Loose Women star 'made formal complaint' about Phillip Schofield's affair
28.05.2023 - 15:45
/ ok.co.uk
A number of panellists on ITV's Loose Women are reportedly furious after being dragged into the fallout of Phillip Schofield's affair with a young former colleague. Phillip, 61, was still married when he was involved with the unnamed staff member, confirming the affair in a statement on Friday just a week after stepping back from ITV's flagship breakfast show, This Morning.The presenter has been dropped by his talent agency, YMU, following his admission, and has stepped down from working with ITV altogether - meaning he will no longer host the British Soap Awards next week.The statement, shared on Friday evening, said: "I did have a consensual on-off relationship with a younger male colleague at This Morning.
Contrary to speculation, whilst I met the man when he was a teenager and was asked to help him to get into television, it was only after he started to work on the show that it became more than just a friendship." "That relationship was unwise, but not illegal. It is now over." ITV bosses were reportedly left stunned by the revelation, with the broadcaster insisting they launched an investigation in 2020 regarding this, but were lied to.
But now, new claims have been made that the ITV employee was moved to Loose Women from This Morning after their relationship with Phillip 'turned sour', which reportedly left the presenters 'livid', the MailOnline reports. According to reports, one of the show's stars even made a formal complaint about the situation.
The MailOnline's Dan Wootton spoke of these claims, saying: "I spoke to a number of the Loose Women presenters personally who were livid and worried that they were having to deal with the very real fallout of Phillip's mixed up professional and personal life. "At least
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