Phillip Scofield has said that he was forced to turn off his Instagram comments after it became a "platform for racism". The 58-year-old presenter had been speaking to singers Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jamelia over the Black Lives Matter movement on This Morning when he opened up about his own tribute.
Appearing on This Morning with co-host Holly Willoughby, he revealed that he had posted a black square for Black Out Tuesday.
He explained: "When we, with the best of intentions, posted the black slate... I turned off the comments. "The only Instagram post that I have ever turned off the comments underneath because I read down that I - on a limited occasion - was allowing there to be a platform for racism underneath that post. "I thought,
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