Phillip schofield

Of course people lie about adultery - that's the nature of it - but as people keep saying, that is not the point.

Yes Smileless yet we keep hearing and reading ‘he lied’ shock. Horror.

I think that was the point Annie was making Molly. He's not the first adulterer to lie and he wont be the last.

Anniebach

No one lies to family and friends if they are having an affair, only Schofield

Actually, most people who are having an affair, lie to family and friends.

Possibly a child was involved - hence the curiosity about the gap between meeting a child and the admission of having sex with him at the age of 20. We don’t know. We may or may not find out. I have no interest in PS and have never watched any programme in which he appeared but I do have an interest in seeing the law upheld. Therefore I will follow what happens, and my nose tells me there will be more more, but the fact that it’s headline news is perhaps indicative of how much some people are interested in so-called celebrities.

I still think it’s been blown out of all proportion. If a child had been involved it would be a different matter.

It is illegal Grandma and there would have to be evidence to support the claim; emails and text messages for example. In the absence of any evidence, PS grooming anyone is at best speculation.

Doodledog

That is true, and I haven't said otherwise .

Grooming, however, is illegal, and can take place long before a sexual relationship starts. As you say, though, without more proof that can't be tried in court, but the events of the past week confirm the rumours that have been around for years. Time will tell whether more rumours will also turn out to be true.

I didn’t know ‘grooming’ was illegal. How on earth can it be defined?

Oh my goodness..who cares about these tawdry people and that puerile show which means that anyone with half a brain steers clear of ITV every weekday morning! All the 'poor me' stuff and the crocodile tears of those potentials waiting in the wings to take over. Please give it a rest..so many truly meaningful things are happening in our world today!

Blondiescot

You can be guilty of grooming someone without it having to involve underage sex.

It would be quite unusual for a perpetrator to wait until four years after a young person has reached the age of consent however.

Indeed. As far as I know there is little information about what happened between the first meeting and the employment as a runner. A period of several years.

You can be guilty of grooming someone without it having to involve underage sex.

I think that Schofield has a bit more to worry about than what I think

Utterly despicable that keyboard warriors are condemming P.S. to be guilty without trial when people do not know if it was under age sex.
I am not the biggest fan of P.S but innocent until proved guilty although that saying does not always ring true in this country

Utterly despicable for him to mention Caroline Flack.
Her poor family.
He is totally without shame

I watched the interview that P.S. gave earlier today. I do not feel totally sorry for him but also I do not hold him responsible for everything regarding his affair, although he made it clear in the interview he should have known better and everything was his fault. I believe that P.S is in a dark place right now and he made reference to the late Caroline Flack and how the media involvement contributed to her death. P.S commented that only by the help of his two daughters he is continuing to keep going.
Unless the young man decides to say otherwise about the age he was when the sexual side began then nothing has been
done to commit a crime. In the interview P.S said the young man was 20 when they first had sex and they done it on about five occasions and then P.S said he did not want an ongoing affair. It was said by P.S. that the young man has not got much financial backing and that P.S. has already got the boy a barrister to cover any legal points and he is paying for that.
I agree with Shelflife that all this has happened and that P.S
is being hounded down as a direct result of the recent trial and jailing of his brother which is unnecessary and unjust.
It is up to the boy if he wants to take things further otherwise it is nobodys business.
Also I never watch the show that Holly and Philip were in I hope it goes completely off air and something more interesting comes on.

I am so tired of this tawdry business being headline news everywhere, Schofield is now cashing in with his poor me interview.
For many years there have been complaints about Schofield and how he treats the people he works with, his chickens are home to roost now.
Eamon Holmes does not come out of this well either with all the bitter comments he keeps issuing.
Let this be dealt with by the appropriate people and leave the headlines for real news worthy items.

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Shelflife

Will someone please clarify something for me ? If PS groomed a young boy then yes indeed a dreadful crime !!!!
However, if what he says is true , ie he made a grave mistake having a relationship with a very young man , this was followed up by lying to Holly, ITV friends and family is that a sackable ' offence' surely that is his private life and his own business? He made mistakes and no doubt bitterly regrets them . I understand he is a public figure but he is also ( as we all are) entitled his privacy. People make unwise relationships that more than often destroy families, but would those people expect to loose their jobs over their mistakes?
Please correct me if I have all this wrong, I fail to understand exactly what is going on!

Me too!

Shelflife

Anniebach of course people lie if they are having an affair!! Hardly going to make it headline news are they?
Whether I like PS or not, I hope justice prevails. If I lied to my best friend , my family and my employers about an affair I was having I would not expect to be sacked from my job ! My private life would be none of their business!!!
I fear PS is being hounded as a direct result of his brothers crimes. That is unfair , unnecessary and unjust!!
On the other hand if he has groomed a young boy he must be punished for that. Let's wait and see before we grind PS into the ground

Absolutely agree with every point you make.

PS does not seem to have committed a crime and he seems to be in a desperate place. I would think that some compassion would not go amiss.

Brilliant 2 weeks for Dan Wooton on GB news kept right up to date and honest say it as it is opinions

Carol McGiffin on GBNews yesterday, talking about the business with the runners

youtu.be/uXD6x3pfYxQ

There were rumours and allegations against John Leslie !

That is true, and I haven't said otherwise .

Grooming, however, is illegal, and can take place long before a sexual relationship starts. As you say, though, without more proof that can't be tried in court, but the events of the past week confirm the rumours that have been around for years. Time will tell whether more rumours will also turn out to be true.