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Phillip schofield

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nellenoxin Sat 27-May-23 18:11:44

Am I being a bit slow but why is Phillip Schofield being thrown under the bus now? He came out about his sexuality , now revelations about an affair with consensual teenager that he covered up to protect identity , Maybe I'm being naïve but not sure why there has been such a big disconnect from TV at this point .

Louella12 Mon 29-May-23 23:41:14

Denise Welch, probably.

lemsip Mon 29-May-23 23:36:00

it certainly wouldn't be carole mcgiffen who has just left loose women after they tried to silence her

Doodledog Mon 29-May-23 23:34:07

Who knows? There was a strong hint that PS had got the boy on drugs, but that was the only new accusation to come out of two hours of dreadful drivel. There is another episode of it tomorrow, but I won’t be watching.

welbeck Mon 29-May-23 23:06:51

who is the one Loose Woman who likes PS ?
as stated by EH.
any ideas who could be the one ?
i don't really know who most of them are.
maybe the rather off the wall woman with wild hair
or carole mcgiven ?

lemsip Mon 29-May-23 22:54:30

Doodledog I agree with you. absolute rubbish channel.

all Eamonn holmes had to say has been all over the news for last 2 days. nothing new.

Spinnaker Mon 29-May-23 22:49:53

I waited and waited but finally succumbed to going up the wooden hill grin. Will catch up tomorrow 😴

Doodledog Mon 29-May-23 22:45:07

It's on now. Wooton is a toad, though.

tickingbird Mon 29-May-23 22:44:15

I wanted to see the Eamonn Holmes interview but can’t stand Dan Wootton.

Doodledog Mon 29-May-23 21:58:37

This is dreadful grin.

I've never watched GB News before, and won't again - it is hilariously bad, but I'm an hour in now, so will wait to hear what Eamonn has to say.

Forsythia Mon 29-May-23 19:51:03

Yes I’m sure he does.

Iam64 Mon 29-May-23 19:50:37

Well …..

Doodledog Mon 29-May-23 19:48:22

Forsythia

I’ve just read Eamonn Holmes twitter feed. He is a brave man I think.

His lawyers have had time to clear anything he plans to say. If it is untrue they won't let it go out.

Eamonn is a professional journalist, and knows what he can and can't say.

FannyCornforth Mon 29-May-23 19:48:08

Doodledog

One more thing (#Columbo) - Eamonn Holmes is doing an expose on GB News tonight at 9.00. He has tweeted that he wants to expose a coercive controller.

Wow! Yes, but I suppose that we will be accused of ‘making stuff up’, as opposed to listening to people who have worked in the industry for decades 🤦‍♀️

Forsythia Mon 29-May-23 19:46:05

I’ve just read Eamonn Holmes twitter feed. He is a brave man I think.

Primrose53 Mon 29-May-23 19:44:04

GB News Channel tonight at 9pm. Eamonn Holmes spilling the beans with Dan Wootton both of whom reported Schofield ages before all this and were told it was malicious gossip.

Doodledog Mon 29-May-23 19:42:27

One more thing (#Columbo) - Eamonn Holmes is doing an expose on GB News tonight at 9.00. He has tweeted that he wants to expose a coercive controller.

Spinnaker Mon 29-May-23 19:36:32

FannyCornforth

Anniebach

Forsythia you missed ‘if’ in you post claiming hypocrisy, thank you for including it in your reply

Annie, I don’t understand why who are so passive aggressive st times.
You get a lot of love on here

Exactly Fanny - well said.
I have been taken to task for using the word ilk - but I stand by that and it's meaning is "people who are similar or like minded". Schofield has had the input of similar or like minded people in his search for meeting young boys and then going on to allegedly groom them.

I have also been questioned about my use of the word accuse. Well, for those that don't know anyone can be accused - and not just in a court of law. Accusations/allegations (call it what you will) have been flying around regarding Schofield now for some years- this certainly isn't news. But like Fanny upthread said I will happily donate to charity either way when it all does eventually come out.

Anniebach Mon 29-May-23 19:19:48

So thanking a poster is passive aggressive !

FannyCornforth Mon 29-May-23 19:06:56

Anniebach

Forsythia you missed ‘if’ in you post claiming hypocrisy, thank you for including it in your reply

Annie, I don’t understand why who are so passive aggressive st times.
You get a lot of love on here

FannyCornforth Mon 29-May-23 19:04:56

Yes, agreed Doodledog and Forsythia
I won’t be commenting further either.
I’m sick of repeating myself and asking people to do some research

Anniebach Mon 29-May-23 19:03:40

Forsythia you missed ‘if’ in you post claiming hypocrisy, thank you for including it in your reply

Forsythia Mon 29-May-23 18:55:50

Agreed DoodleDog.

FannyCornforth Mon 29-May-23 18:53:50

And Holly had to go along with it for the sake of her career
She is a brand ambassador for M&S and Garnier, which she will now be waving bye bye to

Doodledog Mon 29-May-23 18:51:51

Well if people see a young man being treated as this boy has (and he also lost his job on TM, don't forget) and consider it to be less important than PS losing his job, I find it quite depressing, but we will have to agree to differ.

If these were empty allegations, PS would not have been fired - he was a very big draw. There would not have been all the noise from numerous TV and radio channels, from newspapers, from online sources and so on. Advertisers would not have pulled out of sponsorship of the show, people entirely unconnected to This Morning would not be adding their voices, and PS's very expensive PR team would be springing into action, not distancing themselves. PS is an extremely wealthy man, and would be suing anyone who made unsubstantiated allegations. Mumsnet, Gransnet, Tattle and YouTube would not be allowing threads to stay up.

I have nothing more to add. All the information is out there if people want to find it and judge for themselves as to its authenticity, and as has been said, it will all come out sooner or later anyway.

Forsythia Mon 29-May-23 18:51:09

I didn’t say that AnnieBach. You need to read my post carefully. I said that I’d never seen so much outrage, if you’d call it that, since Saville. Not of equal importance or comparing like with like. It’s the fact that it’s on the news, in all media etc. please correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t recall anything similar. Do you?

Hypocrisy- if the brother and he were both grooming young boys then yes there is hypocrisy in his statement. If being the operative word.

A few weeks ago it was all about a feud with Holly. It has morphed into something entirely different very quickly.

Sorry if you don’t agree.