Phillip Schofield necks wine on boozy lunch with Holly Willoughby, Rochelle Humes and the Lampards
PHILLIP Schofield enjoyed a boozy lunch with some famous pals today after finishing work.
The This Morning presenter headed out with Holly Willoughby, her husband Dan Baldwin, Rochelle Humes and Frank and Christine Lampard – and shared a socially distanced selfie.
Things seemed to get a little raucous at one point, as the 59-year-old shared a picture of himself double parked with drinks.
He captioned the image: “When you know that THIS was the moment you should have stopped #lunch #friends.”
The outing comes after he told This Morning viewers he was ‘sick’ of having to keep apart from Holly.
He was forced to swap seats live on air today after realising he was closer than he should be.
Phillip said: “We’re closer than we’re supposed to be, hold on a second.”
Gesturing for him to get back to the other end of the extra-long sofa,Holly replied: “Back off down that end. I’m where I should be.”
Phillip replied: “Yeah, no, I’m not.” He added: “I’m sick of all of this.”
The TV star has been making the most of being able to eat out again though and was seen with pals over the weekend.
It was a much welcome distraction for him after he was left “sad and distressed” over suggestions he had exchanged untoward messages with a TikTok star.
Last week Oli O’Toole, 21, shocked his followers by claiming he had been speaking with Phillip on Snapchat for three years.
After realising his post had led to online trolls speculating about the content of the messages, Oli, who was aged 17 at the time of the first message, clarified his remarks, saying he’d meant no harm and was simply following an online trend.
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However those close to Phil, said he felt saddened following the incident yesterday.
A friend told The Sun: “Phil is the most caring and kind-hearted person and if a fan messages him he will always try and reply.
“There was nothing strange or out of the ordinary about him replying to a fan and seeing suggestions from online trolls it could be something else was really saddening for him.”