Phillip schofield

That's exactly what I thought too, Kate1949. It was all about him. Typical narcissistic behaviour.

Where on earth is the BBCs judgement! Listening to Scholfield being interviewed - well as much as I could stand - for goodness sake.

Part of the interview has just been shown on This Morning and they are discussing the Phillip situation which must be extremely difficult for them.

I have no idea if PS is guilty of grooming or not, workplace relationships are a minefield always have been and always will be.

It’s good to remember that there are many peoples lives affected by this media frenzy not just PS.

The interview is on BBC News Channel now. It comes across as a pity party and 'poor me'. Its embarrassing.

I know the case Galaxy mentions and, quite honestly, it’s heartbreaking. She was living happily with her grandparents, loved and cared for and had to go back to them. It wasn’t long before he killed her.

I didn't see the interviewer talk - I watched it on iPlayer. I agree that there was little challenge in the interview.

I also agree that Kerry Katona has been traded shabbily across the board, but that doesn't exonerate PS. And she is not the only example. I don't watch TM, but have seen numerous clips of him exposing others far less media savvy than he is to public ridicule without a moment's care. I don't know the case you mention about the man who killed his child. It sounds terrible, and is maybe another case like the ones I'm talking about.

His claiming that he is being victimised just seems the pot calling the kettle black, or live by the sword and die by the sword, (or one of many such cliches )

I think the way the interviewer talked about him afterwards was vaguely telling, I thought there was quite a bit of sympathy and I think there was a distinct lack of challenge within the interview.
To be fair no one has shown a duty of care to Kerry Katona across many mediums.
I have always thought TM was not harmless, it tried to tackle issues that were way beyond its skillset.
I have mentioned it before but the interview they gave to the man who had his child removed and then fought to have them returned was horrendous. Of course in those situations the social workers cant respond.
He is currently in prison for causing the death of the child.

I'm not sure that he has manipulated the interviewer. He has been given rope which may be used to hang him.

If the story is true (that something 'just happened') and if he hasn't done this before, and if there is not an influx of boys coming forward with similar accusations, then the matter might drop. But that still doesn't explain how nobody knew about it despite years of speculation on social media, and it doesn't address the fact that he has put others in the situation he is describing as untenable now that it's he who is in the spotlight.

Kerry Katona, for instance - he showed no duty of care towards her when she appeared drunk/on drugs on TM. He let the interview go ahead and pressed her on her appearance and parenting. He claimed to have done it out of 'care', but she doesn't agree - far from it - look up 'Kerry Katona Phillip Schofield' on YouTube.

Other people have come forward to say that their lives were ruined by his treatment of them - ordinary people who have been in the news for things like claiming benefits and talking about buying 'unsuitable' things, and then had to go back to their neighbourhoods where they were reviled and their children bullied. A bit like the things that came out about Jeremy Kyle 'guests'. He didn't care about any of that, and whilst those people didn't lose £millions in future earnings as he will, they have far less by way of opportunities to escape their notoriety amongst the neighbours.

I agree, Primrose53. I hope someone's looking after Her in this.

But he is very skilled at what he is doing, he has manipulated the interviewer and the BBC in my view.
As an aside the CF be kind thing did incredible damage.
It was impossible to say it at the time though.

It reminded me of the Price Andrew interview, in that both men thought that they could control the narrative and manage crisis limitation with their personality alone. And then didn't.
Is he being advised by his own PR, or is ITV's team behind this?

Bringing up Caroline Flack, brushing over the Holly dimension, claiming to care more about the boy than himself, even playing on the distress of his family - all of that seemed fake.

I'm not sure that apologising is the right thing to do in this case. It can be very difficult for people to apologise sometimes, as there is always some 'mind reader' who will insist that they are 'only sorry that they got found out', or whatever - basically blocking their right to show contrition. People don't always want to listen, and revel in the humiliation of someone they don't like. Plus, it's not BBC viewers who are owed an apology. It is the boy, his family, PS's own family, and anyone else directly involved in this sorry saga.

Then there are the allegations of bullying and unpleasantness on the 'toxic' set of This Morning. They weren't explored. Up to a point, probably for the same reasons, but he could have apologised for that, I think - or at least acknowledged that he has clearly upset a lot of people. All the 'how much can I take?' stuff ignores what he did to many people who appeared on his show - the people who are now getting their revenge by talking about his impact on them.

He also claimed that the runner wasn't taxied to and from his flat. That could well prove to be a very foolish claim, as there is a good chance that even if receipts have been destroyed or bought back, someone will be able to testify about it.

Again, this is not about someone having an extra-marital affair. If that were the case I would be defending his right to privacy. It goes a lot deeper than that, and I'm not at all convinced that his attempts to minimise it all will succeed, and give that a lot of the furore is about lies, this could really backfire for him if anything is shown to be untruthful.

(It may well be an attempt to blow the smoke over something else, of course - The Interview is being covered by all and sundry now).

He says the biggest apology should go to his ex lover. I would have thought it should go to his wife of several decades, mother of his children and totally faithful to him!

If I were her, I would divorce him. All those years being lied to, attending functions with him when others would be talking behind her back and then realising that he prefers young men to her!

I heard the interview on radio 4. Talk about poor poor me. I’m not a daytime tv person, knew little of Schofield other than his ‘coming out’ interviews.
His daughters should be looking to him for guidance through this time, not on suicide watch. They and their mother are victims here

I cannot imagine how bad I’d feel if I was his daughter.
I’d be absolutely sickened

I bet that his daughter’s are livid with him.
He’ll be using them too

This interview is awful! It's all "poor me". He talks about having "lost everything". What about his lovely wife? She's the innocent party in all of this. His daughters are supporting him - who is supporting their Mum?

FC Couldn’t agree more.

I agree Tickingbird

Now playing the ‘homophobia’ card is despicable.
If I were a gay man I’d be livid!
Up until a couple of years he was a happily married straight man and father of two.
And he would have stayed that way if he could.
He wanted his cake, to eat it and then some.
But now he’s a fully paid up Gay Man, and a victim to boot.
Pathetic.
He’ll use anything and anyone to hide behind and / or blame

I believe these interviews are to take the heat off the top brass at ITV. He’s covering for them. I have little to no confidence in the barrister looking into the whole sorry affair as ITV are the client so I dare say that will be a whitewash too.

He appears to have no concern for the young man's welfare by adding yet more fuel to an already blazing fire. But then he was never one to keep himself to himself. I hope the runner is being supported.

We just watched some of the interview on Breakfast. Any sympathy I might have had for him has now completely gone.

I've just been reading the BBC News app's account of his interview with Amol Rajan.

Honestly, he'd have been better just to have shut up: it just shouts poor-meism. The accusation that the negative response to him is due to "a enormous amount of homophobia" is disingenuous.

Casdon, yes, I thought that it was a dodgy site too.
Lots of errors/ typos etc

welbeck

www.politicalite.com/exclusive/exclusive-eyewitness-reveals-all-on-phillip-schofields-cosy-date-with-alleged-toyboy-lover/

note, this is not a picture of MM with PS

Be really careful what websites you tag on here welbeck.
www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/politicalite-tommy-robinson-facebook
Political item is extremist, banned from Facebook.

Thanks welbeck. It seems unlikely Schofield had one young boyfriend