Phillip Schofield ‘vaping a lot’ and drinking Southern Comfort to deal with backlash
“They’ve guarded me and received’t let me out of their sight. It’s like a bizarre numbness. I do know that’s a egocentric standpoint, however you come to a level the place you suppose, how a lot are you supposed to take?
“All of these individuals who write all of that stuff, do they ever suppose that there’s truly a individual on the different finish?”
2. Holly Willoughby has reduce him off
He additionally revealed that Holly Willoughby, his long-time presenting associate, has not replied to his final message to her. He didn’t inform her beforehand concerning the relationship.
He mentioned he advised her in his WhatsApp message in current weeks: “I know you can’t reply, you’re probably not allowed to, but please know that I am desperately, desperately sorry.”
3. Affair started in ITV dressing room
In the BBC interview, Schofield mentioned he first met the boy aged 15 after being invited to a drama faculty and was requested to comply with the “fan” again on Twitter, to which he agreed, earlier than letting him come to the studio to go searching aged 19.
He mentioned no sexual relations began till age 20 and when requested by the BBC if he had any intercourse with him whereas he was underage, he mentioned: “No, God no.”
Schofield mentioned the affair started in a dressing room at ITV in 2017. “In my dressing room one day, something happened,” he mentioned, earlier than 5 or 6 different encounters within the following months. “I kissed someone in the workplace, which led on to a little bit more.”
He mentioned he understood individuals who thought there had been an abuse of energy, however mentioned it “didn’t feel like that at the time”.
Schofield mentioned he final spoke to his former lover a couple of weeks in the past to rent legal professionals for him, which he’s nonetheless paying for.
4. Finding an ally in a vape
During a second filmed interview with the Sun, Schofield clutched a vape and inhaled it slowly at one level, his fingers shaking.
He mentioned he had been “vaping a lot” and drinking Southern Comfort whiskey liqueur to cope with the backlash, telling the newspaper: “I just sit on the sofa and stare. I realise by doing that, I’ve blistered both hands.”
He added: “I am not sleeping, I am not eating. There’s a lot of Southern Comfort.”
