Phillip Schofield admits affair with a lot youthful man – and steps down from ITV
Phillip Schofield has admitted having an affair with a a lot youthful male ITV worker whereas he was nonetheless married and revealed he’s stepping down from all roles on the broadcaster.
His admission got here in an announcement revealed within the Daily Mail, shortly earlier than his brokers additionally revealed they were parting company with him with immediate effect.
The former This Morning star, 61, left the daytime show last week.
It is known that the person, who is just not a public determine, didn’t need the connection to be made public.
Phillip Schofield has revealed he had a relationship with a a lot youthful male ITV colleague
In his assertion, Mr Schofield mentioned he was “deeply sorry” for mendacity concerning the relationship to ITV, his colleagues, pals and brokers.
He mentioned: “I did have a consensual on-off relationship with a younger male colleague at This Morning.
“Contrary to hypothesis, while I met the person when he was a youngster and was requested to assist him to get into tv, it was solely after he began to work on the present that it turned greater than only a friendship.
“That relationship was unwise, but not illegal. It is now over.”
Rumours of a rift between Mr Schofield and his co-presenter Holly Willoughby have been swirling for weeks
In a damning assertion, his former brokers YMU Group, said “honesty and integrity” were core values of their business and that their relationships are “based entirely on trust”.
Group CEO Mary Bekhait went on to say that after studying “important new information” Mr Schofield which “contradicted” what he had beforehand advised them.
“As a result, on Thursday we agreed to part company with Phillip, with immediate effect,” she added.
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The affair occurred earlier than Mr Schofield publicly got here out as homosexual, and whereas he was nonetheless married to his spouse Stephanie Lowe.
Mr Schofield’s exit from This Morning got here after weeks of rumours of a rift between him and his co-presenter Holly Willoughby.
Rumours of behind the scenes issues between the pair surfaced after his brother Tim Schofield was convicted of sexual exercise with a baby.
Mr Schofield who married his spouse Stephanie in 1993, got here out as homosexual on This Morning in 2020.