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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jim Waterson Media editor

ITV boss warns against pressure to end careers in wake of Phillip Schofield crisis

Kevin Lygo
Kevin Lygo , ITV’s managing director of media and entertainment, at the Edinburgh television festival on Wednesday. Photograph: James Veysey/Shutterstock

ITV’s boss has warned against media pressure to end people’s careers after the resignation of Phillip Schofield from This Morning.

Schofield quit This Morning in May amid tensions with his co-host, Holly Willoughby, later admitting he had lied to ITV bosses over his “unwise, but not illegal” affair with a younger colleague.

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