The Grand Tour host has said he has “never seen a witch hunt like it'
In an interview last week, Schofield said that homophobia was a significant factor in the backlash to the age gap between him and his former lover.earlier this week, the former This Morning presenter said he believed that if his affair had been a “male-female” relationship then “it wouldn’t be such a scandal.”, the 61-year-old made the same point, stating: “It’s accepted by Leonardo DiCaprio, it’s not accepted if it’s in the gay world.“Attraction is attraction.
Just over a week ago, the former This Morning presenter confessed to lying to his former employee about the affair but said it was “unwise but not illegal”. The star met the younger colleague – who has not been publicly named – when he was 15. The latter was 19 when he first did work experience at This Morning in 2015 and 20 when he applied and succeeded in securing a job as a runner on the show. In 2019, he was promoted to Loose Women and left ITV in 2021.
Schofield has denied grooming the man and said the affair did not begin until the younger colleague was 20 after “something just happened" that"changed everything”. The ex-This Morning presenter has also stated that the affair was “consensual.”
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