Holly Willoughby promotes TV star's wine brand as Philip Schofield's is dropped
14.06.2023 - 06:09
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dropped the fallen star days after he admitted lying to his management, ITV and colleagues over a relationship with a younger colleague. It wasn't the only deal Schofield lost - WeBuyAnyCar, Boots, the Craft Gin Club and the Princes Trust all severed ties with the 61-year-old. And having had the plug pulled on his wine collaboration, it appears Willoughby had no issues with promoting James Martin's product on social media.
Uploading the endorsement on Instagram, she admitted she had sunk a glass or two from the TV chef's collection. Late last month, Phillip apologised for his actions after saying he had "lied" to his employers as well as the public and most importantly, his family. In a grovelling statement, he said: "I have already apologised personally for misleading, through my lawyer who I also misled, about a story which they wanted to write about me a few days ago.
"The first thing I want to say is: I am deeply sorry for having lied to them, and to many others about a relationship that I had with someone working on This Morning. "I did have a consensual on-off relationship with a younger male colleague at This Morning. "Contrary to speculation, whilst I met the man when he was a teenager and was asked to help him to get into television, it was only after he started to work on the show that it became more than just a friendship.
That relationship was unwise, but not illegal. It is now over. "The presenter went on to say: "When I chose to come out I did so entirely for my own wellbeing.
Nobody 'forced' me out. "Neither I nor anyone else, to my knowledge, has ever issued an injunction, super or otherwise, about my relationship with this colleague, he was never moved on or sacked by or because of me. "A week after the
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