[arista]

[Phillip Schofield, 63, stumbles out of a bar with
a 30-year-old male companion in London]



['Contrary to speculation, whilst I met the man
when he was a teenager and was asked to help him
to get into television,
it was only after he started to work on the show that
it became more than a just a friendship.

'That relationship was unwise, but not illegal.
It is now over…

'I am painfully conscious that I have lied to my
employers at ITV, to my colleagues and friends,
to my agents, to the media and therefore
the public and most importantly of all to my family.
I am so very, very sorry, as I am for having been
unfaithful to my wife...

'I am resigning from ITV with immediate effect,
expressing my immense gratitude to them
for all the amazing opportunities that they
have given me.

'I will reflect on my very bad judgement in both
participating in the relationship and then lying about it.'

The star, who has been married to
Stephanie Lowe since 1993, has not publically confirmed
any romance since the admission of his affair.

At the time of his departure from This Morning,
it was reported that Steph had been left 'devastated'
by the revelation and angry that her husband
had lied to her.

However, it was later revealed she is choosing
not to file for divorce because she does not want
him to 'fall any further' then he already has, and despite
everything, 'the love is still very much there.'

As well as the breakdown of his marriage,
Schofield's relationship with co-host Holly Willoughby faltered
in the midst of the scandal, with the pair understood
to be at loggerheads.]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...-pre-live.html