Phillip Schofield steps down from ITV after affair with "much younger male"

He was there, he has the knowledge of what it was like, and what Phillip is really like.

Lies, coverups, questionable behaviour, abuse of position, more lies, more coverups. Just some of the activities that we are aware of to this point.

You've some morals if you don't think people should be 'outraged' by this type of behaviour.

I don't watch daytime TV. David Holmes may have an OK overall character (i don't know) but he seems very needy.

They should continue with the show except have ps on with his ex wife and the young fella . And Holly could be used for the odd outside broadcast.

He said he didn't know for a fact there was anything going on between them. He didn't even know PS was gay until he came out. He can talk now because a relationship was confirmed and Schofields thousand pound an hour lawyers have a client who says he has lied and those hounds can't be released as such.

Eamonn confirmed they had heard the rumours like everyone else but did not know anything. He said Ruth in particular was close with the lad but that he never spoke to her or Holmes about Schofield or any relationship befween them and that they presumably didn’t intrude on his private life so what was he to do? Eamonn and Ruth worked on a Friday so would never have seen them together. Plenty of people who worked Mon - Thurs with the pair of them also said nothing because they were also likely hearing just rumours, gossip with nothing concrete.

I think their grievance was with Schofield being a bollox in general and Holmes taking the opportunity to stick the boot in would be understandable. Ratings baby ratings i.e. he even got people tuning into GB News for it.

It seems there were plenty of lies and cover ups and if PS and MMcG had a relationship for years, there's no way that other colleagues didn't know about it. People are not stupid or blind. OTOH, people don't want to get involved in others private lives and mostly mind their own business. From all the recent media reporting, I thought MMcG was a wet behind the ears teenager when he worked on TM, but it looks like he already had work experience. https://uk.linkedin.com/in/matt-mcgreevy-aa2684a5

Not a fan of PS, HW or the TM show, but its a bit odd that the affair/bullying/toxic workplace is headline news now if its been like that for years. Maybe ITV just dont want to employ someone that's related or connected to a convicted paedophile.

Yeah, there is a bit of a pile on to be fair - and most likely from people who have had an axe to grind with ITV and/or PS over the years. I suppose that is to be expected in today's 24/7 "news" cycle.

Agreed, it's just a public image but look, I'd expect the ITV shareholders will have questions to ask around how this has been handled by the company and if the stories about the cancellation of TM are true, there will be a lot of staff out of work potentially.

I dont think Eamonn has anything to lose at this stage. His career is over anyway - he has big health issues and has mobility issues. His 'career in TV' is no longer relavent to him so hes telling it like it is.

I felt Eamonn and Ruths gushing over Phil when he came out was Eamonn only doing what his bosses wanted and told him to do. I would think Eamonn personally had a very different view on Philips antics.

Yea, god only know how he's involved, or why his opinion is valued.

With everything else going on in the world, just what element of this soap opera, complete with divas like Eamonn and Philip, is actually concerning?

For me, I couldn’t care less if Philip lied to the Queen- the vast majority of the “hot air” over the last week, was focused on Philip lying to employers, fans, his family, his Co host- but there was also an expectation that something “big” was about to blow- it hasn’t.

While we don’t know when his relationship with the young intern/runner started, or how it started or whatever, it’s clear no allegation of illegality (covers a multitude) is currently present in the mainstream media - while we might not like the age difference, or are dubious around the circumstances of when such a relationship initialised, the fact is, for the last number of days, this story has transformed into a cat fight concerning Eamonn Philip and Holly - really, there’s nothing to see here at this stage, is my view. It’s all over bar the fighting - some careers lost, and some poor guy out there needs a well deserved leg up the career ladder for what he’s been put through- I still say this young chap is perfect for the new presenter of This Morning- advertisers would beat down the door to be a part of it.

Well people react to other people reacting to it and it becomes a reinforcing cycle. And the names in question are household names we 'have' in our living rooms frequently.

Yes the person deserving sympathy / concern would be for the 'poor guy' ... his promising career in entertainment seems to be over having barely started, unless he gets a redemption along the lines you suggest. He may be mortified by the whole affair. Last seen working in a pub and seemingly has quit that. Does he slink away, emigrate even ... or 'own' it and come out fighting to try to restart that career or at least bank a restart fund. Or maybe he already signed some sort of hush deal with ITV.

I have no sympathy for Schofield. His reputation and career is ruined but one imagines at this stage has banked enough to slink away to an affluent retirement.