February 19, 2024, 16:06
Phillip Schofield paid a six-figure sum for his young lover.
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Phillip Schofield paid his much younger girlfriend a six-figure sum on a contract to never talk about their relationship.
Philip, 61, saw his personal and professional life fall apart last year after it was revealed he had been having an affair with a man 34 years his junior, with whom he worked on the set of This Morning. did.
At the time, Schofield labeled the relationship “unwise but not illegal.” The man in question, who has not been officially named, was hired as a runner on the ITV show when he was just 19 years old.
The pair first met when Mr Schofield's colleague was 15 years old, but only had “sexual contact” when Mr Schofield was 20.
The incident occurred while Schofield was still married to his wife, Stephanie Rowe, before he came out as gay.
Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby.
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Schofield's representatives confirmed last year that a deal had been signed that included compensation payments for the losses suffered by the player.
And now it has emerged that the young male colleague is still trying to rebuild his life.
Despite this clause preventing both parties from talking about the affair, Schofield revealed intimate details of their relationship when interviewed by the BBC's Amol Rajan in June last year. .
A source familiar with the NDA told the Mail on Sunday: “This young man has always been frail, it's no secret.
“Following Philip's decision to speak out about his relationship, payments were made for a range of issues and as part of this an NDA was arranged and signed.
“This means Phil knows his younger ex-boyfriend can't talk about their relationship, so he'll probably sleep much better at night.”
ITV carried out an external investigation into its handling of the incident, which found it had made “considerable efforts” to uncover the truth about the relationship.
“There have been a lot of unfair, inaccurate and harmful assumptions about the culture at This Morning. This week, the PLC board met with KC and she told us: “We have a 'toxic' culture. “If there had been, I would have said, 'I said this,'” Kyla Mullins, general counsel and company secretary at ITV, said in an email to staff.
Holly Willoughby has quit the This Morning show five months after news of her affair came to light.
Last week, This Morning announced that Cat Deeley and Ben Shepherd would become permanent hosts of the show.
