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Ellie Abraham
May 30, 2023
Former This Morning host Eamonn Holmes says Phillip Schofield 'was sacked'
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Former ITV presenter Eamonn Holmes has sparked a big reaction following his damning interview with GB News about Phillip Schofield.
Holmes and Schofield were former colleagues on ITV’s morning TV show This Morning before Holmes left the show in December 2021.
In a tell-all interview, after it emerged publicly that Schofield was having an affair with a male staff member many years his junior and resigned from ITV, Holmes accused the TV network of a “cover-up” and said Schofield created a “toxic” atmosphere.
In an interview with Dan Wootton on GB News, Holmes claimed that the younger male colleague would be “delivered from Philip’s London home” to the ITV studio in a car after having stayed at his London home “in cars paid for by ITV”.
Holmes also claimed that the affair was “known by virtually every staff member both on and off screen” and that ITV covered it up until Schofield made the admission himself in a statement.
In his interview, Holmes said: “Those in authority had to know what was going on and they thought they would dodge a bullet with this.”
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\u201c'Thursday was playtime, when he and Phillip would hit the town.'\n\n'He never once talked to us about any relationship but we knew he was in a bad way.'\n\n@EamonnHolmes discusses the \u2018younger male colleague at This Morning\u2019 that Phillip Schofield had an affair with.\u201d— GB News (@GB News) 1685396185
The bombshell interview prompted some to discuss their thoughts on the whole saga and left some questioning why it is only now that Holmes has decided to speak up about it.
“I love watching Eamonn Holmes struggling to pair the ‘I knew nothing’ with the ‘I knew everything’ Schofield narrative. Pick one or the other Eamonn FFS.”
\u201cI love watching Eamonn Holmes struggling to pair the \u2018I knew nothing\u2019 with the \u2018I knew everything\u2019 Schofield narrative. Pick one or the other Eamonn FFS.\u201d— Weasel (@Weasel) 1685427973
\u201cEamonn Holmes\u2019s is basically inserting himself into the centre of the drama for attentions sake, stirring the pot, and most importantly, telling a story that isn\u2019t his to tell. How anyone has decided he\u2019s a \u2018good guy\u2019 in all of this is beyond me?\u201d— Emma (@Emma) 1685430427
\u201cCan we all just just agree that Eamonn Holmes is an angry and bitter old man, and should be kept away from everybody's television.\u201d— Sean Bamforth (@Sean Bamforth) 1685428647
Another said: “This whole Schofield saga shows just what an empty house of cards this whole media industry is, and reveals what a bunch of nasty narcissists they all are.
“Not just Schofield, but Eamonn Holmes, Dan Wootton, Dr Ranj, Holly Willoughby, all of them self-serving fakes.”
\u201cThis whole Schofield saga shows just what an empty house of cards this whole media industry is, and reveals what a bunch of nasty narcissists they all are. Not just Schofield, but Eamonn Holmes, Dan Wootton, Dr Ranj, Holly Willoughby, all of them self serving fakes.\u201d— Weasel (@Weasel) 1685429042
\u201cEamonn Holmes is milking it.\u201d— Tasha (@Tasha) 1685429959
\u201cEamonn reveals more explosive super secret knowledge,he..um..held onto for years..erm...um, ok. Oh dear. #schofield\u201d— DoctorBohemiangirl (@DoctorBohemiangirl) 1685429720
Meanwhile, others congratulated Holmes for speaking up.
Someone tweeted: “@EamonnHolmes brilliant interview with @danwootton. Get it all out there for an enquiry which obvs needs investigating.
“Eamonn would have never gone down this road if he feared it would bite him on the bum. Time for a change @itv @thismorning well done for speaking the truth.”
\u201c@EamonnHolmes brilliant interview with @danwootton \ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4fget it all out there for an enquiry which obvs needs investigating. Eamonn would have never gone down this road if he feared it would bite him on the bum. Time for a change @itv @thismorning well done for speaking the truth\u201d— Mary (@Mary) 1685430721
\u201c@thecarolemalone Well done Eamonn \ud83d\udc4f\u201d— Carole Malone (@Carole Malone) 1685398376
\u201cEamonn hit the nail on the head, here. Pip seems to think he walks on water, and those at This Morning may have encouraged him to believe that.\u201d— Sue Nutt (@Sue Nutt) 1685428747
Another argued: “You can be disgusted by Philip Schofield and still be fed up [with] Dan Wooton, Eamonn Holmes, Dr Ranj and every other cretin jumping on this story for five minutes there’s nothing to be gained by ‘telling your truth’ now too little too late.”
\u201cYou can be disgusted by Philip Schofield and still be fed up Dan Wooton, Eamonn Holmes, Dr Ranj and every other cretin jumping on this story for five minutes there\u2019s nothing to be gained by \u201ctelling your truth\u201d now too little too late\u201d— \u00e1 (@\u00e1) 1685428005
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