‘I nonetheless love Phillip Schofield’: Alison Hammond in tears on This Morning as she talks about former presenter

This Morning presenter Alison Hammond broke down in tears as she stated she “still loves Phillip Schofield” following the revelations about his affair with a youthful male colleague.

Hammond was talking on the ITV morning present when she stated she had been “finding it really painful” after Schofield spoke publicly in regards to the affair.

She added: “However, what he has done is wrong. He’s admitted it, he’s said sorry.

“As a household we’re actually struggling to course of every thing. I by no means know what to say, however I keep in mind what my mum stated.

“My mum all the time stated, use your bible as your satnav in life. In the bible it says ‘he with out sin casts the primary stone’.

“I don’t want to say anything bad because obviously I’m in conflict.”

She added later: “There’s only so much a man can take, and I don’t want any death in this situation.”

Hammond was talking after Schofield gave interviews to the BBC and The Sun in regards to the affair and the following fallout.

In the interviews printed in the present day, Schofield revealed:

• He has had suicidal ideas for the reason that scandal broke and likened his scenario to what Caroline Flack confronted earlier than her dying

• The first romantic encounter between the presenter and worker occurred in Schofield’s dressing room – and the person was 20 once they first had any sexual contact

• He first met the previous colleague when he was 15 however insists he didn’t groom him

• The pair had 5 or 6 romantic encounters – Schofield denied the person was pushed from ITV studios to his London house in taxis paid for by ITV

• He thinks ITV bosses ought to have accomplished a extra thorough investigation in 2020

• Co-star Holly Willoughby didn’t know in regards to the affair

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Hammond now presents This Morning alongside Dermot O’Leary after Schofield stepped down following the revelations about his affair.

The story has had loads of press consideration in current days and ITV has launched an exterior overview to ascertain the information across the relationship between Schofield and his former colleague.

Regular This Morning host Gyles Brandreth stated on the present in the present day: “It’s a human story but with public implications, and the point is the public implications, to do with broadcasting, workplace rules, regulations, good behaviour – that is going to be dealt with by the review and we’ll learn the consequences of that.

“At the identical time we’re coping with a human being that each one of us right here have recognized and favored over a few years, so it makes it tough for us.”