How is Huw Edwards different to Philip Schofield

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Heard this question raised on LBC this morning and was wondering the same thing.

How are the two any different? Both older men engaged with younger men, both cheating on their wives, and both claiming mental health issues post revelation.

Oh god Mr sexist from Berkshire at it again! I mean a menopausal woman is obviously off her head and drove him to it !

Not different at all. He harassed and pursued people online as well as his own junior colleagues. He abused his power just as Philip Schofield did. He also maintained a saintly public image with his wife and kids and religion, which benefited him enormously on a financial level. Why is it these two men don’t pursue someone their own age (or say even over 30 maybe)? Why is it people in their teens and early 20s that they feel the need to target? I think we all know the answer.

Oh please - condemning and judging his wife is a new low.

condemning and judging his wife is a new low.
Not for the Daily Mail, it isn't.

As has been repeated me many times, we do not know that this happened on OF.

HE had been messaging young men on Twitter and Instagram so it is just as likely that his contact with the first young person came about in this way.

Huw Edwards actions whilst disgraceful if true were not in the workplace.

I wouldn’t have a go at her

I was waiting for a bus yesterday morning and a bunch of teenage boys and girls shuffled up in school uniform and I just thought yuk tbh ( I have two much older boys myself ) the girls were smart and well behaved , but the boys just looked smelly and messy and very immature , running around the bus stop, taking rubbish to each other , generally being silly and trying to intimidate the older people there just waiting for a bus.
I know some people love a younger man, but I can't see it myself. I probably only took notice of them because of this latest scandal and what might motivate people, but honestly I can't see what any attraction might be there.
People are so strange and yes, if it had been much older people he had targeted maybe there wouldn't have been as much publicity?
It is wrong , but I can't get my head around the motivation for any of it either , but clearly I have a different mind set.

She should have got legal advice first and spoke anonymously. What is it I am reading he done it because she was menopausal. The British press will bring you up and bring you back down again.

It was just one comment I read online, but it's how some people think I suppose
Let's blame the wife or partner ( if they are female)

There isn’t a huge difference.

I feel the same about both in the sense that I believe they have done wrong but that the media should back off - Since when is main stream media judge, jury and executer. Both Phil and Huw will face consequences due to their actions. Police involvement if necessary. And the impact on their career and family life.

If someone not in the public eye paid someone on only fans money and it turned out to be someone significantly younger than them, their names would not be plastered all over the papers, they wouldn’t lose their source of income, they wouldn’t be HOUNDED by the press.

I do not support Philip or Huw. I don’t agree with what they have done.

But, for both, I think the media need to stop. It’s appalling. We are so critical of these men and what they have done (and rightly so) but think it’s ok to hound them and their families. I’m not sure main stream media are behaving much better than the men themselves in all honesty. It’s bullying and harassment.

Two wrongs don’t make a right.

There's such a thing as bringing your employer into disrepute, though. During the pandemic I had to delete a tweet about masks as my profile - not even the individual tweet - mentioned my workplace and when someone complained HR didn't want anyone reading it to think my stance on masks was their stance. And that's a tiny thing. Employers are concerned about that sort of thing.

Have you not seen the allegations that came to light last night about him sexually harassing colleagues? At least one of these accusations has been verified by the BBC. Not sure how people are missing this.

They both cheated on their wives with younger men. Arguably both used their position and fame to instigate contact with teens.
Now 3 or 4 former and current colleagues have also complained that HE made them uncomfortable but they were too frightened to complain in case they lost their jobs.
ITV and the BBC both seem to be toxic work environments if you're not the 'talent' on camera. They are too eager to ignore bad behaviour from men. Their safeguarding seems non-existent and nothing has been learnt from previous scandals.

Probably some people on here would call that a perk of the job for someone as powerful as HE.

That is on noone, but them. Reap what you sow.

@Carpediemmakeitcount , she probably did have legal advice, and if HE is unwell and hospitalised, he might not be able to make a statement.

I'm fed up of hearing about it. Should be left up to the police to investigate. Has nobody learned from the Ellie Williams case? Obviously not.

I’m sure I read that she made the statement on behalf of her husband. So it is likely that they had discussed this as a family before she made the statement, and on the advice of a legal team.

The speculation across social media was probably causing the family more distress - let’s face it, the quicker his name was confirmed, the quicker this will all blow over. Not for Huw and his family but in terms of the media and public interest. That will die down when the next scandal comes out.

This summary is how I view it at the moment. Yes, it’s sleazy not illegal. (talking about original complaint, not subsequent ones).

As has been repeated me many times, we do not know that this happened on OF.

HE had been messaging young men on Twitter and Instagram so it is just as likely that his contact with the first young person came about in this way

It feels important to say it’s nothing that men don’t do to young women frequently. The out cry does seem homophobic.

I agree with you here but think it is less about homophobia and more about young women being fair game.When it is a young man it just highlights how sleezy and inappropriate it is.

I think the same goes for rape - a woman is somehow expected but a young man?

The usual disinformation on here to try to protect HE. Or maybe it's just to try to protect all predatory men.
The young people weren't on OF.
The story was covered by the BBC.
New and confirmed allegations including the threatening messages and the colleagues' complaints - were verified by the BBC.
HE isn't a victim. Neither was PS. It makes me sick that people are pretending they are.
It all seems geared to shutting down complaints and bullying genuine victims. As though it doesn't matter who gets hurt as long as old men can use people for their own sexual gratification. They can all FOTTFSOFTFOSM.

Two 61 year old with unhealthy interest in young lads and both with supportive wifes. Very similar.

I think people are preferring to gloss over this and focus instead on the "untruthful youngsters selling themselves on OnlyFans". Gives him more of a pass in their eyes.