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Man Vs ManUre

OMG. What will we do if these 2 separate?? This would be a bigger impact to the world than ChatGPT. Imagine if we end up stuck with Dermot and Alison!! ☹️

RobertFoster

What did you know, OP? 🤔

https://news.sky.com/story/phillip-schofield-leaves-this-morning-after-more-than-20-years-12879460

Man Vs ManUre

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120621334#Comment_120621334

You can call me mystic Man vs ManUre, cos I predict these tings!!

hayrabit

great shout OP !

seen something about this very recently, but it seems you were in before news even broke ??? 😂

excellente 👁️‍🗨️

Guildenstern

Still the main news on the BBC site. Celebrity news more important for the masses despite what's going on in the world. Rumours abound about him, have the papers got dirt on him, hence the sudden departure?

TheDavester

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120621386#Comment_120621386

his brother was up to no good apparently

Oscar_Madison

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120621406#Comment_120621406

That trial happened a few weeks ago and was quite public- however there was a young man in his 20s I believe who left the show crew a few years ago under uncertain circumstances- I wonder in the fullness of time will there be a bigger story here ?

I know the two have fallen out but why did he resign and not her? I’m presuming it’s public opinion not in his favour?

gmisk

Always made my skin crawl good riddance.

Is there not rumour of a super injunction or similar lifting soon about his relationship with that young fella who worked on this morning?

freshpopcorn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120621386#Comment_120621386

When I type Super Inunction into the search his name comes up predictive foe some reason.

hayrabit

indeed : got as far as his name + added on 's' & "super injunctions" come in top five in search

never heard of a "super" injunction before - must be something reserved strictly for rich degenerates ;)

Glaceon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120622195#Comment_120622195

Ryan Giggs had one a few years ago. Effectively a gagging order to prevent the media from discussing something, or even mentioning that there's an injunction in place.

hayrabit

cheers @Glaceon for that, ta :)

JP Liz V1

Phil is ITV's golden boy, with many shows, what now for him

I found him and Holly had got rude the past few years with guests

I heard rumours about him but did not know about super injunctions

Will anything be talked about it on Loose Women or Loose Men Fridays 😄

apache

What's really going on?

Seth Brundle

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120621438#Comment_120621438

That trial happened a few weeks ago and was quite public- however there was a young man in his 20s I believe who left the show crew a few years ago under uncertain circumstances- I wonder in the fullness of time will there be a bigger story here ?

Think about it, when was the last time you saw Gordon The Gopher? There's a scandal there!

miamee

There are a lot of rumours circulating on Twitter today as well, I'd imagine it's all going to come out sooner rather than later. As someone pointed out after 13 years on the show, no final farewell show, no fanfare, just gone. I don't watch it myself just fascinated by all the coverage.

silverharp

What did Jimmy Schofield , sorry Philip Saville. sorry Philip Schofield get up to then?

Be right back

Reckon there's a major scandal he's desperately trying to keep under wraps and Holly knows all about it, hence the distancing for fear her career would be affected too.

miamee

I'm less sure about their being a big scandal on the horizon now that I have read ITV are keeping him on for other projects, he's presenting the British Soap Awards shortly.

Shakyfan

Reading the comments on boards and on Facebook over the last 24 hours and I'm reminded of Jimmy Saville. Took 40+ years of him in the public eye before the world and his wife decided to come out with the "always thougt there was something dodgy about him" stuff after the event. Not comparing the 2 people but the reaction from many people is similar!

squonk

I don’t know though. Unless ITV are hedging tgeir bets sbd softening gge blow for now by saying he’ll continue to present other items I.e. we won’t dump him completely in case the proverbial never hits the fan but if it dies we have lined up alternate presenter choices, he seems like an ok guy. I’d disagree with a comparison to Saville. Thought he was always sorta funny and then I remember a Louis Theroux “living with Lucy” style sake where he hung it with Saville for a week or something and you could really trek the guy wasn’t in the up and up at that point but it was still later the revelations came out. I’d give him the benefit of the doubt but it’ll be interesting to see what happens this week.

deisemum

I've been following a lot of the rumours about him since before he "bravely came out" PR stunt as he was about to be exposed as the young runner he met aged 12 and later got a job on the show went to the media after it went tits up and Phil got a super injunction which runs out soon. There's so many open secrets about him doing the rounds for a number of years.

Most of the staff on the show hate him and he's been protected my ITV management, you only have to see the growing list of household names who complained about him and then got kicked off the show for their effort. Their cryptic and straight out tweets/posts are showing their delight to see him get kicked off the show.

As for the simpering squealing sidekick Holly she's colluded with him over the 14 years they've worked together. They've been extremely good friends until recently even going on holidays and socialising together. She should be shown the door too.

Be right back

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120624994#Comment_120624994

Holly should be absolutely shown the door but her hubby is a tv bigwig so I can't see that happening sadly.

Oscar_Madison

His latest statement is that he’s been “hung out to dry” - probably not the sort of statement a person under suspicion of something sinister would issue IMHO.

Whilst there has been some inference in The Daily Mail more than once in recent years, that there was a young man who left the show under some sort of cloud, that’s pretty much it.

So Hollys been “upset” in recent times with Phil for “not telling her about his brother” in advance of his trial- to that I’d say, I can understand why Phil may not have wished to disclose such information- and Shirley that wouldn’t have been a reason to end the friendship? It’s a very personal thing and Phil was not on trial- it was his brother, whom he disowned after- I just don’t get it- why did Holly decide to ditch him? That’s what’s driving the “theory” that there’s more to this story than currently published.

squonk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120624994#Comment_120624994

Thanks! I used to be much more up on what was happening behind the scenes on things and usually nosy if those open secrets would have been sobering I was aware of too but thanks for your post. It is taking from but reading how unpopular he seems to be amongst other people doing the sage tire of chatshow jobs so when you see soldering that one sided it has to come from somewhere. Definitely if Holly is enabling him then she’s as bad so definitely should go but her age and employability elsewhere as week as the hubby are saving her bacon by the sounds of it. Mind you if Phil goes down big she might catch some of that fallout herself no matter who her friends and helpers are.

apache

Whispers here and there. Haven't heard any latest news. Nothing concrete. So Holly and Philip used to be very close? Has their friendship ended now?

deisemum

Seeing the photos of the young runner socialising with Phil doesn't look good in light of the rumours, really shows the age difference.

An MP was a guest on the show at some stage has recently revealed she was shocked at how vile Phil was to a female co-presenter off camera.

Oscar_Madison

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120625118#Comment_120625118

Maybe it’s a simple as he wasn’t nice to the people on the way up- there’s certainly a fair group of people out there in the public eye who don’t rate Phil very highly - and Morning TV is probably a dream job for some - a fair whack of money per annum for reading an auto- cue and pretending to enjoy yourself

Glencarraig

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120625003#Comment_120625003

Reports suggest that Holly gave a "it's him or me" ultimatum to ITV bosses, result...........Phil "resigns"

apache

I read a few online articles. I'm a bit more up to speed now. Still all cloaked in secrecy though. I don't know why I'm so interested but I am.

BorneTobyWilde

Phil thought he could share anything with Holly, but he thought wrong, he knew his brother was abusing kids, as his brother confided in Phil years ago, then with his brother in court last month that piece of info came out, Phil knew, he shared with Holly, he thought Holly would be like '' all poor Phil, what can I do'' instead she was like WTF, she has kids, she ain't going to tolerate this.

Phil should have done the right thing years ago, but he kept quiet