Phillip Schofield’s affair with a young ITV showrunner has been all over the news – but it has been claimed that he was paid off by the channel.
According to the Daily Mail, he received a financial settlement from the channel after he was moved to Loose Women from the show and then away from the firm altogether.
The young lad was allegedly given a sum to end the on-off relationship with Schofield which was described as “unwise but not illegal”.
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A source claimed that the money was given to the man in question after he declared his love for the presenter at an awards ceremony in January 2020.
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An insider told the publication: “There have been numerous pay-offs at ITV and they have always had to be arranged and sanctioned by people of some seniority.”
“This is unravelling fast and there is no evidence to suggest it will come to an end any time soon.
“There are a lot of people out there who feel wronged by ITV and they now have the confidence to have their say. The house of cards appears to be collapsing, it is anybody’s guess where this ends now.”
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In an interview with GB News and Dan Wootton, Eamonn Holmes also spoke about Phil and ITV.
He claimed: “I didn’t know but I’ve subsequently found out from a very, very good source, because he would arrive much earlier in the morning than I would for the programme, that he was delivered from Phillip’s London home.
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“Usually on a Friday morning, because Thursday was playtime when he and Phillip would hit the town and then he obviously stayed overnight. There are records to show that he was brought in the next day separately in cars paid for by ITV.’
When asked whether ITV was aware, Eamonn answered: “Unless Phillip paid the bills separately, but it would still have to go through the accounts office that they would have seen that and known that.”
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