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

everybody might of been of legal age therefore nothing illegal.

however PS knew this person when they were a child, maybe mentored them, got them a job on his show. The youngster might have been in awe of PS, start struck, what child wouldn’t? Probably felt lucky.

Then who do we think instigated the first move? Who initiated the relationship? Doubt it was the kid, more likely PS.

100% PS abused his position, power and the hold he had over this kid. It’s f*cking s*ck.

100% would be a different scenario if they met for the first time when the fella was 18 and they just met, but to know them from a younger age is the problem here ; so being of legal age has no merit as it isn’t really the issue.

Yes I am of same mindset.

No complaint has been made or no concrete evidence has been provided that what Philip says is untrue so I'll reserve my judgement until I know more facts.

OMG- Allison Hammond quoting the bible now on This Morning- time to move away from this story for a while 😀

She said she did not know what to say today, but quoted her late mother Maria, who died in 2020 and used to tell her: 'Use your Bible as a sat nav in life, Al.' Hammond then quoted a Bible passage about a woman caught in adultery. 

I have no idea how you can say that for certain.

Again fine margins, nearly kill a young family píssed out of your head - new contract.

Happen to be unlucky enough to be a female who did absolutely nothing wrong - career in the balance.

Let's say...Ant says his leaving showbiz for good as a result of the car accident..in reality can Dec survive in showbiz then...I'm talking about the brand here only...ant and Dec....Phil and Holly.....they both compliment each other which is their key to success...as I said earlier the toxic Schofield/Holly element is no more following Schofield BBC interview this morning....why should we take Holly's word only that she may or may not have known.

Where can you watch the interview?

“I have lost everything.” He still has his two daughters and millions in the bank. His reputation is destroyed, his career ruined. That is what he has lost because now the money in TV won’t back anything if he is involved with it. Try attracting advertising sandwiched between a show hosted/presented by him. That is what is lost here. As such, his primary grievance actually appears to be that he won’t be on the telly anymore and this is just the awful consequence of this. Such narcissism. The absolute arrogance to also say this was how Caroline Flack felt. How the hell does he know what she felt? With that in mind then it is, to my mind, an obvious pitch for sympathy and to invoke the memory of what happened to Flack to elicit that is quite telling for me.

What Caroline Flack did was a lot worse, imo. Domestic violence is way worse then having an affair. But tbf I think the public piling on is very similar.

His career is over and who knows what his life will be like from now on. It's time to move on.

I don’t disagree. And I do believe it’s inappropriate. I’m just not as anti it as you seem to be

But it’s human nature/desire. Cannot change that.

Men will be men. Women will be women. Adults will be adults.

btw, would you be all irritated and annoyed if a 29/30 year old male was with a 20 year old female?

Please, read up on what paedophilia is..it is a person’s sexual attraction towards “prepubescent” children. Key word is prepubescent.

your basing it on age alone here is wrong.

you’re saying a person aged 16 years and 364 days compared to a person a single day older (17) is what then determines if someone is or is not a paedophile is beyond ludicrous.

Come on now: I am one who is never ready to buy this incessant use of the menial health nonsense, but the incessant public coverage and badgering and pressuring of this man would absolutely break anyone I'd imagine.

The only person saying this was consensual is Schofield himself who has also said he has lied repeatedly and consistently so take that for what you will.

The only thing you can take from that is your are accusing him of sexual assault.

Good luck with that. 😕

Dec presented a series of I'm a celebrity with Holly and it seemed to go down a storm to be fair...so I am sure she will move on, no indication or evidence she did anything wrong.

Holly was sitting on the sofa with Phil ...if Dec was a passenger in ants car while driving...I'm sure Dec would be called out for being as IN...TOXIC..ATED him for not stopping him driving as he was p£ss£d as you say.

Falsus in uno falsus in omnibus. Yes, not a court of law but in the court of public opinion saying you're a liar/you've been lying consistently doesn't exactly help foster sympathy.

That's not illegal.

There are many people (hetro/same sex) who have been in that situation.

You might not agree with it but it is not illegal once both parties are of legal age and both consent.

So sitting on a couch with someone is now the same as getting into a car with someone you know is drunk.

Dig up FFS.

Get your facts right before posting your bitterness

Dis-mounting, might be an alternative.

The only thing I can't get past, is the fact the lad was an adult when this happened. So even when people are talking about how disgusting it is for PS to have a fling with an 18 year old, I can't help but think how disgusting it would be to jump into bed with an old creep like him. And that's exactly what the 18 year old did. I don't know which disgusts me more - The idea of a 60 year old wanting to jump into bed with an energetic 18 year old, or the idea of an 18 year old wanting to jump into bed with a near 60-year-old-creep.

I'm not sure whose mind is more messed up there to be honest.