Phillip Schofield #32 It's all groom and doom.

[Wee Nora]

I wonder if Holly has had a chat with her children about Uncle Phil. It’s bound to have crossed her mind as a mother that she’d need to ask them if Phil ever behaved inappropriately with them.

 

[IrishCatlady]

I don't believe he's got an agent or anything. People on twitter are being fake news makers posting shite like that.

It was on here. Someone said they knew a friend of his

 

[da1sycha1n]

Exactly an ex TM camera man said he knew so HW must have

there was an ITV lightening man who knew to, posted about it when it came out im sure his name was Miles Gilbey

 

[Eureka]

Why did Phil have hiring and firing privileges on TM? What kind of set up is it that he has that kind of control?

 

[Doc]

What are all the Be Kind poppets saying on their Facebook pages?

 

[HappyMum44]

here is another photo of MM from the same night
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Wonder does Maura know anything ? She is normally quite vocal.

 

[da1sycha1n]

I have a friend who is a regular “on screen” contributor on This Morning - this has all been known for years, and ITV trying to distance themselves from it is desperate. There are runner(s) involved, and more than one pay off

I quite believe it!

 

[Mediamyster]

Isn’t it funny the sly digs at GB News from some posters continue, alongside the immature “Gbeebies” comment. Which again is interesting as you should be thanking them for keeping this story consistently running and within the media the last fortnight when nobody else on mainstream said a single word… or is it a case of just having a dig at them when it’s about a subject which has now proven to be true and one you’re interested in? Well done GB News YET AGAIN… for rewriting the perverted British Media.

 

[IdeletedbutI'mbackagain]

You see, I'm not really interested in the low hanging fruit like this ejit. I wanna know more about the higher ups who paid people to be silent. Phils daughters management company, the tv exec who runs a child fostering company etc. I want to know the real people involved in threatening people into silence.

 

[Hiyaguys]

This whole foster agency being owned by the ITV boss thing is sitting in my head I think there’s something to it. Maybe they’ve thrown Phil under the bus because him admitting he knew about his brother abusing the boy brought too much attention on them? Or maybe the brother has shared info on Phil? Why would Dan Wootton say there was never a super injunction if there was and if there wasn’t, what’s the reason for all this coming out in MSM now?? The timing is making me think it’s something to do with his brothers trial.. has the brother opened a huge can of worms involving the ITV bosses?

 

[Delujenelle]

To play devil's advocate, and I'm no big fan of Holly, but maybe, just maybe, she really didn't know much beyond maybe some vague gossip about Schofield. He probably wasn't flaunting his boyfriends/victims in the studio, and much of the interaction at work would be on camera, in dressing rooms, or in rehearsal/editorial meetings.

Unless someone said something to her, to tell her what they knew, then she may almost have been too close to Schofield to know what was going on at the periphery. Why should she know about his secret flat or escorts or MM? And if Schofield lied to her, and said there was nothing in it, then why wouldn't she believe him?

Then again, she will have friends outside the studio, people also in TV, who gossip. It's possible they didn't want to put her in an awkward situation by discussing it. It's possible she had an inkling but decided to suppress her concerns for the sake of herself and the show.

Schofield admits to having lied, we know he was lying, he lied to Lorraine that 'as soon as he knew, she knew [his wife]' and although his wife probably knew he was bi (his family probably have known since he was young) she probably didn't know about the secret flat or affairs or what was going on at TM. And he had power at ITV, there is no doubt about that. Huge power as one of their biggest, most bankable stars. He could have easily manipulated anyone and ensured that Holly was kept out of his sordid life.

I've learned one or two things about colleagues of mine that I only knew years later, even though people know they can be open to me about anything. Yes, some people are gossips, but many others keep mum and are uncomfortable just bringing random stuff up in conversations. In the case of TM, possibly at the risk of losing their jobs.

Edit.

Nah... I think I'm giving her too much credit.

Nope. No way. Everyone knew. It was apparently an open secret. No way she was unaware.

I agree with a previous poster who suggested that she knew about MM but that there's.. Something else.

 

[SaLou]

Is that Maura Higgins? Not that it has any relevancy but it looks like her.

Yeah that is Maura.


On the subject of Holly I don't think her career is over at all. She just needs to play it carefully.

 

[Warriorqueen]

Found, literally his only tweet

 

[Coniferhedge]

Exactly an ex TM camera man said he knew so HW must have

Spot on. Holly and Philth were best friends. Living in each other’s pockets, going on holiday together etc. They must have told each other everything, as best friends do.

 

[Spanor511]

Holly Willoughby. The Esther Rantzen of her time.

 

[Salacious]

I don't think this is the 'end' for Holly. She still has a following on social media and her husband is an executive who can find her work.

I am worried ITV will put out an inquiry, say lessons have been learnt and put out a whitewash of a report.

 

[Ireckon]

Remember this - when Phil and Holly were out ALL night supposing together at ETA after party - perhaps Phil was with MM all night ?

 

[IdeletedbutI'mbackagain]

Nope. No way. Everyone knew. It was apparently an open secret. No way she was unaware.

I agree with a previous poster who suggested that she knew about MM but that there's.. Something else.

Yup something else, much worse than that. I believe this goes much deeper than creeper Phillip.

 

[ocean1971]

I wonder if Holly has had a chat with her children about Uncle Phil. It’s bound to have crossed her mind as a mother that she’d need to ask them if Phil ever behaved inappropriately with them.

They’ll certainly be reading all about it for sure and their mother’s involvement. I can imagine her children being very superior

 

[Evesdropping]

Yeah that is Maura

Idk if she has/had a friendship with Matthew but she did DOI in 2020, around the time Phil came out.
Also does anyone else remember how emotional he got paying tribute to Caroline Flack on DOI after she passed. It was just after he came out and the rumours were swirling about MM. Makes me think half of it was relief that the spotlight was off him for a bit.