Holly's statement

@Paul2023
i don’t believe this would have happened if he’d been shagging a woman behind his wife’s back.

Her statement was utter drivel. So melodramatic and insincere.

Now imagine if he admitted then that he’d been having an affair with another woman. His career would have probably ended then. But it didn’t.

But why? BoJo was shagging everything that moved when he was still married, then started a relationship with someone about 25 years his junior. And we made him PM

She got too close to the person who was essentially a colleague (and vice-versa). Nobody should ever buy a house next door to a colleague even if you get on well. Imagine how awkward it will be for both of them now. Bribing agents to compare diaries to make sure they both aren't there at the same time!

Holly's oh so sincere statement was about as weird as Martin Frizell's response to a Sky News reporter. "Do you like aubergines? Because I don't!"
WTAF?

I had no real opinion on this until I happened across her statement on Twitter just now. I thought she sounded a bit patronising, a bit fake, very rehearsed (understandable) and not very believable-but let's hope this is an end to it.

It's not important Enough to warrant the press inches it's getting

We all know what the aubergine emoji represents! 😁

I feel angry for him…lying is wrong but he wanted to keep his personal life private, just like many cheaters have before.

That is a very good point about BoJo. HW husband has apparently had multiple affairs, he’s still in work. There’s a multitude more examples.

His job was to present television, lying and cheating doesn’t affect his ability to do that.

It's not just that he had an affair

It's not just that he had an affair with a much younger man

It's about what happened between him first following the boy on twitter when he was a 50 something man and the boy was 15

It's that he lied to his employer

It's that he conducted an affair at work on work premises with a junior colleague he had a hand in employing

I really struggle to see how any parent could ignore or minimise an adult man contacting and exchanging private messages with minor(s). Regardless of how innocent it's claimed to be it's a massive safeguarding issue.

I’d find it hard to believe Holly had no idea. She knew Phil and his family very well. I’m not saying she did know, but I’d be surprised if she didn’t.

And if she’s been such a good friend for so many years, she’s now dumped him in his hour of need. Is that what friends do? Abandon you when things get tough?

Holly has been hanging on Schofields coat tails for years.This Morning, Dancing On Ice.

She doesn’t have a house next door to him in Portugal, I don’t think. She has a house a few doors down from Peter Jones. I know as I’ve been to both houses…all I can say is Peter Jones, his wife and children are lovely people.

Hahah, yeah, cos CLEARLY I was saying that he shouldn't have bothered waiting Ffs.
Hanging around him and getting him a job in order to keep him around until he's of age is whats seedy, obv.

You helping your kids or friends isn't the same as befriending a child you don't know, then hovering around them and doing lots of favours until they're of legal age

I have read various things which seem to debate what age tthey actually met, but there are photos of them when MM was 14, and PS followed him on twitter when he'd just turned 15.
My question mark is because there is a bit of debate over whether he was potentially younger than 14, some saying MM is as young as 10 in a group photo.
Then plucking him out to get him a tour of the studio, then a job on a major TV show, appearing on screen and on stage at the TV Baftas is way more than a runner would ever usually be given.
There have been quotes (many years ago) that he'd take young gay men under his wing. And a runner who was struggling with his sexual identity was his mentee.

There's no evidence that PS was much help in getting any other kids jobs, so it seems that it was specifically MM.

PS had a flat in London (has been discussed for many years), which he took young gay guys to, and Eamonn has this week confirmed that to be true.

That's not even comparable to a caring mum helping out her kids or their friends.

Homophobia?!?! Ffs If he had admitted to having had an affair with a teenage female whom he met when she was 14ish then gave her a tour of the studio then got her a job and took her for lunch etc etc until she was of legal age, I think people would be even more angry!

This is the thing that some people seem to keep ignoring - that they didn't meet when he was 18 and have an affair, it's what happened during the years before that people are questioning.

had a flat in London (has been discussed for many years), which he took young gay guys to, and Eamonn has this week confirmed that to be true.

So what? What the hell has it got to do with you?
Consenting adult males can do whatever the fuck they like. You might be clutching your pearls but for most sane people this is just blatant homophobia.

And the thing that never rings true about this grooming bullshit is why would he bother? London is teeming with young gay men. Loads of gorgeous discreet escorts. Or a quick swipe of Grindr and he's sorted.
PS was closeted and he lied. He wasn't the first and he won't be the last.

That bitter little turd Eammon Holmes is asking any man who has ever kissed PS to contact him at GB News.
This is a targeted witch hunt.
Christ almighty even Clarkson has come out in support of Schofield.

When did Eamonn say that? About the flat? This has been online for years, don’t blame Eamonn!

Get out of jail card?

Are you mad? For what exactly?

Jeez, sometimes I feel like I've entered the twilight zone on Mumsnet! 🙄🤣🙄🤣

That comment in isolation isn't my point though. It was about how he lied for years, and the rumours which circulated are turning out to be true.
As i said previously, if he had been doing everything that it appears with much younger women, it would be equally grim. Nothing to do with the genders in the slightest.

You can believe it was all lovely and consensual, I believe it wasn't. That certainly doesn't make me pearl clutchy, and I haven't resorted to sneering back at you for having a different opinion.

?? I don't get your point. He said it last week, and i didn't blame him, I was pointing out that rumours are now being confirmed as true.

@Twonewcats That was up the other poster, not you 😊

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Ah thanks. I was confuddled.

This! I agree totally!

“Are you ok?” Who does she think she is? 😅 She thinks she’s the nations Mum and not some irritating airhead.

Me too.