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

I didn't make a statement of fact. I offered an opinion as to the likely reason why we haven't heard anything from the other party, given how in demand his story would be and the price British newspapers are known to pay for such stories.

Schofield said in the BBC interview that he paid legal expenses for McGreevy. Why?

What on earth are you talking about.

He has neither come out in support of Schofield (if he feels everything was above board) or attacking Schofield (if he feels they were not).

Why? What's your explanation?

Why is Schofield paying for his legal expenses - as he stated in BBC interview?

I offered a possible explanation, one that is common in such cases; and which therefore in my opinion is the likely explanation here.

I did not make a statement of fact that it existed.

So if you are concerned about making rubbish it - don't make it up about other poster's posts.

Do you think the media onslaught should continue?

What is an acceptable outcome for you?

I'd say McGreevy was just very young and inexperienced.

I'd imagine he thought the relationship was a lot more serious than it actually was.

It appears PS was in his life from a young age, I'm guessing a "mate" before the sexual relationship started. So I think McGreevy can probably be forgiven for thinking the relationship was more than what it was. PS was in his circle for years. So you'd imagine mutual respect n all that.

For PS is seems like it was a fling.

It's a hard lesson to learn whether gay , straight or whatever, when a person is just not that into you.

This then playing out in the public domain for someone so young , when all they did was trust and fall for someone who was in their life from a young age. I have a lot of sympathy for.

The reality is PS should have had a lot more sense. If he wanted a young legal guy he should have just gone to the many gay bars and picked up a consenting adult there. However the way this has played out, it looks from the outside anyway that he wanted someone young and someone he could control. Which is not a good look.

To clarify about contact in person:

He met him at the theatre group at age 15 when Schofield visited in his role as patron. Theres group photo pic online with both of them in it. The social media contact request from Schofield seemed to follow after that event.

Its covered in the Lime Goss timeline linked on the thread.

I agree with your post ...when Schofield said in the BBC interview he said that he didn't think anyone knew about their laisons at the time and that's the way HE wanted it,and certainly not He had a boyfriend ...HE was losing control of his protégé actions over his love for Schofield..too blatant for Schofield ... and a orchestrated effort by Schofield and itv was to keep mcgreevy out of the limelight....but it was always going to be that mcgreevy would be a ticking timebomb if he felt let down by Schofield...man/woman scorned etc.....

Seriously? I don't even follow much social media, I have never been on Facebook, I'm not on Twitter and even now I have people on Instagram, the only social media account I have, following me and looking for me to follow them. And I'm a nobody.

I imagine anyone in the public eye has to have social media & thousands of people following them.

It was Schofield who made contact on social media according to Lime Goss.

More info here on the theatre group visit where apparently they spoke.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12131993/Schofields-lover-just-15-met-Schoolboy-asked-Phillip-job-Morning.html

Didn't Phil help him get on This Morning working and followed him on social media, Phil pulled strings especially for this chap, why him over others in the theatre group, Phil singled out one and his mate was helping facilitate "meet ups", ok to me it is hard not to be suss of the situation and can understand why others are

Folks making out this man, a grown adult is some shrinking violet, and Philip some nasty monster; ffs. They had a fling… end of. So what if they knew each other when the man was younger..

No it isnt.

Your definition of morality includes permitting people to hire on condition the employee submit to them sexually.

You have stated this on the thread that you saw nothing wrong with such conduct.

So it is no wonder you leap to defend Schofield.

Is that bullying or sexual misconduct? Or both?

Presumably on the same basis employers should be allowed to bully employees in your warped moral universe.

As such a high profile person...his private life must have been under a lot of press scrutiny ...a lot innuendo going back for years and years that suggested that he was into gay activities but absolutely no concrete evidence when they should have picture opportunities galore...he wasn't even phone bugged while other celebrities and members of royalty were...he certainly wouldn't have been kerb crawler or street cruiser material you'd think,his gay s@x dates must not have been too often....maybe it was a once off opportunity that he availed of with mcgreevy who was willing

Hold on a second.

As part of the offer you see nothing wrong morally or professionally with sex being expected?

A manager can hire person A over person B because one of them agrees to have sex with them?

Yes or no?

There is no misinterpretation. It is the implication of several posts you have made on this thread.

Feel free to clarify your position.

I did not state that. I am stating if he did that it would be wrong morally and professionally if not legally.

Also if he hired someone because he was attracted to them and gave them preferment in terms of opportunities - because he wanted to be in a relationship or was in fact involved - that would also be wrong and abuse of position.

I think this is what is leading me to believe that he really is mentally ill.

Cheese is the best dessert

Some good points there- and also let’s not forget he was a “practicing heterosexual” with a wife and a few kids- casual homosexual sex as per George Michaells experience back in the day wouldn’t have kept that part of his life private for long, at least not in the UK.

He wanted his cake and eat it- that didn’t work out. I actually have some sympathy for him simply because within the media this is all about a “tarnished” brand of an ITV show as opposed to the human side of things.

If this experience has shown anything, it’s that people don’t matter as much as a corporate brand, no matter how compassionate or human that brand may appear to be.

It was a tough lesson to learn for Philip - he’s his own worst enemy right now and been that way for a while but if this really is the worst and end of the story, you know what, I think people will turn their “”venom” eventually away from him and more so towards ITV who are behaving appallingly trying to throw people to the wolves to save their corporate skin .

The only thing that might change that is if “young chap” gives his version of events -and if that doesn’t tally in a positive way with what Philip has said, then we ain’t seen nothing yet.

Is there an example of him piling on, on another celebrity?

I think Harry and Meghan, Kerry Katona, Kim Woodburn, Gemma Collins, Lady C, Fern Britton and more are coming out about him like Dr. Ranj, Nadine Dorries MP, some former ex Loose Women too

I do agree if this was another celeb, Phil, This Morning and Loose Women would be all over it, giving their opinions but so far nothing really besides Alison crying and the seemed forced tribute by Alison and Dermot

Apparently Holly will open the show on Monday with a "statement"

Like I said, usually I am not at all ready to fall for some of the antics with these celebs. But this is absolutely different. PS is in turmoil. Who wouldn’t be with such incessant and intense criticism.