Phillip Schofield ‘begged YouTuber who filmed shamed star with lover not to post video of them

Phillip Schofield begged a YouTube star not to post a video that showed him having a meal with his This Morning lover after the shamed presenter warned it could ‘ruin my career’, it has been claimed.

The video shows YouTuber Jack Jones in what appears to be a restaurant as he pops confetti to celebrate reaching one million followers.

Schofield  can be seen in the background at a table with a younger man, who are both startled by the noise.

In a video shared on Twitter, Mr Jones claimed: ‘After I did the video he begged me not to put the video up because he said, ‘It could ruin my career’ and I said, ‘How could it ruin your career?’ And he said he didn’t want to get into it.’

Schofield left ITV earlier this month after admitting to an affair with a younger male colleague at This Morning.

ITV bosses are facing further questions about what they knew of the relationship.  One source at the channel said: ‘This is unravelling fast and there is no evidence to suggest it will come to an end any time soon. 

Philip Schofield is alleged to have begged a Youtube star not to post a video that showed him having a meal with his lover

Philip left ITV earlier this month after admitting to an affair with a younger male colleague at This Morning

Philip left ITV earlier this month after admitting to an affair with a younger male colleague at This Morning

‘There are a lot of people out there who feel wronged by ITV and they now have the confidence to have their say.

‘The house of cards appears to be collapsing – it is anybody’s guess where this ends now.’

It comes after former This Morning presenter Eamonn Holmes accused ITV bosses of orchestrating a ‘total cover-up’ of Schofield’s affair with his younger lover, saying those in authority ‘had to know’ about the secret relationship.

It has been claimed that the younger lover received a financial settlement from the broadcaster.

The Daily Mail has been told that he was given a payment following the end of the on-off relationship, which Schofield described as ‘unwise but not illegal’.

ITV has repeatedly declined to comment on the alleged pay-off or deny it.

There were no comments from a representative of the presenter in response to the claims.

He quit the channel on Friday after he revealed to the Daily Mail that he had lied about the affair to sister paper The Mail on Sunday.

But a source claims that the money was handed to the man, who, after he declared his love for Schofield at an awards ceremony in January 2020, was shunted to another of the network’s daytime programmes, Loose Women.

He no longer works there.

ITV insiders said that at some level, bosses must have known about any payment.

One added: ‘There have been numerous pay-offs at ITV and they have always had to be arranged and sanctioned by people of some seniority.’

It comes after a media blackout by This Morning’s social media accounts, with no posts since Schofield admitted to the affair.

Blackout: The This Morning social media accounts have stayed under the radar with no posts since Phillip Schofield admitted to having an affair with a younger colleague

Blackout: The This Morning social media accounts have stayed under the radar with no posts since Phillip Schofield admitted to having an affair with a younger colleague

End of an era: Phillip Schofield quit his role on This Morning after 21 years as host

End of an era: Phillip Schofield quit his role on This Morning after 21 years as host

While the official accounts have remained untouched, social media has been awash with uncovered moments featuring Schofield and his ex lover. 

Most recently a video of the pair downing whisky together on This Morning in 2016 resurfaced.

Timeline of the Phillip Schofield scandal 

September 2022 – Schofield and Ms Willoughby are criticised for failing to queue for the Queen’s Lying in State.

April 2023 – Schofield is absent from This Morning for two weeks while his brother Timothy, 54, is tried at Exeter Crown Court for sexually abusing a teenage boy.

April 3 – Timothy Schofield is found guilty of  ’emotionally blackmailing’ the teenager into performing sex acts and watching porn with him. 

May 10 – Reports emerge that Schofield and Ms Willoughby are ‘barely speaking’, but a day later he issues a statement calling her ‘my rock’. 

May 15 – The pair present a united front while presenting This Morning, but rumours of a feud continue. The pair are said to have fallen out due to his failure to warn her of his brother’s trial. 

May 20 – Schofield announces he is stepping down from This Morning with ‘immediate effect’. 

May 22 – Stand-in presenters Dermot O’Leary and Alison Hammond pay tribute to their former colleague as ‘one of the best live television broadcasters this country has ever had’. 

May 26 – Schofield releases a statement admitting he’d had an affair with a ‘much younger’ colleague but then lied about it. 

May 27 – Ms Willoughby blasts Schofield for lying to her. 

May 28 – This Morning’s former resident doctor Dr Ranj Singh hits out at the show’s ‘toxic’ culture. 

May 29 – Schofield releases a statement denying claims the show had a toxic culture, only for Eamonn Holmes to slam him as ‘delusional’ on Twitter. 

Holmes later takes to GB News accusing ITV of a ‘total cover-up’ of Schofield’s affair. 

During the Christmas-themed segment, Schofield and co-host Holly Willoughby were trying out alternative advent calendars while Schofield’s lover – who worked as a runner on ITV – was in the background dressed as an elf.

Emmerdale actress Natalie Anderson showed them a whisky advent calendar worth £1,000, after which the hosts were quick to try out a bottle themselves.

With Schofield delighted by the ‘smooth’ drink, he turned to his festively dressed lover and asked, ‘Do you want some?!’

After the younger man took a sip, he joked: ‘Let’s get the elf smashed!’

The clip has resurfaced as ITV bosses face further questions about what they knew of Schofield’s affair with his colleague.

It has been claimed that the younger lover received a financial settlement from the broadcaster.

The Daily Mail has been told that he was given a payment following the end of the on-off relationship, which Schofield described as ‘unwise but not illegal’.

ITV has repeatedly declined to comment on the alleged pay-off or deny it.

The pair met when Schofield was in his 50s and giving a talk to a theatre school. At that time, his future lover was 15 and keen to make a career in the TV industry.

He moved down to London aged 18 and began working at This Morning, before striking up the secret relationship with the presenter.

In an interview on GB News on Monday evening, Holmes, labelled Schofield, 61, ‘chief narcissist’ who would ‘hit the town’ on Thursdays for ‘playtime’ with the young man.

He claimed Schofield’s lover would be ferried between the presenter’s central London flat and the TV studio in taxis paid for by the network.

Holmes said: ‘I didn’t know but I’ve subsequently found out from a very, very good source, because he would arrive much earlier in the morning than I would for the programme, that he was delivered from Phillip’s London home.

‘Usually on a Friday morning, because Thursday was playtime when he and Phillip would hit the town and then he obviously stayed overnight. There are records to show that he was brought in the next day separately in cars paid for by ITV.’

Asked whether the management would had to have known, Holmes replied: ‘Unless Phillip paid the bills separately, but it would still have to go through the accounts office that they would have seen that and known that.’

The claims come as pressure has increased on the broadcaster’s chief executive, Dame Carolyn McCall, director of TV Kevin Lygo and head of daytime Emma Gormley to speak out about what they knew. 

One source at the channel said: ‘This is unravelling fast and there is no evidence to suggest it will come to an end any time soon. 

‘There are a lot of people out there who feel wronged by ITV and they now have the confidence to have their say.

‘The house of cards appears to be collapsing – it is anybody’s guess where this ends now.’

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