Phillip Schofield did NOT co-operate with ITV review into behaviour & probe only found one person who knew about affair
ITV’s review into Phillip Schofield’s behaviour on This Morning has today been published after he quit over an affair with a colleague.
The broadcaster, 61, and his former lover were meant to be quizzed at length about their relationship.
However, it was today revealed the pair refused to cooperate.
The report today revealed that of the 48 people interviewed only one person knew of the affair before May.
And, they were only told two years prior.
The report read: “Only one person to whom I spoke had any knowledge of an affair between PS and PX prior to May 2023 (they became aware in 2021) and that former junior employee did not report their knowledge at the time.
“Nor did others report suspicions from much earlier in 2017.”
The investigation started in June, and was set to take 12 weeks.
However, in September it was revealed the findings would be delayed.
Jane Mulcahy KC lead the independent inquiry for ITV.
The probe was said to have seen Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary, interviewed along with Holly Willoughby.
The interviews included Eamonn Holmes, Ruth Langsford and Dr Ranj Singh — as well as production staff.
A source told The Sun on Sunday in June: “The inquiry will speak to all those involved.
“It will focus on what happened before and after he was first given work experience on the set of This Morning.
“And it will also seek to establish who knew what and when.
“As well as speaking to current staff it will also invite former employees to come forward with information.”
The probe was ordered by ITV boss Carolyn McCall after Schofield admitted lying to cover up his affair.
She said the TV star had been quizzed over widespread rumours but admitted she failed to launch a formal investigation.
Schofield left This Morning earlier this year when it emerged he had lied over the relationship with a runner almost 30 years his junior.
Dame Carolyn was called to the Commons to give evidence about the scandal, alongside ITV’s managing director Kevin Lygo and lawyer Kyla Mullins.
She branded the relationship “deeply inappropriate” and said only “ongoing reviews” were held. None of them established the full facts, she added.
Dame Carolyn told the Culture, Media and Sport Committee she first became aware of a rumour about the relationship in December 2019, two years after she joined ITV.
Schofield and the runner — identified only as Person X — both “categorically denied” any affair.
Person X was asked 12 times, including twice with a human resources staffer present.
When asked if ITV had pressured him to remain silent, Dame Carolyn said: “I want to be clear it was Phillip putting him under pressure — not ITV putting him under pressure.
“They are two quite different things.”
Dame Carolyn denied the affair was an “open secret” at ITV.
ITV’s managing director Kevin Lygo said he confronted Schofield in February 2022 when he came out on This Morning and when he stepped down in May.
He added: “He looked me in the eye and promised me there was no truth to the rumours of this relationship. Because it was corroborated by Person X, I believed him and I believed his agent.
“Then two days later, he comes out and says, ‘No, it’s a lie’.”