Phillip Schofield partied on New Year's Eve as he gave fans an insight into his celebrations. The Dancing on Ice and This Morning presenter grinned in a gold masquerade mask with a smart suit after heading to Denmark to see in the new year.
The 60-year-old telly host made his feelings clear about waving goodbye to 2022 as he told fans he was partying to make sure the year has "buggered off." "Before it all happens..."he typed alongside the smiley photo on his Instagram. "Just to say I'm partying, not only to welcome in the new year, but to be absolutely sure 2022 has buggered off!!!"
The Oldham-born star also shared a photo of his table at the celebrations covered in glitter. "I HATE glitter but there is no doubt by the end of the night I'm going to rub this on my face," he wrote.
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The TV personality Instagrammed a picture of the new year fireworks saying: "Happy New Year from Copenhagen!! Nothing about this is organised... Just folk letting s*** off in the street!"
Back in September, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II's death, people complained and launched a petition after Phillip and co-star Holly Willoughby were accused of 'pushing in' to see Her Majesty lying in state. But ITV bosses said they were actually working at the time.
Phillip and Holly were seen on Friday, September 16 inside Westminster Hall where Queen Elizabeth II's coffin was placed for four days before her state funeral, with hundreds of thousands of people queuing for miles across London in order to pay their final respects.
This Morning quickly hit back at the claims that their presenters skipped the queue, which at its peak reached a 14-hour wait for those wanting to pay their final respects to the monrach following her death on September 8, aged 96. During their first day back on This Morning following their appearance in Westminster Hall Holly addressed the outrage in a video documenting the events of the last couple of weeks, from finding out the Queen had died up until the Queen's funeral.
During the VT, the mum-of-three could be heard saying in a voiceover as footage showed them outside Westminster Hall: "Like hundreds of accredited broadcasters and journalists, we were given official permission to access the hall. It was strictly for the purpose of reporting on the event for millions of people in the UK who haven't been able to visit Westminster in person.
"The rules were that we would be quickly escorted around the edges to a platform at the back. In contrast, those paying respects walked along a carpeted area beside the coffin and were given time to pause." She continued: "None of the broadcasters and journalists there took anyone's place in the queue and no one filed passed the Queen. We, of course, respected those rules, however, we realise that it may have looked like something else and therefore totally understand the reaction."
During an appearance at the National Television Awards in October, after This Morning won the daytime gong for the fifth consectuive year, Phillip was questioned on the queuing drama. He was asked by a member of the press: "Phil do you think this vindicates you for queue-gate? Do you think now that you've won this the public have said 'actually we don't care that much' about queue gate?"
But Phillip replied: "We are so grateful to our amazing viewers. We love them." In November quizzed on the scandal again by GB News.
In a clip aired on Dan Wootton's Tonight programme, Phillip was asked: "Do you feel vindicated?’" to which he replied: "I think that it was a shame that what happened, happened." He was also asked by GB News if he would now own the situation and issue an apology.
"Why would I apologise?" he asked before adding: "You’ve already seen that 700 other journalists did exactly the same thing." When Dan Wootton Tonight’s senior producer Ben Leo said: "But they were accredited. And you never actually filmed anything. Nothing was ever broadcast," Phillip responded: "We weren’t allowed to film inside."
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