ITV Boss Carolyn McCall Says Phillip Schofield Affair Was “Deeply Inappropriate” But Stresses “No Evidence” Was Ever Provided

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ITV boss Carolyn McCall has said “no evidence” was brought to her and her team during Phillip Schofield’s affair with a much younger runner as she indicated the relationship was “deeply inappropriate.” Appearing in front of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee (CMSC) this morning, McCall said “we had no legal reason to go any further” with informal investigations into the years-long rumors of the affair between the former This Morning host and a runner, who is being referred to as Person X. “We had no legal reason to go any further and if we had a reason then we would have done a formal investigation,” she said. “It’s not in our interest in any way not to investigate anything that we know has evidence to support it.” A number of former presenters such as Piers Morgan and Eamonn Holmes have come out publicly since Schofield resigned in disgrace having admitted to the affair, but McCall questioned why they didn’t bring formal evidence to her team during the period. “If anyone had come to us and said there is evidence that there is a relationship between Schofield and Person X we would have been able to launch a formal investigation,” she added. “The imbalance of power and imbalance of dynamics make it deeply inappropriate and we have policies that say that very clearly.” McCall said she is “very concerned” for Schofield’s welfare and Schofield has texted her saying he is “deeply deeply sorry for lying,” coming a fortnight after he resigned in disgrace.

She strongly denied that an investigation hadn’t been launched due to This Morning being one of the network’s commercial successes, adding that if the current KC investigating the matter “says we should do any aspects differently we will listen and act.” Armed with