Judy Finnigan says she ‘couldn’t understand’ why Philip Schofield had to leave This Morning
Judy Finnigan, TV presenter-turned-author, one half of ITV This Morning’s former dynamic duo, Richard and Judy, and creator of the synonymous Book Club, is pondering over the show’s future, with the departure of both Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.
“I’ll be absolutely straight. I did not recognise the world that people were saying This Morning had become when all that happened and Phillip left,” she says, referring to employees’ claims of a toxic culture at the programme. “It simply wasn’t like that when we were there.”
“I couldn’t understand why Phillip had to go,” Finnigan continues, saying she sent him a couple of emails after he quit “just telling him to keep his chin up and wishing him luck”.
Many of us remember husband-and-wife team and Judy Finnigan
