Carolyn McCall told a British parliamentary committee about a review into how it handled the case of Phillip Schofield, who had to resign as host of 'This Morning' after lying about an affair with a much younger production assistant: 'We will listen, we will learn, and we will act.'
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ITV recently launched an external review of its handling of the incident. McCall said at the time that the company felt “badly let down” by Schofield, who had repeatedly denied the affair, with the “extent of his deception” making an independent review necessary. Former hosts and editors of the show have criticized it for a toxic atmosphere.
The U.K. parliament’s House of Commons’ Culture, Media and Sports Committee had asked McCall to answer “questions about the broadcaster’s approach to safeguarding and complaint handling” in Wednesday’s session. “The committee regards the media industry’s duty of care towards its staff a matter of the highest importance,” it wrote in its invitation.
In May, the TV veteran had admitted to having a relationship with a young employee before he had publicly come out as gay in 2020 and separated from his wife. Schofield has said that the affair began after the young man turned 18, when the anchor was in his early 50s, calling it “consensual” and “unwise, but not illegal.”
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