THE RUNNER at the centre of the Phillip Schofield scandal has broken his silence on the affair with the former This Morning presenter, Politicalite can exclusively reveal.
Despite claims that he was groomed, a representative for Mr McGreevy told Politicalite last night: “He has never wanted his relationship with Mr Schofield to be made public.”
“He has long idolised and cared for him.”
“Contrary to some of the rumours, he never threatened to ‘sell his story’ to the media or anyone else and has kept the relationship private.”
“He does not want any harm to come to Mr Schofield.”
“He is highly vulnerable and is finding this situation deeply distressing.” the representative.
Last week, Schofield, 61 admitted the affair with a “younger male” in the Daily Mail and apologised for lying to the press, public and his wife Stephanie Lowe.
“The first thing I want to say is: I am deeply sorry for having lied to them, and to many others about a relationship that I had with someone working on ‘This Morning’.” he said.
“I did have a consensual on-off relationship with a younger male colleague at ‘This Morning’.
“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.”
SEEDY SCHOFE’S DATE WITH ANOTHER YOUNG LAD
Yesterday Politicalite exclusively revealed that Phillip Schofield was spotted on a date with another young man - that caused the break up of his relationship with his runner.
Schofield was spotted dining in a restaurant with an alleged ‘toyboy lover’ that he is said to to have had an affair with behind the back of Mathew McGreevy back in March 2019, Politicalite can exclusively reveal.
The former This Morning star, 61 was spotted by a source in March 2019 who had popped in for lunch at White City’s swanky Bluebird Restaurant next to the ITV Daytime Studios at Television Centre in West London – the posh restaurant is featured on the ITV1 shows titles and boasts bottles of Champagne at up to £130 a bottle.
Speaking exclusively to Politicalite in 2020, the source said: “I saw them together and I said to my friend I didn’t know Phillip Schofield was Gay, she said he’s not, he is married, and I said to her that they didn’t look like that to me, I thought they looked more like a couple.”
The claims add further fuel to fire of an alleged affair with This Morning runner and this was the reason for the pair splitting up, Politicalite can reveal.
