ITV has instructed a lawyer to carry out a review of the facts surrounding Phillip Schofield’s relationship with a younger colleague following his exit from This Morning. As ITV attempts to g…
As ITV attempts to get a grip on a scandal that has dominated UK newspaper front pages for more than a week, employees were told about the review on Wednesday by Chief People Officer David Osborn.
In the email, seen by Deadline, Osborn said ITV wants to “establish the facts” and consider where it might improve its processes. He said the work would be carried out “as quickly as possible.”The Press Association news agency has also seen a letter from ITV CEO Carolyn McCall in which she says that barrister Jane Mulcahy KC “will review our records and talk to people involved.
It was only after his friendship with co-presenter Holly Willoughby disintegrated earlier this month and he left. Schofield said he has shown “very bad judgement” over the consensual relationship with a runner, which he described as “unwise, but not illegal.”
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