‘I nonetheless love Phillip Schofield’: Alison Hammond in tears on This Morning
This Morning presenter Alison Hammond broke down in tears as she stated she “still loves Phillip Schofield” following the revelations about his affair with a youthful male colleague.
Hammond was talking on the ITV morning present when she stated she had been “finding it really painful” after Schofield spoke publicly about the affair.
The scandal of the presenter’s departure from the programme was again within the news at this time after Schofield gave two interviews about what occurred.
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Hammond added on at this time’s This Morning: “However, what he has done is wrong. He’s admitted it, he’s said sorry.
“As a household we’re actually struggling to course of every thing. I by no means know what to say, however I keep in mind what my mum stated.
“My mum always said, ‘use your bible as your satnav in life’. In the bible it says ‘he without sin casts the first stone’.
“I do not wish to say something unhealthy as a result of clearly I’m in battle.”
Apparently in reference to Schofield discussing the impact of recent publicity on his mental health, Hammond later added: “There’s solely a lot a person can take, and I do not need any demise on this state of affairs.”
Interviews shed new light on exit
Hammond was speaking after Schofield gave interviews to the BBC and The Sun about the affair and the subsequent fallout.
In the interviews published today, Schofield revealed:
• He has had suicidal thoughts since the scandal broke and likened his situation to what Caroline Flack faced before her death
• The first romantic encounter between the presenter and employee happened in Schofield’s dressing room – and the man was 20 when they first had any sexual contact
• He first met the former colleague when he was 15 but insists he did not groom him
• The pair had five or six romantic encounters – Schofield denied the man was driven from ITV studios to his London home in taxis paid for by ITV
• He thinks ITV bosses should have completed a more thorough investigation in 2020
• Co-star Holly Willoughby did not know about the affair
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Hammond has been presenting This Morning alongside Dermot O’Leary after Schofield stepped down following the revelations about his affair.
Schofield’s long-standing co-host, Holly Willoughby, is predicted to return to This Morning subsequent week.
The story has had loads of press consideration in latest days and ITV has launched an external review to ascertain the information across the relationship between Schofield and his former colleague.
Regular This Morning contributor Gyles Brandreth stated on the present at this time: “It’s a human story but with public implications, and the point is the public implications, to do with broadcasting, workplace rules, regulations, good behaviour – that is going to be dealt with by the review and we’ll learn the consequences of that.
“At the identical time we’re coping with a human being that each one of us right here have recognized and preferred over a few years, so it makes it tough for us.”