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Philip Schofield interview on BBC News/iplayer now.

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JeandeServiette · 02/06/2023 06:04

Anyone else watching?

I wasn't supposed to be up this early but what the heck.

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Willmafrockfit · 02/06/2023 06:40

yes, i have started at the beginning

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JeandeServiette · 02/06/2023 06:40

User18538754 · 02/06/2023 06:39

So who is bothering to go to iPlayer, I'm not

Well done you Grin

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Haywirecity · 02/06/2023 06:41

I don't blame him. I'd do the same if I were him. Some people hate him and their mind won't be changed no matter what. But a lot of people will be on the fence and will be prepared to listen to what he has to say. Many will be sympathetic by the end of the interview.

Willmafrockfit · 02/06/2023 06:45

oh he has a vape!

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JeandeServiette · 02/06/2023 06:45

He's not telling the truth about why he confesses, though. He's saying he did to protect MM, but that doesn't gel with what the DM actually did.

It's a wasted opportunity. He could have conducted this interview straight down the line and regained some respect. Without all the "I'm making no excuses but....[all my own problems made me do it]", the whispery voice, the "do they want me to die?" emoting...

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HappiDaze · 02/06/2023 06:52

I've just started accidentally watching it.

Why is he doing this?

It's just going to backfire on him like MM fateful Oprah interview (which was her downfall)

I guess he thinks it will stop all the obsessive speculation

He's just making everything worse by going into detail

Haywirecity · 02/06/2023 06:54

Actually I have sympathy towards him. I think the,way the countryvhas behavedikecsome sort of feral pack. You've only got to look at how people on these threads have repeated things as fact when there's no evidence to support it or it's actually proven to be totally untrue to see how out of control this has got.

It's amazing to me that he's been able to withstand this extreme amount of stress and pressure he's been under. I bet people on here would be singing a whole different song if it were their child being pursued like this.

CrazyArmadilloLady · 02/06/2023 06:57

Haywirecity · 02/06/2023 06:54

Actually I have sympathy towards him. I think the,way the countryvhas behavedikecsome sort of feral pack. You've only got to look at how people on these threads have repeated things as fact when there's no evidence to support it or it's actually proven to be totally untrue to see how out of control this has got.

It's amazing to me that he's been able to withstand this extreme amount of stress and pressure he's been under. I bet people on here would be singing a whole different song if it were their child being pursued like this.

You seriously identify with Phillip Schofield?

And not the actual child who was being pursued…….? Hmm

stillherenow · 02/06/2023 06:59

As I said, he’s the one keeping the story going. So no need to feel sympathy. Narcissists crave attention. What’s going to hit him is a few years time when no one cares who is and he’s a nobody.

Willmafrockfit · 02/06/2023 06:59

the boy was 20
he would have been mid 50s
they worked together
anywhere else it wouldnt have been appropriate

jemimafuddleduck · 02/06/2023 06:59

I don't know a huge amount about this, so I may be missing something glaringly obvious.
But what has he done that is really THAT big a deal?
Ok, he had an affair and then lied about it when challenged, which many people before him have done. And I appreciate being in the public eye magnifies that more.
But, as far as we know, the guy was 20 so easily over the age of consent.
Why the HUGE deal and hatred for him?

Willmafrockfit · 02/06/2023 07:00

agree @jemimafuddleduck
they are baying for blood

User18538754 · 02/06/2023 07:01

People have been rather making it up as they go along, especially on here, we have had various injunctions and NDAs mentioned, various ages mentioned of the young man.

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JeandeServiette · 02/06/2023 07:03

jemimafuddleduck · 02/06/2023 06:59

I don't know a huge amount about this, so I may be missing something glaringly obvious.
But what has he done that is really THAT big a deal?
Ok, he had an affair and then lied about it when challenged, which many people before him have done. And I appreciate being in the public eye magnifies that more.
But, as far as we know, the guy was 20 so easily over the age of consent.
Why the HUGE deal and hatred for him?

That's the huge question, isn't it?

There have been dark hints that "there's much more to come out" and concerns of a coverup.

Then there is PS's narrative that it was just a quick fling, not a relationship, no grooming, nobody knew, etc.

