Phillip Schofield’s This Morning lover was 15 when he first met him

He met him while giving a chat at a theatre faculty

The colleague who Phillip Schofield had an affair with was simply 15-year-old when he first met the This Morning host, it has been revealed.

On Friday night, Schofield launched a press release to the Day by day Mail wherein he revealed he had lied about having a relationship with the a lot youthful colleague while he was married to his then-wife Stephanie Lowe.

It has now been reported that the 61-year-old first met him when he gave a chat at a theatre faculty.

Schofield was apparently referred to as on by the boy’s kin to a give a chat at his faculty.

The teen is alleged to have requested Schofield for a job in TV, which led to him getting an interview and ultimately a task as an ITV manufacturing assistant when he turned 18.

The MailOnline reviews that the affair between the 2 began shortly afterwards, when the veteran TV presenter was in his early 50s and nonetheless married to Lowe.

Schofield’s legal professionals have confirmed that the presenter met his future colleague when the boy was 15, however stated the affair began after he started working at ITV.

This comes the day after Schofield’s This Morning co-star Holly Willoughby denied having any data of his affair with the colleague.

Willoughby claimed Schofield lied to her about whether or not the reviews of a relationship between him and the ITV worker had been true.

In a publish on Instagram, she wrote: “It’s taken time to course of yesterday’s information.

“When reviews of this relationship first surfaced, I requested Phil straight if this was true and was advised it was not.

“It’s been very hurtful to now discover out that this was a lie.”

Holly Willoughby has simply shared this on Instagram:

“It’s taken time to course of yesterday’s information. When reviews of this relationship first surfaced, I requested Phil straight if this was true and was advised it was not.

“It’s been very hurtful to seek out out that this was a lie. Holly.” pic.twitter.com/eXUG9FiWV7

— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) May 27, 2023

Former This Morning host Eamonn Holmes has additionally claimed that he was “deceived and lied to” by Schofield.

Final weekend, Schofield out of the blue stepped down from his function as presenter on This Morning after 21 years.

This adopted reviews of a breakdown in his relationship with Willoughby.

Cowl presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary paid tribute to Schofield in the beginning of Monday’s programme.

Schofield had introduced This Morning present since 2002, with Willoughby becoming a member of him as a co-presenter in 2009.

Willoughby is presently on vacation however set to return to the present on Monday 5 June.

Earlier this 12 months, his brother Timothy Schofield was jailed for 12 years after being discovered responsible of sexually abusing a boy.

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