Phillip Schofield quits ITV after admitting affair

The TV presenter Phillip Schofield sensationally quit ITV and admitted to an affair with a younger male colleague at This Morning while he was still married.

The 61-year-old – who stepped down from presenting the daytime TV programme last month – said the “consensual on-off relationship” was “unwise, but not illegal”.

Schofield said he was “very sorry” for the affair, which happened while he was married to his wife of 30 years, Stephanie Lowe. The TV presenter admitted he lied about the relationship to ITV, his colleagues, friends and his agents, YMU, who have since parted ways with Schofield.

He told the Daily Mail: “In an effort to protect my ex-colleague, I haven’t been truthful about the relationship.” His departure from This Morning came amid reports of a rift with Holly Willoughby, with whom he has presented the programme since 2009.