ITV hits back at accusation 'vast majority knew' about Phillip Schofield affair and rebuts Eamonn Holmes' claims
The boss of ITV has hit back at accusations that the 'vast majority knew' about Phillip Schofield's affair. The presenter stepped back as host of This Morning after rumours of a 'feud' between him and co-host Holly Willoughby behind the scenes hit the headlines.
On Wednesday , the chief executive of ITV Dame Carolyn McCall appeared before a parliamentary committee to answer questions about the broadcaster’s approach to safeguarding and complaint handling after Schofield left as host of This Morning.The 61-year-old has been facing questions from MPs alongside ITV managing director Kevin Lygo and general counsel and company secretary Kyla Mullins about the This Morning row during Wednesday morning's Culture, Media and Sport Committee session.
"Do you class yourself in the category of the vast majority of people who seemed to know what was going on?" Dame Caroline Dinenage said to the ITV chief executive, asking whether she was claiming that "everyone else knew", except for her and Schofield's fellow This Morning star Holly. Dame Carolyn rebutted that it was "the vast majority" of people at ITV, saying: "If they knew, why didn’t they say something to Kevin?", referencing Kevin Lygo, the managing director of media and entertainment at ITV. She said he "speaks to talent all the time", and on the claim the "vast majority of people" allegedly knew about the affair she added: "It doesn’t feel that to me.
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