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Phillip Schofield has been dropped by his expertise company following his shock exit from This Morning.
After a prolonged stint on our screens, the 65-year-old departed his place on the ITV program – which he offered alongside shut pal Holly Willoughby - final week.
He has since left ITV with ‘rapid impact’ after confirming that he had an ‘on-off’ affair with a youthful colleague.
In addition to this, he stepped down as host of the upcoming British Cleaning soap Awards, with a alternative but to be introduced.
Following his exit, it has now been introduced that YMU has 'parted firm' with Schofield after 35 years.
Mary Bekhait, the Group CEO of YMU Group, instructed Metro.co.uk in a press release: ‘Honesty and integrity are core values for YMU’s complete enterprise, defining the whole lot we do. Expertise administration is a relationship primarily based completely on belief.
‘This week, we now have discovered necessary new details about our consumer Phillip Schofield.
These details contradicted what Phillip had beforehand instructed YMU, in addition to the exterior advisors we had introduced in to help him.
‘Consequently, on Thursday we agreed to half firm with Phillip, with rapid impact.’
Schofield instructed Metro.co.uk, by way of his legal professionals, that he had ‘stepped down’ from being represented by the company.
‘It's with essentially the most profound remorse that after 35 years of being faultlessly managed by YMU I've agreed to step down from their illustration with rapid impact,’ he added.
The information comes simply after Schofield admitted to having an affair with a a lot youthful man who labored behind the scenes on This Morning.
The presenter had served because the face of the weekday program for greater than 20 years and got here out as homosexual on the ITV couch in transferring scenes in 2020.
He introduced his exit from this system final week amid experiences of ‘tensions’ with Willoughby.
'I've all the time been proud to cowl fascinating tales on This Morning,' he stated on the time. 'However just lately, This Morning itself has develop into the story.
'All through my profession in TV – together with the very troublesome previous few days – I've all the time finished my finest to be honourable and type.
'I perceive that ITV has determined the present scenario can’t go on, and I wish to do what I can to guard the present that I really like. So I've agreed to step down from This Morning with rapid impact, within the hope that the present can transfer ahead to a vibrant future.
'I’d prefer to thank everybody who has supported me – particularly This Morning’s superb viewers – and I’ll see you all for the Cleaning soap Awards subsequent month.'
In a bombshell transfer earlier at present, Schofield supplied a prolonged assertion to Each day Mail earlier at present, through which he admitted to an affair with a youthful colleague whereas he was nonetheless married to Stephanie Lowe, his spouse of 30 years.
He stated that he met the unnamed man when he was a youngster – and that issues developed into ‘greater than a friendship’ after they started working collectively.
The Dice host insisted that, whereas he lied about this to his bosses and different colleagues, their relationship was ‘unwise however not unlawful’.
‘I did have a consensual on-off relationship with a youthful male colleague at This Morning,’ he stated. 'Opposite to hypothesis, while I met the person when he was a youngster and was requested to assist him to get into tv, it was solely after he began to work on the present that it turned greater than only a friendship. That relationship was unwise, however not unlawful. It's now over.
'In an effort to guard my ex-colleague I have not been truthful in regards to the relationship. However my current, unrelated, departure from This Morning fueled hypothesis and raised questions which have been impacting him, so for his sake it's important for me to be trustworthy now.
'I'm painfully acutely aware that I've lied to my employers at ITV, to my colleagues and buddies, to my brokers, to the media and due to this fact the general public and most significantly of all to my household. I'm so very, very sorry, as I'm for having been untrue to my spouse.'
'I've due to this fact determined to step down from the British Cleaning soap Awards, my final public dedication, and am resigning from ITV with rapid impact expressing my immense gratitude to them for all of the superb alternatives that they've given me,' he added, vowing to maintain his colleague's identification beneath wraps.
'I'll replicate on my very unhealthy judgement in each taking part within the relationship after which mendacity about it.'
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