ITV has provided a timeline of how it responded to rumors of This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield’s relationship with a younger runner three years before the story burst into the public domain.
02.06.2023 - 10:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
While presenting This Morning, Alison Hammond was in tears as she broke her silence on Phillip Schofield’s first TV interview since he left ITV. Schofield quit the broadcaster after he admitted having an affair with a colleague.
The former This Morning presenter, 61, has now issued an apology in a tell-all interview with Amol Rajan. He said: "I would say to everyone, to my family, my friends, my work colleagues, the public, to ITV, my management company, to everyone that I lied to, that I am desperately sorry."
ITV’s This Morning addressed the interview at the start of the show, which was hosted by Alison and Dermot O’Leary, The Liverpool Echo reports. Dermot said: "It's the top story on This Morning and we don't want to to shy away from it." He added: "It's difficult to cover this story as a friend and a colleague."
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As they showed footage from the interview, Alison was in tears. She said: "I loved Phillip Schofield. It's weird because I still love him. As a family, we're all really struggling to process everything.
“My mum always said use your bible as your sat nav. He without sin cast the first stone. I don't want to say anything bad because I am in conflict."
Alison was clearly emotional as she said: "There is only so much a man can take." They were joined on the This Morning view by Gyles Brandreth who said there is a "duty of care" for all involved.
In the interview with the BBC, Mr Schofieldadmitted he felt broken and said words from his daughters saved his life. He added: "My girls saved my life. They said last week, they haven't left me for a moment, they have been by my side every moment because
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K.J. Yossman “This Morning” anchor Holly Willoughby has returned to the show after a two-week absence following the resignation of her long-time co-host Phillip Schofield. She was joined by guest anchor Josie Gibson. Willoughby began the show by addressing the controversy that has been swirling over the last few weeks, ever since Schofield, who is married with two children, admitted he had had an affair with a young “This Morning” employee. “Firstly, are you OK? I hope so,” Willoughby told viewers. “It feels very strange indeed sitting here without Phil. And I imagine you might be feeling a lot like I have: shaken, troubled, let down. Worried for the wellbeing on all sides of what’s been going up. And full of questions. You, me and all of us at ‘This Morning’ gave our love and support to someone who was not telling the truth, who acted in a way that they themselves felt like they had to resign from ITV and step down from a career that they loved.”
This Morning editor Martin Frizell has broken his silence regarding the Phillip Schofield scandal as he accused outspoken stars condemning Phil of “settling scores” amid an allegedly “toxic” work environment. Martin made the comments on Saturday, after it was revealed that the Chair of the Culture Committee had accused ITV of “lurching from one disaster to another” in the wake of the scandal.
Holly Willoughby will return to host This Morning on Monday alongside Josie Gibson as the ITV show continues to face controversy in the wake of Phillip Schofield’s departure following his affair revelation.
Alison Hammond broke down crying on This Morning today as she and co-host Dermot O'Leary addressed Phillip Schofield's interviews last night in which he talked about his departure from ITV and his admission of an affair with a much younger colleague. Alison, 48, cried after the morning show played clips from Phillip's interview with the BBC, saying that though she knows what Phillip did was wrong, she "still loves" her former colleague. She said: "I’m finding this really painful.
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K.J. Yossman ITV CEO Carolyn McCall has been asked to give evidence to the Parliamentary committee for Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) over an affair between former ITV anchor Phillip Schofield and a young employee. The CMS Committee requested McCall’s presence in a letter published today. Read the full letter below: Thank you for your letter of 31 May 2023 setting out ITV’s response to the reports of a relationship between Phillip Schofield and a young employee on the This Morning programme.The Committee regards the media industry’s duty of care towards its staff a matter of the highest importance. Whilst the recent coverage focuses on the Schofield case, it also raises fundamental issues about safeguarding and complaint handling both at ITV and more widely across the media. These issues should, particularly in the case of Public Service Broadcasters, be open to scrutiny.The public must have confidence in the robustness of Public Service Broadcasters’ safeguarding procedures. Whilst these are issues that we want to discuss first with ITV, we will also consider them in our regular scrutiny sessions with other Public Service Broadcasters, including the BBC later this month and Channel 4 later in the year.With this in mind, we look forward to meeting with you at 10am on Wednesday 14th June so that we can raise these issues with you directly. This will enable the session previously scheduled with ITV and other commercial Public Service Broadcasters on 6th June to focus on its intended purpose of scrutinising the Government’s draft Media Bill.It is incumbent upon all media organisations to demonstrate how seriously they take their responsibilities and your appearance before the Committee will enable ITV to do so.
Phillip Schofield is reportedly selling his lavish £1million flat, where he used to have secret trysts with the much younger man with whom he had an affair.The former This Morning star currently owns the property with his wife Stephanie, and has reportedly put it on the market for £1.2million, which is the same price they paid to purchase the penthouse in 2012.The flat is thought to be the same one referenced by Eamonn Holmes in his bombshell GB News interview in which he accused ITV of covering-up the affair. Speaking to Dan Wotton, Eamonn said that Phillip and his lover would have “playtime” on Thursdays when they “hit the town” and “stay overnight” together.
ITV tonight launch an external inquiry into Phillip Schofield's relationship with a much younger colleague in an attempt to save embattled This Morning. In a humiliating climbdown, the channel told its employees, following a crisis staff meeting, that it has begun a review, which will be led by a barrister as the pressure mounts for the bosses to tell what they knew and when about the affair.
Former This Morning host Eamonn Holmes has alleged that there was a “total cover-up” on the ITV show This Morning over Phillip Schofield’s affair with a young male colleague.Phillip, 61, resigned from the broadcaster on Friday before being dropped by his talent agency YMU after he admitted to the "unwise, but not illegal" affair.After Phillip's resignation, a number of former members of the This Morning family have come out and criticised the broadcaster.The show’s former resident doctor, Dr Ranj Singh, has hit out at the daytime show’s “toxic” culture, saying he raised concerns about “bullying and discrimination” two years ago when he worked there and after doing so, felt like he was “managed out” for whistleblowing. Following Ranj's statement, an ITV spokesperson told The Mirror: "We are sorry to read Dr Ranj’s post today.
Holly Willoughby is "fighting" to stay at This Morning and has "no plans" to leave the show, according to reports.This Morning has been embroiled in controversy since former co-presenter Phillip Schofield confessed to having had an "unwise but not illegal" affair with a much younger male colleague, insisting "it is now over". After Phillip's confession, ITV confirmed that they had investigated rumours of this affair three years ago, and that Phillip had denied it at the time. Phillip's former co-presenter Holly has shared that she had also been lied to by the TV presenter over the rumours.
This Morning's Alice Beer has spoken out about feeling “sad and angry” after Philip Schofield admitted to a relationship with a younger colleague. The 58 year old presenter took to Twitter early on Saturday morning to share her thoughts about the revelation, calling it a “sorry mess” and condemning Phillip’s actions for reflecting poorly on the rest of the This Morning team.
Phillip Schofield has admitted that he had a much younger male co-worker.