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There we go Schofield has admitted ‘affair’

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muppetmayhem · 26/05/2023 18:34

Front page of the daily mail for my sins.

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Im99912 · 26/05/2023 20:24

@Greengreented

same - I thought what the fuck has Meghan Markle done now & with PS FFS 😂😂

OneFrenchEgg · 26/05/2023 20:25

QuintanaRoo · 26/05/2023 20:19

His blurb on Twitter says he no longer responds to messages and no longer tweets.

It's been like that for ages

Freefall212 · 26/05/2023 20:26

donquixotedelamancha · 26/05/2023 20:22

He's admitting the 'afair' started at 18.

If that's true (which seems unlikely- he got the kid the job as soon as he was 18), Schofield has known his victim since he was a young child and was in a position of massive power over him as a TV star, senior figure in his acting school and then his boss.

It's abuse. Even if it's technically legal it's still awful.

The runner didn't start to work for ITV until he was 20. He had done a 3 week work placement / appreticeship type thing at 18.

DeflatedAgain · 26/05/2023 20:26

SamW98 · 26/05/2023 20:19

Yep - it’s like dirty old middle aged perv shags a child aged 15 and 364 days - disgusting hang ‘em

Same old perv waits til their victims 16th birthday - apologists ‘well it’s legal so he didn’t do anything wrong’

Exactly!! You are so right.

Disgusting on so many levels. I've seen a few people mention they met when he was 12 and he got a job 6 years later or something. Even at 18 it's gross and with the whole grooming allegations added to the mix it makes my skin crawl.

OneFrenchEgg · 26/05/2023 20:26

I don't really understand why, if people are now so outraged, they didn't publicise it at the time. Protecting their incomes, I suppose.

Idontpostmuch · 26/05/2023 20:26

HotSince82 · 26/05/2023 19:35

I don't think they should feel overly ashamed.
It can happen to anybody, even the Queen of England.

There hasn't been a Queen of England for many years. You mean Queen of Great Britain, NI and the Commonwealth.

FuckeryOmbudsman · 26/05/2023 20:26

thewillowbunnies · 26/05/2023 20:23

What's this 'mermaids' everyone is going on about? What have I missed?

Unrelated to this.

If you want to find out more, have a browse in the "sex and gender" topic

innocentfun · 26/05/2023 20:27

QuintanaRoo · 26/05/2023 18:46

He’s obviously been forced to admit it. Talks about lying to the DM earlier in the month when they asked him about it. Sounds like they were about to publish a big expose.

Is lying to the Daily Mail about your personal life such a terrible thing?

QuintanaRoo · 26/05/2023 20:27

EsmaCannonball · 26/05/2023 20:18

To be fair, there are a lot of This Morning people who have fallen out with ITV over Schofield's backstage behaviour: Ruth and Eamonn, Rylan, Dr Ranj, Amanda Holden and Fern Cotton. (I don't even watch the show but I know about the fall-outs!) They all loathe him, but if there are NDAs and gagging orders in place and they don't know if he has done anything actually illegal then they can't call him out directly.

Surely there’s a get out clause if you think behaviour has been wrong on this level? What happens if you break an NDA? You can get sued? Would itv realisticly have sued eamon for whistle blowing? It would be very bad PR. But I guess they could not have employed him again……so did he prioritise future work over doing the right thing?

XioXio · 26/05/2023 20:27

LindorDoubleChoc · 26/05/2023 19:18

Marginally more creepy than other male stars with their very much younger lovers. Such as David Bowie and John Peel, Mick Jagger (yes, yes I know different times). Stephen Fry, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Leonardo di Caprio. And all the teachers on the current thread about teachers and their pupils. Hopefully they'll all get the raised eyebrow at least from now on.

What teachers thread is that?

HotSince82 · 26/05/2023 20:28

Idontpostmuch · 26/05/2023 20:26

There hasn't been a Queen of England for many years. You mean Queen of Great Britain, NI and the Commonwealth.

