Phillip schofield

GrannyGravy13

Smileless2012

But with so much unfounded speculation, would he get a fair hearing GrannyGravy?

One would hope so as and when all available evidence and statements under oath were presented.

Otherwise what is the point of our court and judiciary system as the media and social media platforms speculate about almost everything nowadays.

It isn’t going to end up in court. There is absolutely nothing to suggest it will.

Schofield brought about his own unpleasant downfall.

Nothing illegal yet he has been compared with Saville on this thread

Does that really matter? The 'relationship' was on until the boy expressed his love for PS at the Awards ceremony and within days it was over. Is that not enough evidence that he was exploited? From being on the stage with the great and the good (who supposedly knew nothing about any of it) to moved on within days.

It strikes me as outrageous that people are defending this.

So far I’ve seen nothing that would take Schofield into a law court
Whether his actions were legal we don’t know, he says unwise but not illegal. I haven’t heard him clarify why he now believes it was unwise. It isn’t homophobic to find the way they met, subsequent sexual relationship and the way it ended, tawdry and exploitative.

FannyCornforth

The young man’s name is Matthew McGreevy.

It’s all out there. Has been for years.

I’ve known all about it since Schofield was forced to come out.

It’s why Eamon and Ruth fell out with him.

Holly and the ITV bosses pretending that that they were ‘disappointed’ by ‘deceitful’ Schofield is pathetic and despicable.

Heads will roll and This Morning will probably be replaced by something else, like when The News of The World was ‘replaced’ by The Sun on Sunday

This is what I wrote five days ago.
And I stand by everything that I said then; and much of what I did say then has already been proven to be the case

Trial by media is one of my biggest soap boxes. Panem et circenses.

However, I think Phillip Schofield is complicit in his own circus with this interview. As others have found in the fairly recent past, a boohoo interview has done him no favours with the public.

Smileless2012

But with so much unfounded speculation, would he get a fair hearing GrannyGravy?

One would hope so as and when all available evidence and statements under oath were presented.

Otherwise what is the point of our court and judiciary system as the media and social media platforms speculate about almost everything nowadays.

Seems even Alison Hammond is a liar

But with so much unfounded speculation, would he get a fair hearing GrannyGravy?

I really dislike trial by media

All this speculation must be dreadful for all concerned.

If PS has acted illegally in anyway shape or form he should have his day in court.

There is absolutely no way at all that ITV didn’t know about it years ago.

I have said that all along.

They are all as thick as thieves and desperately covering their backs.

I’m actually feeling a teeny bit of sympathy for Scofield here, as today they have wheeled him out to do their dirty business.

They should have dealt with it properly at the time.

There you go Doodledog. You may have crossed it out but you've posted he was dropped "when he got too old".

I wont call it exploitation or anything else because I have no evidence and neither do you of that or the suggestion/implication that PS no longer wanted a relationship with him because he wasn't young enough.

Outrageous.

You are not wrong Shelflife. I can see that his dishonesty would be an issue for ITV and therefore a sackable offence so it looks as if he jumped before he was pushed.

In terms of this relationship there ls no evidence of grooming and/or exploitation of a vulnerable young man.

It certainly looks that way Annie.

Smileless2012

How do we know it's a case of "blatant exploitation"? Where is the evidence to support this?

The evidence is that PS, an older, experienced presenter with a lot of power in ITV had sex with a much younger young man, who was given numerous opportunities during the course of their 'relationship', and was dropped when he got too old the 'relationship ended.

If you wouldn't call that 'exploitation', what would you call it?

If I behaved in the way he did I would be sacked. No doubt.
I would not be sacked for having an affair.

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

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!

There is no evidence to support it Smileless , evidence not needed on this thread.

How do we know it's a case of "blatant exploitation"? Where is the evidence to support this?

henetha

Yes, particularly his wife and family.
I don't know much about PS. But am I the only one on here who feels a bit sorry for him? Am I the only one who feels that once anyone strays from being perfect then the knives are out for them big time?
It must be the case that many people in the world of tv etc have inappropriate affairs and lie about them, and in the outside world too of course.
I am truly not condoning his behaviour, but how many of us have never made mistakes in our lives? I certainly have.
I'll probably now get heaps of criticism

I agree, and as I keep saying, if this were an affair (as opposed to blatant exploitation) I would be the first to say that his private life is his own.

But that's not the case, which is the point, and the reason why this is all over the news.

We are all sick to bloomin’ death of ‘reading about corrupt politicians’!
It’s been rampant since 2016!
I don’t think that there is anyone on here, right or left wing, who isn’t pulling their hair out for a General Election.

Just read the Daily mail online .... i wholeheartedly agree with Alison Hammond He who is without sin cast the first stone.

Grantanow

Obviously a diversion by the right wing media from the real issues of the day. They'd rather we read about a TV personality than about corrupt politicians.

Yes, and unfortunately it seems to be working a treat.

I agree maddy. He's never been my cup of tea but if that is genuinely how he is feeling, I know from experience it is truly terrifying.

Obviously a diversion by the right wing media from the real issues of the day. They'd rather we read about a TV personality than about corrupt politicians.