I expect the truth is somewhere in the middle but I don't think that interview helped him as much as he thought it would and the grooming aspect, in particular, isn't so easily dismissed.

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Summerishereagain · 02/06/2023 07:04

I only read the BBC article which repeatedly quoted PS talking about a few ‘romantic encounters’ but repeatedly says there was no relationship so what he really means is sexual encounters.

PS also says the 20 year old who he got a job and then had sex with was ‘vulnerable person’. Was he aware of this before he had sex with him or afterwards?

HappiDaze · 02/06/2023 07:04

The boy was 15 when they met

Was he groomed

That is the issue

PS lied about it

PS was basically a hypocrite when interviewing people on TM

PS is known for having a God complex and treating people with contempt

Haywirecity · 02/06/2023 07:05

CrazyArmadilloLady · 02/06/2023 06:57

You seriously identify with Phillip Schofield?

And not the actual child who was being pursued…….? Hmm

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jemimafuddleduck · 02/06/2023 07:05

@Willmafrockfit 20 is not a boy. It's an adult man.
I'm not saying he hasn't done anything morally wrong. But surely it's no worse than many, many people before him?!

Seaitoverthere · 02/06/2023 07:07

I won’t be watching it but have read the BBC site. Was very unsurprised to see the claim about homophobia as there was a thread on here about it which looked very much as if it was started by a PR company. There’s also been a few threads where people were saying we all have to be careful because look at what happened to Caroline Hack and we must be kind.

It all feels very manipulative and I think he needs to remember that unfortunately for him once you are a proven liar people generally don’t believe anything else you say.

CiaoBellisima · 02/06/2023 07:07

HappiDaze · 02/06/2023 07:04

The boy was 15 when they met

Was he groomed

That is the issue

PS lied about it

PS was basically a hypocrite when interviewing people on TM

PS is known for having a God complex and treating people with contempt

He was younger than 15. More like 12 when they very first met. I think Philth starting messaging him from around 15.

I hope MM has kept those messages.

AmbleInAnnBoleyn · 02/06/2023 07:08

jemimafuddleduck · 02/06/2023 06:59

I don't know a huge amount about this, so I may be missing something glaringly obvious.
But what has he done that is really THAT big a deal?
Ok, he had an affair and then lied about it when challenged, which many people before him have done. And I appreciate being in the public eye magnifies that more.
But, as far as we know, the guy was 20 so easily over the age of consent.
Why the HUGE deal and hatred for him?

Jemima it is the grooming aspect.Similar to a teacher and one of their 6th form students having a relationship. The younger person may indeed be 'of age' but the older person is in a position of power and influence.

Theunamedcat · 02/06/2023 07:08

jemimafuddleduck · 02/06/2023 06:59

I don't know a huge amount about this, so I may be missing something glaringly obvious.
But what has he done that is really THAT big a deal?
Ok, he had an affair and then lied about it when challenged, which many people before him have done. And I appreciate being in the public eye magnifies that more.
But, as far as we know, the guy was 20 so easily over the age of consent.
Why the HUGE deal and hatred for him?

20? Thought he was 18? And met when he was 14? All the stories are inconsistent this is the trouble maybe if it came out they met and got together when he were 20 people would have said ewww and moved on but he met him much earlier and possibly groomed him helped him into a job close to him and then the TV company helped discard him when it was over THATS the issue its mucky

AllGussiedUp · 02/06/2023 07:09

Thanks OP, I’m going to put it on now.

OneFrenchEgg · 02/06/2023 07:09

I don't know when the tide fully turned, I think it was the (generous here) lack of clarity on his reaction to his brother's confession and how appropriate it was. That was recent when his statement was read out in court.
With the background of the persistent rumours of having groomed a runner, the photos of the drama group and the meal together and then the NTAs, I think it was the final nail in his coffin.
Then him confessing to an affair is kind of seen as saying the least he can get away with - people wonder if that's true, what else is true?

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JeandeServiette · 02/06/2023 07:10

He's not denying having met him when he was 15, maintaining contact after that or getting him the job at TM.

But he says that the maintained contact was "just chat" (not grooming) and that getting him the job was "paying it forward".

Doesn't quite cover it AFAICS. It's semantics.

This scandal is what will happen if you mentor a child and then sleep with them once they're a young adult and in employment you secured for them.

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