{"id":223581,"date":"2025-06-29T08:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T08:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/223581\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T08:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T08:58:09","slug":"chris-tarrant-hits-out-at-phillip-schofield-in-brutal-three-word-jibe-celebrity-news-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/223581\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Tarrant hits out at Phillip Schofield in brutal three-word jibe | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Tarrant has hit out at Phillip Schofield and pointed out a “nasty little trick” used by host of TV presenters. The former Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? host scoffed at Schofield\u2019s attempt to claw back public favour after last year\u2019s now-infamous Castaway stunt, which saw him isolating himself on a remote island in a bid to reset his tarnished image. Tarrant was left far from impressed by Schofield’s actions after he lost his This Morning post for an affair with a younger male colleague behind his wife’s back.<\/p>\n

He shared: \u201cThere was not a hint of apology or even a, \u2018Maybe I got things wrong’. Christ Almighty, ” he fumed. Schofield, Tarrant says bluntly, \u201clost the plot\u201d after years at the top, adding: \u201cHe was the most over-exposed man on television \u2014 maybe only Terry Wogan came close. But Terry was on constantly because he was brilliant, funny, sharp as anything. I adored him.\u201d<\/p>\n

In contrast, Tarrant is scathing about Schofield\u2019s appeal. He told The Telegraph<\/a>: \u201c\u2018Safe pair of hands\u2019, they used to say. But honestly \u2014 did anyone ever rush home shouting, \u2018Quick, it\u2019s nearly eight o\u2019clock, I must see the safe pair of hands!\u2019? Dear oh dear.\u201d<\/p>\n

And he delivered a brutal verdict on Schofield\u2019s once primetime roster, sharing: \u201cDancing On Ice, The Cube, all of it \u2014 mostly c–p.”<\/p>\n

Tarrant, who began his career in radio, says the industry is home to \u201cmuch nicer people\u201d than television. \u201cOn television, you can get away with murder if you\u2019ve got a smile and a nice suit for 13 weeks a year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut some of them \u2014 and I do know a few \u2014 are all charm on-screen, then scream their heads off behind the scenes. It\u2019s a nasty little trick that only works for so long.\u201d<\/p>\n

The retired presenter had a 52-year-long career on TV and is best known for his role in Tiswas from 1974 to 1981, as well as hosting Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? from 1998 until 2014.<\/p>\n

In the late 2010s, Tarrant began to step away from regular TV and no longer hosted shows. After the coronavirus<\/a> pandemic, he was rarely seen on screens.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the MailOnline, Tarrant said: \u201c52 years is a long time on air. I loved what I did. I had a really good time. But I went to the funerals of five really good mates, who were about the same age as me, and I thought, ‘I don\u2019t know how long I\u2019ve got left in life, but I don\u2019t want to spend it locked away in a studio’.”<\/p>\n

The TV star added that he did consider leaving TV in 2014 after he suffered a mini-stroke that resulted in him needing speech therapy.<\/p>\n

Telling MailOnline: \u201cI had a lucky escape. I can chat to you now, [my body] is working. But I did have to have speech therapy. It took a while to get everything back. It was scary.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Tarrant has hit out at Phillip Schofield and pointed out a “nasty little trick” used by host…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[88273,88271,77,66764,39888,88272,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-223581","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-broadcasting-career","9":"tag-chris-tarrant","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-noel-edmonds","12":"tag-phillip-schofield","13":"tag-tv-industry-criticism","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114765830940626010","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}