ITV investigated Phillip Schofield 3 years ago - but insists he 'lied' to them
27.05.2023 - 12:23
/ ok.co.uk
Just last night, the news broke that Phillip Schofield has parted ways with ITV for good, after the network cut all ties with the former This Morning presenter. It comes after the 61 year confessed in a statement to having an affair with a younger male colleague during his marriage to wife, Stephanie Lowe, whom he shares two children with, Molly, 30 and Ruby, 27.
Phillip, who insists the affair was "not illegal," spoke directly to the Daily Mail, and admitted that he had not only lied to his employer - ITV, but also to his colleagues, friends, and his agents at his management firm, YMU, who subsequently also dropped him. Despite the presenter issuing this statement only yesterday, it can now be revealed that ITV actually launched an investigation into the relationship between Phillip and his colleague three years before.
Following the admission of an affair, ITV announced that they were "deeply disappointed" by the "admissions of deceit." However, in a new statement, addressing the relationship, the network have now said they first conducted an investigation into Phillip's rumoured relationship with an employee back in 2020. "Further to our statement last night, ITV can confirm that when rumours of a relationship between Phillip Schofield and an employee of ITV first began to circulate in early 2020, ITV investigated," ITV has confirmed to OK! "Both parties were questioned and both categorically and repeatedly denied the rumours as did Phillip's then agency, YMU." "In addition, ITV spoke to a number of people who worked on This Morning and were not provided with, and did not find, any evidence of a relationship beyond hearsay and rumour." "Phillip’s statement yesterday reveals that he lied to people at ITV, from senior
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