ITV investigated rumours of a relationship between Phillip Schofield and an ITV employee in early 2020, the broadcaster has confirmed. It comes after it emerged that Phillip Schofield resigned from ITV – and has been dropped by his talent agency – after admitting to an “unwise, but not illegal” affair with a young male colleague on This Morning.
ITV has said it was “not provided with, and did not find, any evidence of a relationship beyond hearsay and rumour” when it investigated rumours of a relationship between Phillip Schofield and an ITV employee which were denied by both parties in early 2020.
An ITV spokesperson said: “Further to our statement last night, ITV can confirm that when rumours of a relationship between Phillip Schofield and an employee of ITV first began to circulate in early 2020 ITV investigated.
