I’ve heard about the statement. I haven’t even bothered reading it. At this point, I’m 100% convinced he’ll get away with it. No one is brave enough to speak out.
Holly will probably have no choice now but to come out and verify Schofe’s statement that they’re best friends, as advised by her management team otherwise she’ll end up making an even bigger enemy of him, if the rumours that their friendship is strained are even true at all. That being said, considering how widely disliked he is within the media, she’ll end up making more enemies by publicly pledging her allegiance with him, which could effect her ability to score new presenting gigs long after he’s retired/kicked the bucket. Either way, she’s fucked - Her position is more untenable than his at this point.
Wootton can write all the cryptic articles he likes and continue to highlight Phillip’s deplorability every night on his show on GBNews but the truth is, Phil simply being described as an unpleasant person isn’t enough to warrant him getting the sack. The only thing that will spell the downfall of Phil’s career is if someone just declares he had an affair with a very young boy. If GBNews is a truly a cancel culture-free zone, as it’s been lorded by it’s presenters then surely if Dan broke the story about Phil and MM then he’d still have a presenting gig to return to, therefore would still have a revenue stream to fall back on amidst a legal battle with Philth. If the injunction doesn’t extend to international press, then what’s stopping Dan going to a newspaper in his home country or even the Irish media to break the story about Phil? The truth is he isn’t as invested in Phil’s downfall as we’d all like and is simply cashing in on the recent surge in dislike towards Phil, in hope it gets him more clicks on articles he publishes and the viewing figures up for his show. Even when his brother’s verdict was discussed on GBNews, they approached the story from the most disgusting angle possible and insinuated that Phil was wrong for cutting ties with a paedophilic relative (obviously they were trying to highlight the hypocrisy of it all, but it translated badly) which is the least problematic thing Phillip has done.
He’ll never be forced to leave TM. Frizzel is digging his claws into ITV’s execs.