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

He is probably under a legal NDA.

You left out a lot in your misleading summation... such as how and when Schofield first met the younger man and how he came to be working at ITV, and no longer working there.

It wasnt some random younger man was it?

But you knew this already.

There is also the aspect of how much he knew about his brother abusing children.

What happened to the runner on Loose Women who was ousted and replaced with Philips "mate".

Ok, so we’ve established he has commited no crime. Like I said, the rest is nothing more than an employment matter/issue.

glad you seem to get some enjoyment out of wall to wall badgering and criticism of a man who’s “crime” was to tell a few lies. The rest is all hearsay and subjective.

and grooming? You have proof of this, yes? Maybe its just your really hoping it true.. has the man come out to say that he was groomed? Has Philip been charged with grooming an underage child?

you’re no different than the rest of the people fuelling this fake outrage. Delighting in a person of power having such a public humiliation and fall; all based off basically him fancying someone,

Well, we've only one side of the story to go on so far............... There'll be an investigation regarding grooming etc. so time will tell if PS did anything illegal or not.

Watched the 10 minute clip from the BBC. The problem Schofield has is that before I sat down to watch it I knew I was watching an interview with someone who has admitted lying through his teeth about this very matter. Therefore your left on very shaky grounds as to whether he is lying during this interview. It was very much a poor me I'm so hard done by interview. No apology to his wife and family.

He went on TV with Holly and presented this clean cut married image of the straight guy. By all accounts his relationship with this young lad was common knowledge in media circles. His whole coming out on TV was a sham. He was in a position of power when he entered into this relationship with a lad 34 years younger than him. He has known the lad since he was 15. I think Schofield is either in denial or doesn't understand what grooming actually means. It was an abuse of power and most places frown upon relationships between employees.

He acknowledges his career is caput by what the headlines say as I only saw a 10 minute youtube clip not the full thing. The homophobia angle he is spouting is tosh. His use of Caroline Flack in this interview is strange and disturbing. He basically says the media coverage has brought him to the verge of suicide. Schofield has brought this media scrum on himself by his actions. He found fame and fortune in public broadcasting. Well Phillip this is the other side of the coin which made you millions across 41 years.

To be fair to Schofield his name and reputation is destroyed. He is being widely spoken of as a nonce which outwit murderer is as low as it gets.

PS had a a problem in that he had no social capital, because of his general antics in the industry. When the sh1t hit the fan, he had no friends.

And no doubt, like plenty others you hope he did groom that person..

Was he living with his wife until recently?