Phillip Schofield’s ‘patronage’ assisted lover’s ITV career, review finds

Jane Mulcahy found that ITV senior management and the This Morning team did not know the nature of Schofield’s relationship with a younger male colleague until his statement in May 2023. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

Phillip Schofield’s “patronage” of a younger male colleague he was having an affair with clearly assisted the man’s early career at ITV before he then “made his way on his own”, an independent KC-led investigation into the scandal has found.

The This Morning presenter quit after admitting that he had lied about an “unwise, but not illegal” affair, amid allegations that ITV bosses had turned a blind eye to his relationship with the co-worker, who was a runner on the show.