After the Sun ran an exposé on people who claimed from the furlough scheme, Tom and Giovanna Fletcher have issued a statement explaining why they did it.
The couple had remained silent on the matter since the news broke but shared a joint statement on their social media pages addressing the scandal.
The pair are said to be worth £8million but claim to have been advised to use the COVID scheme for someone they employ to give ‘job security’.
The statement reads: ‘Hi everyone, we have always had a very honest and open relationship with you all on here so we thought it was important to address questions that some of you have rightly asked us in the last 24 hours. ‘This weekend, there was an article in one of the Sunday papers about us using the
Read more on evoke.ie