Phillip Schofield's statement in full as he admits to affair with 'much younger colleague'

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Phillip Schofield has admitted to an afair with a younger former colleague in a statement. His statement in full, as first published by DailyMail, started with an apology for having 'misled' the paper by issuing a false denial.

He then continued by admitting that: "I did have a consensual on-off relationship with a younger male colleague. "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 just a friendship. "That relationship was unwise, but not illegal.

It is now over. When I chose to come out I did so entirely for my own wellbeing. Nobody 'forced' me out. Read More Related Articles Phillip Schofield sensationally admits he had affair with younger This Morning colleague "Neither I nor anyone else, to my knowledge, has ever issued an injunction, super or otherwise, about my relationship with this colleague, he was never moved on or sacked by or because of me. "In an effort to protect my ex-colleague I haven't been truthful about the relationship. "But my recent, unrelated, departure from This Morning fuelled speculation and raised questions which have been impacting him, so for his sake it is important for me to be honest now. "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.