay world for there to be a difference in age groups.'
‘That's not that unusual in the straight world, but if that had been the case with me and it had been a woman. Pat on the back. Well done, mate.'
But ignoring the fall out he shared a sweet video on X reuniting with his pet pooch after the time away
He was seen crouching down in the garden as Alfie ran towards him before the pair embraced – with lots of tail wagging from the furry friend
As Alfie jumped up and down and even knocked him over Phillip was heard saying: ‘Alfie bear! Hello baby! Hello!'
Holly distanced herself from her former best friend and during a ‘highly strategised' return to the This Morning sofa in June 2023, when she told viewers she had been left ‘shaken, let down and worried.'
When she returned, she began by saying: ‘Hello, Firstly, are you okay? I hope so. It feels very strange sat here without Phil.'
Appearing to reference the now-famous speech on Cast Away, Phillip is seen having a BBQ with his family before heading off to the island.
He gives out food to his wife Stephanie and their daughters Molly, 31, and Ruby, 28, and laughs: ‘If you're ok, then we're ok, and I'm ok… are you ok?'
No mention of Holly is made in the clip, but fans were quick to clock the jibe, with one branding Phillip's series an ‘ego trip', before claiming he's clearly ‘not as remorseful as he claims.'
Meanwhile, whilst watching the first episode, viewers branded Cast Away as ‘boring' and ‘cringe' and claimed they ‘won't be watching the any more'.
Taking to X to slam it, one wrote: ‘THIS IS BORING AS HELL #PhillipSchofield.'
‘Well that's an hour of my life I won't get back.'
He captioned the post as he plugged his new show: ‘After 3 weeks away … Alfie's welcome. Cast Away available to stream on My5'
Phillip is often seen out and about with Alfie and his pet pooch has no doubt been a source of comfort too him in difficult recent years
Phillip's show has proved controversial after he seemingly took a swipe at former co-host and pal Holly Willoughby, ranted about the ‘three s***s of showbiz' as well as making shocking claims about other male stars who may have ‘had an affair'
Holly distanced herself from her former best friend and during a ‘highly strategised' return to the This Morning sofa in June 2023, when she told viewers she had been left ‘shaken, let down and worried'
On Friday Phillip told his haters to ‘kiss his a****' as he shared a nude snap from his time on the desert island for new show Cast Away
‘Prob won't watch the next episode of the pity party, was fun to wind up the Schofield Sympathisers for an hour though #phillipschofield #castaway,' another said.
Another wrote: ‘Well that was the most boring hour of television I've ever watched on Channel 5 and he is still as annoying as we all already knew. #CastAway #PhillipSchofield.'
‘This #PhillipSchofield thing is insanely cringe,' another said.
Channel 5 bosses are said to be assessing the public's reaction and ratings of the new series before lining up any future projects involving Schofield.
