Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield's dramatic year on This Morning
Daily MailIn a dramatic year for daytime TV staple This Morning, Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby have both now left the sofa that they had shared together for more than 10 years. Dame Carolyn McCall, chief executive of ITV May 29: Schofield releases a statement denying 'toxicity' at This Morning and says 'it's the same handful of people with a grudge against me or the show who seem to have the loudest voice'. Former This Morning presenter Eamonn Holmes alleges there was a 'total cover-up' at ITV over the affair and, in an interview on GB News, says Willoughby should follow Schofield 'out the door'. May 31: In a letter, seen by the PA news agency, ITV's chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall says the broadcaster has instructed a barrister to conduct an external review of how it has handled Schofield's affair. June 14: ITV boss Dame Carolyn is questioned by MPs alongside ITV managing director Kevin Lygo and general counsel and company secretary Kyla Mullins about Schofield's exit.