to think it matters whether Phillip Schofield met the runner when he was 12 or 15.

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I've seen and heard both.
Obviously getting someone a job at 18 or 19 with exploitative intentions is sleazy in the extreme. 15 is underage and deeply concerning, but 12 is deep into paedo territory.

Ya I do.

Can a criminal case be taken? Nope.
Is he the first person to cheat on their spouse? Nope
is he the first person to ever tell a lie repeatedly? Nope
Is he person I would want to be friends with? Nope

But, he can shag who ever he wants, it’s not our place to be blow it out of proportion and put him on suicide watch.
We don’t have to like him, to think this has turned into a total media pile on unnecessarily.

I'm probably not expressing it well, but a 12 year old is in year 7. Is towered over by all the year 7 girls and loses his jumper. A 15 year old is in year 10, is thinking about careers and wanks a lot.

I can't think any parent would want an old man interested in their children.

Apparently it the boy was 9/10 when they first met.

I’m more interested in the runner getting respect and some privacy during this time.

Its quite sad that people are hoping that more stuff is going to come out.

When he first met him is irrelevant as he didn't enter a sexual relationship with him until he was 20. There's little evidence he groomed him, PS has said he didn't and he'd be crazy to tell more lies at this stage in the game.

It’s quite clear PS aid willing to talk to the papers and insinuate this is affecting his mental health , which maybe true , but really what about his family what about their feelings ? And what about the boy ? He is an adult now why should he not give his side of the story , it might shut the whole thing down then it will hopefully just go away .

He didn't even get past the judges houses when he first orditioned at 14 and she had nothing to do with him or one direction when he was 16, that was Simon Cowell so unlikely to be any grooming going on there and he certainly didn't get his job due to her

Has he said 20 then ? Is that definite ? Why did he not say that originally ?

Yes, interview on BBC.

I was stunned that the BBC devoted the first ten minutes of their prime time news programme to an interview with this narcissistic liar.

When I saw his partner on tv I honestly thought he was his Son.

Or Ds in forum speak 🤣

He said he had lost everything. Twaddle. He threw it away.

No, some of us can see that whilst it’s gross and not at too big of an age gap that does not automatically mean grooming was involved.

PS to me is just your common or garden adulterer with a penchant for younger lovers.

Exactly.

He didn’t HAVE to tell the truth. These rumours have tumbled on for years with little damage to PS. Yet he did, and he admitted he lied and deceived.

Honestly some people seem to want actual blood

He should never have been having private social media conversations giving ‘careers advice’ to teenagers. If he didn’t realise this is unprofessional, inappropriate and tucking creepy there’s a massive problem.

Talking of Al Pacino, he is late eighties, his girl friend has just had his baby, she is 29……. Not excusing PS in anyway, who incidentally needs to be advised to stop digging a deeper hole every time he opens his mouth, but there are huge double standards around celeb “relationships” which imo are the new Weinstein/ Epstein issue that needs addressing and not ignoring.

What if the runner doesn’t WANT to.

She still worked closely in the same workplace for several months when she was an adult and he was a child.

How is it different?

Even a 20yr old at the ground floor in show business is very vulnerable to abuse from an over 55yr old household name, star of the show.

I don't see how it can have been anything but abusive, even if they met at 20.

It's not unlike a head teacher and a 20yr old former pupil, or the CEO and a 19yr old intern. It simple isn't supposed to happen. In any other industry it would be evidently unacceptable.

Yes PS has said today that he was 20. So not illegal at all. It also seems PS has gone out of his way to avoid putting the runner in the limelight, which I imagine is how the young man wanted it otherwise he would have sold his story to the Daily Mail already.

I really can't be arsed trying to explain it to you

“There is more to come”. I reckon PS is going to decide he is really a woman , thereby hoping he will be seen as stunning and brave rather than creepy and perverted. It’s pride month, perfect timing………