ITV review into Phillip Schofield’s behaviour on This Morning ‘delayed’

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A review into how ITV handled Phillip Schofield’s behaviour has reportedly been delayed until later this year, despite it originally being expected to be published this month.

The This Morning star, 61, stepped down from his role before resigning from all ITV presenting duties after admitting to having an ‘unwise but not illegal’ affair with a younger male former colleague.The incident led to further allegations of there being a ‘toxic’ culture at This Morning, with TV medic Dr Ranj Singh and Eamonn Holmes among those speaking out against the show.

Metro reported how an external review was launched to establish how ITV handled the allegations against Phillip. It said a letter from ITV Chief Dame Carolyn McCall sent to Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer, DCMS Committee Chair Dame Caroline Dinenage, and Ofcom Chief Executive Dame Melanie Dawes stated that ITV was taking the matter ‘extremely seriously.’ The letter stated that: “Rumours of a relationship between Phillip Schofield and an employee of ITV first began to circulate in late 2019/early 2020." This then reportedly led to ITV launching an investigation, however, 'both parties repeatedly denied the rumours, as did Phillip’s then agency YMU.’ Now, Broadcast has reported that "the external review into ITV’s handling of its initial investigation into Phillip Schofield’s conduct has been delayed until later this year." Dame Carolyn reportedly claimed that while ITV was making ‘significant progress’ with the investigation and had conducted ‘multiple witness interviews,’ the report that was ‘anticipated by the end of September’ is now expected to be ‘completed later this year.’ Last month, ITV’s Managing Director Kevin Lygo said that the report by Jane Mulcahy KC, who is.