"I will die sorry": Phillip Schofield breaks silence as he admits he's 'mortified'... but insists he 'did not groom' This Morning colleague

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A 'mortified' Phillip Schofield has claimed that he did 'not groom' the younger colleague at This Morning in his first interview since the scandal emerged.

The former ITV presenter spoke out in a bid to address the rumours and says he 'didn't lie to protect my career' but to protect the man he had an affair with as he admitted he was 'mortified'.

The presenter, 61, admitted to The Sun that he felt 'massive guilt' over the affair and apologised to his former lover. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Phillip said: "I did not, I did not (groom him).

There are accusations of all sorts of things. It never came across that way (an abuse of power) because we’d become mates. I don’t know about that. “But of course I understand that there will be a massive judgment, but bearing in mind, I have never exercised that anywhere else.