Yep the one whose son fucked a trafficked teenager and fraternised with a convecited peado.

That's her!

QuintanaRoo · 26/05/2023 20:28

innocentfun · 26/05/2023 20:27

Is lying to the Daily Mail about your personal life such a terrible thing?

Not at all. My point was that the DM have obviously been onto him for a while and asking him for his side of things. Hence why he’s come out with it as they were about to run a story regardless. He hasn’t just decided to come clean for no reason.

HotSince82 · 26/05/2023 20:29

treneton · 26/05/2023 20:27

Elvis first met Priscilla when she was 11 and reportedly had sex with her when she was 13. I supposed if you're insanely talented then that's the real get out of jail card.

https://www.today.com/popculture/music/elvis-priscilla-presley-relationship-true-story-rcna35050

And yet Schofilth isn't even remotely talented.

Except at bullshitting.

BonnieBobbin · 26/05/2023 20:30

A few ITV presenters have said they complained to management and management did nothing. I'm guessing PS had to say he lied to ITV because he did.
That doesn't mean ITV didn't know. It just means they were happy to ignore it if they could write a minute somewhere saying 'we asked PS - he denied it - nothing to see here'.
If PS is telling the truth and there really were no injunctions about this then the media and ITV have a lot to answer for - they all just swept it under the carpet and pretended they were gagged. Or else they couldn't get anyone to go on record about it.

sadsack78 · 26/05/2023 20:30

I feel sorry for his daughters. Imagine how they must be doing, between their uncle and now their dad being in the news for this 😔

PenelopeTitsDrop3121 · 26/05/2023 20:31

Shhhquirrel · 26/05/2023 20:02

Im now expecting the much younger male escort who Schofield was living with through lockdown to sell his story to the highest bidder.

Was he? 😱

The one he gave a character reference to for revenge porn? Yes him.

Idontpostmuch · 26/05/2023 20:31

HotSince82 · 26/05/2023 20:28

Yep the one whose son fucked a trafficked teenager and fraternised with a convecited peado.

That's her!

Yes, well England's welcome to Andrew

Polkadotties · 26/05/2023 20:31

BonnieBobbin · 26/05/2023 20:30

A few ITV presenters have said they complained to management and management did nothing. I'm guessing PS had to say he lied to ITV because he did.
That doesn't mean ITV didn't know. It just means they were happy to ignore it if they could write a minute somewhere saying 'we asked PS - he denied it - nothing to see here'.
If PS is telling the truth and there really were no injunctions about this then the media and ITV have a lot to answer for - they all just swept it under the carpet and pretended they were gagged. Or else they couldn't get anyone to go on record about it.

ITV did know. Eamonn has confirmed 4 execs knew

HotSince82 · 26/05/2023 20:32

sadsack78 · 26/05/2023 20:30

I feel sorry for his daughters. Imagine how they must be doing, between their uncle and now their dad being in the news for this 😔

I imagine they escaped quite lightly, comparatively speaking.

You know, being female and therefore not subject to the peadphilic abuse of their family members...

Riverlee · 26/05/2023 20:32

Maybe Eamonn et al did complain but as the affair was over the age of 18, it was deemed ‘acceptable’, or at least not illegal.

Lambstails · 26/05/2023 20:33

I really do hope this doesn't turn out to be just a scratch on the surface of a bigger pot of poo....

GuitarsUnderTheStars · 26/05/2023 20:33

No surprise to see the usual minimisers and apologists here. And the men that post weird shit on other threads. 🤮

HotSince82 · 26/05/2023 20:34

Idontpostmuch · 26/05/2023 20:31

Yes, well England's welcome to Andrew

Nah, you're alright mate. We don't want him.

Feefee10 · 26/05/2023 20:34

Well he met the boy when he was 10 then following the boy on social media underage and having dinner with him. It's coming out now and the I'm gay storyline was to distract from his dodgy dealings!!

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