Phillip Schofield has admitted having an affair with a “much younger” male ITV worker whereas he was nonetheless married and revealed he’s stepping down from his position on the British Soap Awards.
His admission got here in a press release revealed within the Daily Mail.
The This Morning star, 61, was dropped from presenting the day time TV present final week, and has additionally parted firm together with his agent.
It is known that the person, who isn’t a public determine, didn’t need the connection to be made public.
In his assertion, Mr Schofield mentioned he was “deeply sorry” for mendacity concerning the relationship to ITV, his colleagues, associates and brokers.
He mentioned: “I did have a consensual on-off relationship with a younger male colleague at This Morning.
“Contrary to hypothesis, while I met the person when he was a teen and was requested to assist him to get into tv, it was solely after he began to work on the present that it turned greater than only a friendship.
“That relationship was unwise, but not illegal. It is now over.”
In a damning assertion, his former brokers, YMU Group, mentioned “honesty and integrity” have been core values of their enterprise and that their relationships are “based entirely on trust”.
They added: “This week, we have learned important new information about our client Phillip Schofield.
“These information contradicted what Phillip had beforehand informed YMU, in addition to the exterior advisors we had introduced in to assist him.
“As a result, on Thursday we agreed to part company with Phillip, with immediate effect.”
The affair passed off earlier than Mr Schofield publicly got here out as homosexual, and whereas he was nonetheless married to his spouse Stephanie Lowe.
Mr Schofield’s exit from This Morning got here after weeks of rumours of a rift between him and his co-presenter Holly Willoughby.
Rumours of behind the scenes issues between the pair surfaced after his brother Tim Schofield was convicted of sexual exercise with a baby.
Mr Schofield who married his spouse Stephanie in 1993, got here out as homosexual on This Morning in 2020.
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