ITV said it has instructed a barrister to carry out an external review of the facts following Phillip Schofield’s statement and departure from This Morning.
12.05.2023 - 08:03 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Phillip Schofield has issued a statement on his relationship with Holly Willoughby following claims the pair of 'barely speaking' behind the scenes. Claims of a rift have been brewing in recent weeks after the presenters failed to host This Morning together for a number of weeks.
Phillip, 61, recently returned to the ITV daytime show after taking pre-planned leave around his brother’s sex abuse trial at Exeter Crown Court last month. The TV duo then took their usual Easter break which took them off-screen for two weeks before their planned return was hit by a setback at Holly fell in.
The Sun previously reported that Phillp's initial absence had contributed to a "cooling" of his friendship with Holly, who first teamed up with the veteran presenter on Dancing On Ice in 2006, before joining him on This Morning three years later.
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But in a statement, Schofield, 61, told the paper: “As I have said before, Holly is my rock. We’re the best of friends – as always, she is an incredible support on screen, behind the scenes and on the phone.
"Holly has always been there for me, through thick and thin. And I’ve been there for her," he said. "The last few weeks haven’t been easy for either of us."
In April his younger brother Timothy Schofield, 54, was convicted of 11 sexual offences involving a child between October 2016 and October 2019, including two of sexual activity with a child.
Phillip added: "My family went through a real ordeal, and Holly’s support throughout meant the world to me – as did the support of my bosses at ITV, my editor Martin Frizell and the whole This Morning family, including our amazing viewers. And of course Holly has herself been ill
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