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Kirsten McStay

Phillip Schofield's Soap Awards replacement revealed as ex Loose Women star

Phillip Schofield's replacement for the British Soap Awards has been announced after he stepped down from ITV.

Former Loose Women star Jane McDonald will take on the presenting role at the glittering event this Saturday.

The event will be televised on Tuesday.

Jane is taking over from Phillip after he admitted to having an affair with a younger member of staff on This Morning.

Phillip has hosted the ceremony for 17 years, but last week he announced that he would be parting ways with ITV and therefore stepping down from the awards following his bombshell confession.

Jane McDonald (Getty Images)

He confirmed in a statement to the Daily Mail: "I am painfully conscious that I have lied to my employers at ITV, to my colleagues and friends, to my agents, to the media and therefore the public and most importantly of all to my family. I am so very, very sorry, as I am for having been unfaithful to my wife.

"I have therefore decided to step down from the British Soap Awards, my last public commitment, and am resigning from ITV with immediate effect expressing my immense gratitude to them for all the amazing opportunities that they have given me."

"I will reflect on my very bad judgement in both participating in the relationship and then lying about it."

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