Phillip schofield

I don't believe Kerry Katona is as damaged and mixed up as some people think. We spent a pleasant time with her and her kids when we were on a school trip abroad, and she was joining in and asking our pupils all about themselves and their school, (a bit like PoWales does!)

Compare and contrast!

Photo supposedly taken this weekend

GrannyGravy13

Iam64

Sparklefizz - I saw those staged photographs and share your views. How low to stoop, to use your aging mother as a prop in your attempt to manipulate.

I doubt the photos were staged I imagine that there is at least one if not more paparazzi following PS’s every move…

Of course they were staged! Why didn’t he stay indoors with his poor old Mum or go in the back garden? It’s just like when he staged his whole coming out on TV. Eamonn and Ruth were called on the way to the studio to do their show and were told PS and HW would be there to make an announcement!

His poor old Mum, I wonder if she’s in the early stages of dementia and just doesn’t know what’s going on because if she did she would surely not agree to be photographed knowing one son is in prison and the other has lost his job for lying etc.

And today’s article featuring photos supposedly taken at the weekend.
In exactly the same location and wearing exactly the same clothes

www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/devastated-phillip-schofield-pictured-comforting-30150746

I have no idea whether those photos were staged or not, but we frequently walk in that area with the dogs when in Padstow. It's like a headland, quite exposed, with benches dotted along the way and there's nowhere to hide. People do go there to reflect, there's sometimes flowers left on the benches. Easy to take photos of anyone.

This is the article
www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/mornings-phillip-schofield-visits-mum-30035070

I’m a bit confused.
The pictures that were supposedly taken yesterday (4th June) look exactly like those which were taken on 21st May, following Timothy Schofield’s sentencing
This is one taken 21st May

Sparklefizz

There are photos online this morning of PS with his mum, arms around each other and looking sad, when apparently PS is breaking the news to her.

Who arranged for a photographer to be there to record the moment and pass on the photos? Cynical moi??

That’s what I was getting at above. This is being managed by OS’s expensive PR people, and the number of people sympathising with him shows how well it has worked.

What I am also saying is that the runner doesn’t have this option. If he did speak out (and of course he might not want to) it would be on his own. He would be at the mercy of the interviewer (as was Kerry Katona) and couldn’t control the narrative in the same way at all. It’s a very unequal situation.

GrannyGravy why aren’t Philip and his mother indoors?
They just popped outside to have a cuddle?
He knows the photographers are there, just as he did when he dragged his mother into it last time.

Iam64 and Sparklefizz he did similar a couple of weeks back with his mother.
It’s particularly unpleasant after what she is going through with her other son.
I’m sure that she doesn’t want to be all over the papers, for heaven’s sake.
He should be protecting her, alongside his wife and daughters, not using them as a fire wall.

Iam64

Sparklefizz - I saw those staged photographs and share your views. How low to stoop, to use your aging mother as a prop in your attempt to manipulate.

I doubt the photos were staged I imagine that there is at least one if not more paparazzi following PS’s every move…

Sparklefizz - I saw those staged photographs and share your views. How low to stoop, to use your aging mother as a prop in your attempt to manipulate.

I returned to the thread this morning and found to my surprise and, I must admit, my slight amusement, that I have been accused of "singling out" someone, for a "personal attack". Really? Yes, I have been critical of unsubstantiated, accusatory comments which have been made about the Schofield case, which I would argue could certainly be described as "personal attacks",. a position which I have consistently taken against anyone and everyone who has joined the speculative feeding frenzy which surrounds this deeply unpleasant episode. Check it out on this thread. So yes, I admit to "singling out" and responding to a certain mindset, but never an individual. As for my comments relating to the views of the "victim" of my alleged persecution, my attention was first drawn to the playing down of adverse media influence on the trial process. The fact that this opinion was expressed by someone trained in the legal profession both surprised and interested me, so I responded simply by saying that The Human Court of Human Rights did not agree, and had legislated accordingly. The rather dismissive reply I then received, (check it out),which even referred (why?) to a meeting with Lord Denning, went on to admit that the contributor had "studiously avoided" news items about the case, and seemed to find it a positive when they admitted that their opinion was solely informed by what they had seen on this thread. Was it unreasonable for me to then respond in a critical, questioning manner to such an astounding admission? There is confusion here between what is a "personal attack", and what is simply reasoned critical debate based around conflicting opinions. I challenge anyone here to check my posts and to show where I have made such an attack. Please feel free to refer any such example to GN for moderation. Sorry, but the only "victims" here are those who are directly involved in the case, many of who have been subjected to unwarranted, accusatory speculation. What I do have in common with those who have chosen to "pick over the bones" in that way is that none of us actually know what happened, other than the lying and the adultery. I'll leave it there.

There are photos online this morning of PS with his mum, arms around each other and looking sad, when apparently PS is breaking the news to her.

Who arranged for a photographer to be there to record the moment and pass on the photos? Cynical moi??

I'm not sure why he is being referred to as a 'poor young man'. From what I've read he is getting on with his life. Good for him.

Casdon

maddyone

No Doodledog, the young man isn’t in the same position as PS, but maybe he doesn’t want to be. Maybe he wants to be left alone and for everyone to stop the speculation and let him get on with his life. I suspect that’s how I might feel if I was in his shoes. We cannot know what he wants or thinks, it’s our speculation.

Exactly that maddyone. Let’s just leave this poor young man alone and stop picking over his bones.

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Mary59nana

This man is a disgrace he had led a life based on lies and deseat.
He was a man who lead a very privileged lifestyle and had it all at his feet only to want more more more.
Now he has lost everything let that be a lesson to others be happy with what you have,
The grass is never greener ......

Yeah. But
We’re not talking about Prince Harry on this thread.😁

As I have said before I am not a fan of Philip Schofield, never have been so I can't suddenly proclaim to be, but this situation is soooo uncomfortable to hear, read, watch. The poor man is suicidal, enough is enough.... my head is full to busting with sorrow for him and i echo the words Alison Hammond spoke last week on TM "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."

Enough is enough....

maddyone

No Doodledog, the young man isn’t in the same position as PS, but maybe he doesn’t want to be. Maybe he wants to be left alone and for everyone to stop the speculation and let him get on with his life. I suspect that’s how I might feel if I was in his shoes. We cannot know what he wants or thinks, it’s our speculation.

Exactly that maddyone. Let’s just leave this poor young man alone and stop picking over his bones.

No Doodledog, the young man isn’t in the same position as PS, but maybe he doesn’t want to be. Maybe he wants to be left alone and for everyone to stop the speculation and let him get on with his life. I suspect that’s how I might feel if I was in his shoes. We cannot know what he wants or thinks, it’s our speculation.

The young man isn't in the same position as Schofield, though. He won't have a PR team arranging for photographers to walk past when he's looking bereft, or for Amol Rajan to give him a really easy interview (ditto the Sun one).

It's all more of the same, isn't it - someone with power and someone without, and the powerful one coming off best.

Thanks maddy.

Thank you for pointing out that we cannot speculate should charges be brought GMS. Of course you’re right, you’re a lawyer after all. I’m sure people will have their opinions should charges be brought but they can’t express them publicly.
However no charges have been brought at this point, and from what we know, which isn’t much, it seems unlikely that any will be brought. The young man has said nothing and so we do not know his perspective, but until we know his opinions, it’s pure speculation. It’s hyped up by the media.

Thank you Iam. NanaDana seems to have chosen to make personal attacks on me rather than on others venturing an opinion. Why she has chosen to home in on me I don’t know unless she wishes to attack my professional credentials or has other motives, but frankly, as you say, it adds nothing to the discussion.