TV has stated it has no plans to axe This Morning after former presenter Philip Scofield stepped down over his affair with a younger male colleague on the present.
Schofield, 61, stop ITV on Friday over the scandal and it has been claimed bosses may very well be axed and the flagship daytime present canned amid the fallout.
However executives have quashed reviews that the present will finish, including that it’ll return as regular on Monday morning.
An ITV spokesperson stated on Sunday: “As we stated on the document yesterday, This Morning will not be beneath evaluate and there’s no plans for the present to be axed.
“This Morning will return as regular tomorrow.”
It comes after Holly Willoughby hit out at Schofield for mendacity to her over his affair.
Holly, whose future on the present can be feared to be unsure, stepped in to quell hypothesis about how a lot she knew.
On her Instagram account, she stated: “It’s taken time to course of yesterday’s information. When reviews of this relationship first surfaced, I requested Phil straight if this was true and was advised it was not.
“It’s been very hurtful to now discover out that this was a lie.”
Holly Willoughby issued an announcement on her Instagram account on Saturday night time
/ Holly Willoughby/InstagramIn an announcement, Schofield stated it had been an “unwise, however not unlawful” affair and that he had lied to ITV in regards to the relationship with the ex-colleague.
Earlier, ITV has stated it investigated “rumours” of an affair between Schofield and a youthful worker however it was repeatedly denied by the pair.
The company added that it was “not supplied with, and didn’t discover, any proof of a relationship past rumour and hearsay” when it seemed into the matter in 2020.
An ITV spokesperson stated: “ITV can affirm that when rumours of a relationship between Phillip Schofield and an worker of ITV first started to flow into in early 2020 ITV investigated.
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“Each events had been questioned and each categorically and repeatedly denied the rumours as did Phillip’s then company YMU.
“As well as, ITV spoke to numerous individuals who labored on This Morning and weren’t supplied with, and didn’t discover, any proof of a relationship past rumour and hearsay.
“Phillip’s assertion yesterday reveals that he lied to folks at ITV, from senior administration to fellow presenters, to YMU, to the media and to others over this relationship.”
Schofield’s personal assertion added: “I’m painfully aware that I’ve lied to my employers at ITV, to my colleagues and pals, to my brokers, to the media and subsequently the general public and most significantly of all to my household,” he advised the paper.
“I’m so very, very sorry, as I’m for having been untrue to my spouse.
“I’ve subsequently determined to step down from the British Cleaning soap Awards, my final public dedication, and am resigning from ITV with speedy impact expressing my immense gratitude to them for all of the superb alternatives that they’ve given me.
“I’ll replicate on my very unhealthy judgement in each collaborating within the relationship after which mendacity about it.”
It has been reported that the younger male colleague who had an affair with Schofield was solely 15-years-old once they first met. The Mail on Sunday reported that the veteran TV presenter met the boy whereas giving a chat at a theatre college.
The Normal has contacted a consultant for Schofield for remark.
Schofield, who had co-presented This Morning with Willoughby since 2009, stated final week he determined to depart the present as a result of it had “grow to be the story”.
He began at This Morning in 2002 as a brief presenter earlier than turning into a everlasting fixture on the present.
Fern Britton, his unique co-host, stop the programme in 2009, with Britton changed with Willoughby.
Schofield’s spouse, Stephanie – who shares two kids with Phillip – beforehand stood by him when he revealed in 2020 he was homosexual on ITV after 27 years of marriage.
