Phillip Schofield is following the modern celebrity redemption playbook. Here it is
Guardian
The presenter was disgraced after an abuse of power in the workplace. His appearance on Cast Away is strategic – but you, the public, will decide if it’s successful
In what feels like the blink of an eye, Phillip Schofield is heading back to our primetime screens.
He never was a casualty of cancel culture – this was a spectacular career collapse sparked by a serious HR violation, an abuse of power and a betrayal of his inner circle, not to mention millions of viewers who saw one man and realised he was another. “I have brought myself down. I am done. I have to talk about television in the past tense, which breaks my heart,” he said then. But that was then.
Now, 16 months later, here he is, a contemporary Lazarus, gearing up for a comeback as if nothing had ever happened. In the fame business, it seems that even the most spectacular falls from grace have a reset button.