The broadcaster said it 'feels badly let down'.
The veteran TV presenter, 61, said that the affair began while he was still with his wife Stephanie, adding he was “very, very sorry” for having been unfaithful to her.It comes after he announced he was stepping down from presenting the ITV talk show with “immediate effect” last weekend, while co-presenterwith Willoughby, said he would also step down from presenting the British Soap Awards, his last public commitment.
He said: “Contrary to speculation, whilst I met the man when he was a teenager and was asked to help him to get into television, it was only after he started to work on the show that it became more than just a friendship.Schofield with former This Morning co-host Holly WilloughbyHe denied that a superinjunction had been issued by him, or on his behalf, regarding the relationship.“Nobody ‘forced’ me out.
The presenter added: “I am painfully conscious that I have lied to my employers at ITV, to my colleagues and friends, to my agents, to the media and therefore the public, and most importantly of all to my family.Talent agency YMU said it has “parted company” with Schofield “with immediate effect”. The revelations come after Schofield faced months of controversy including reports of a rift with his long-time co-host Willoughby, his brother’s sex abuse trial and a furore over his visit to the late Queen’s lying-in-state.
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