A popular British presenter had to resign because he had a secret affair with a young colleague.
Jeremy Clarkson (right) defends Phillip Schofield amid sacking furore. PDO
Delighted British mornings on television for decades Phillip Schofield61, had to resign This Morning – program when his secret relationship with a much younger subordinate was revealed.
Schofield had first met the young man when he was still 15 years old. According to the presenter, the relationship only started when the young man was 18 years old. The presenter himself was still married at the time.
Schofield has said that he deeply regrets the relationship. However, the former host got a supporter Top Gear and of The Grand Tour of the popular Jeremy Clarkson who wrote to the Sunday Times defense speech to Schofield.
Jeremy Clarkson is known for his outspokenness. PDO
– We roll our eyes when we hear Leonardo DiCaprio of a new girlfriend of three years, even we nod respectfully when we hear Al Pacino and his pregnant girlfriend’s age difference is 54 years. It means that when he played the old man In the scent of a womanthe other wasn’t even an embryo yet, Clarkson writes.
He asks why Schofield and his relationship with the young man is unsustainable and different. He believes that homophobia is behind the uproar.
– I have never seen such witch persecution. What surprises me the most is that with the existing information, no crime has occurred. I don’t know him well and have no part or lot in the story, but it seems that he is only guilty of what he has said he is: gay.
Schofield hosted the ITV channel This Morning for over twenty years. He is also remembered for his recommendation Dancing on Ice from the series.
Phillip Schofield is familiar to many Britons from morning television. PDO