Holly Willoughby’s This Morning statement addressing Schofield scandal in full
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Holly Willoughby was “shaken” and “troubled” by her former co-host Phillip Schofield’s admission that he lied about an affair with a This Morning employee, the TV presenter has said. Willoughby has not been seen on the ITV programme since Thursday 18 May, two days before Schofield’s departure from the show was announced, as she was on a scheduled holiday for half term. Flanked by the show’s occasional co-presenter Josie Gibson, she appeared to fight back tears as she acknowledged the “strange” sensation of being back on the sofa without Schofield. “It’s been very hurtful to now find out that this was a lie.” On Friday’s edition of the programme, co-presenter Alison Hammond broke down when discussing Schofield’s interviews.