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

Yes I am of same mindset.

No complaint has been made or no concrete evidence has been provided that what Philip says is untrue so I'll reserve my judgement until I know more facts.

OMG- Allison Hammond quoting the bible now on This Morning- time to move away from this story for a while 😀

She said she did not know what to say today, but quoted her late mother Maria, who died in 2020 and used to tell her: 'Use your Bible as a sat nav in life, Al.' Hammond then quoted a Bible passage about a woman caught in adultery. 

I have no idea how you can say that for certain.

Again fine margins, nearly kill a young family píssed out of your head - new contract.

Happen to be unlucky enough to be a female who did absolutely nothing wrong - career in the balance.

Where can you watch the interview?

“I have lost everything.” He still has his two daughters and millions in the bank. His reputation is destroyed, his career ruined. That is what he has lost because now the money in TV won’t back anything if he is involved with it. Try attracting advertising sandwiched between a show hosted/presented by him. That is what is lost here. As such, his primary grievance actually appears to be that he won’t be on the telly anymore and this is just the awful consequence of this. Such narcissism. The absolute arrogance to also say this was how Caroline Flack felt. How the hell does he know what she felt? With that in mind then it is, to my mind, an obvious pitch for sympathy and to invoke the memory of what happened to Flack to elicit that is quite telling for me.

I think its different when someone is just around the legal age of consent though.

Now I know PS states the boy was 20 which isnt as bad as say 17/18.

I mean an older age man could get into a relationship with a just turned 17 year old and it would be perfectly legal in the eyes of the law. Yet if it had been a few months before, then all of a sudden he is a pedophile, and he will be rightly punished for it.

What has changed in them few months? Probably not much, you may have a very mature 16 year old who is not easily manipulated where as maybe some 17 or 18 year olds may be late maturing and could be easily manipulated by an older person and then potentially groomed.

I believe IMO that any large age gap to such a young age is disgusting, and it should not just be pawned off as ok, just because it is technically legal.

I don’t disagree. And I do believe it’s inappropriate. I’m just not as anti it as you seem to be

But it’s human nature/desire. Cannot change that.

Men will be men. Women will be women. Adults will be adults.

btw, would you be all irritated and annoyed if a 29/30 year old male was with a 20 year old female?

Please, read up on what paedophilia is..it is a person’s sexual attraction towards “prepubescent” children. Key word is prepubescent.

your basing it on age alone here is wrong.

you’re saying a person aged 16 years and 364 days compared to a person a single day older (17) is what then determines if someone is or is not a paedophile is beyond ludicrous.

Come on now: I am one who is never ready to buy this incessant use of the menial health nonsense, but the incessant public coverage and badgering and pressuring of this man would absolutely break anyone I'd imagine.

PS only came out as gay when there was a risk of being exposed. Only whinging now as got caught lying and manipulating. A professional actor using all his skills in interview to extract sympathy. No Phil, playing the suicide card with your girls for support is despicable. Your wife and mother deserve the support, as do your innocent daughters

The only person saying this was consensual is Schofield himself who has also said he has lied repeatedly and consistently so take that for what you will.

The only thing you can take from that is your are accusing him of sexual assault.

Good luck with that. 😕