Phillip Schofield has been seen publicly this week for the first time since his mother's death.

The former This Morning star, 62, announced the sad passing of his beloved parent Pat on October 14, revealing that he 'held her, loved her, and hugged her' during her final days.

And just weeks after her death, Phillip put on a brave face as he stepped out with a male friend on Thursday after enjoying dinner together in Chiswick, West London.

The presenter beamed as he chatted with his pal while leaving the eatery, with the two then seen making their way over a railway bridge.

The TV personality opted for a casual look for the outing, donning a grey hoodie, blue jeans and navy and white trainers. 

Phillip and his pal appeared in deep conversation as they made their way over a foot bridge before descending the steps. 

Phillip broke the news of Pat's death at age 88 to his fans on his Instagram account last month, stating that his 'magnificent mum' had died after a 'heartbreaking weekend'. 

He shared a throwback picture of himself smiling as he lovingly placed his arm around Pat's shoulders and wrote: 'Over three days we held her, loved her, hugged her and said everything that needed to be said.

'She was calm, peaceful, beautiful and dignified. I will forever be proud and privileged that she was my mum.'

Phillip gave his 'eternal thanks' to the paramedics, the Treliske A&E department in Truro, Cornwall, and critical care team who have been 'in the past and this weekend my mum's and our angels'.

He signed off the post with a heartbroken emoji alongside the words: 'I love you mum, forever.'  

Pat's death comes sixteen years after Schofield's father Brian passed away aged 72 in 2008 after suffering a heart attack.

A day after announcing her passing, Phillip continued to mourn the loss of his mother Pat as he shared a series of touching final photos of his 'beautiful and dignified' mum. 

Phillip took to his Instagram Stories to share a selection of family snaps of them watching the sunset together on holiday, smiling on the seafront in Blackpool, in the Royal Albert Hall for the Proms and even as the daredevil pensioner prepared to wing-walk on a plane. 

Pat had been a widow since 2008, when her husband, Phillip's father Brian, died following a heart attack. Aside from the turmoil of her eldest son's exit from ITV, she also had to deal with the grief of her youngest son Timothy being convicted of child sex offences in April last year. 

Phillip's wife Stephanie and their children Molly and Ruby remained supportive through all his ups and down of recent years.

But it was his mother Pat who he visited in the fallout of his affair.  

 Mrs Schofield and her son were photographed on a bench in Newquay where he came clean to her about his relationship with a young producer.

They were together on the Cornish coast eating fish and chips when he learned that his ITV career was over in 2023.

And three years earlier the TV presenter again went to see Pat to tell her he was gay - and she told him simply: 'I don't care'. 

In October the presenter made a tentative return to the spotlight for Channel 5 show Cast Away, during which he fended for himself on a remote island for ten days. 

The three-part show was married Schofield's first TV work since losing his lucrative role with ITV and This Morning following an affair with a young male colleague.

During Phil's comeback show Cast Away, he took aim at those 'who betrayed him' 16 months ago when he quit ITV's This Morning.

In the programme Phillip appeared to blame his dramatic fall from grace on a trio of his former ITV colleagues, saying: 'I think there are only three s**ts [of showbiz].'

He pointed out that one was a 'coward who never stepped up in Queuegate,' while another 'is a coward because they never stepped up when I was being battered'.

He claimed the third 'is just brand-orientated', adding: 'Not what you expect, not what you think you're going to get.'

The three have since been revealed as Holly Willoughby and their old ITV bosses Martin Frizell and Emma Gormley.

Holly has now ruled out any reconciliation with her former best friend who reportedly sent her a message on WhatsApp the day before news of his This Morning axe became public, claiming she had 'brought him down'.

A source told MailOnline earlier last month: 'The friendship between Holly and Phil is well and truly over, there is no way she is going to speak to him again after this. 

'Holly's TV producer husband Dan is also furious about Phil's behaviour towards her.  

'From rumours he refers to her as 'the Witch' in messages with friends to his barbed jibe about the "three s***s in showbiz" in his Channel 5 show Cast Away, Dan has well and truly had enough.' 

MailOnline contacted Holly's representatives for comment at the time.