I genuinely await the MP questioning next week with interest after reading this
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it’s baffling how they clearly think they’re above any sort of questioning from anyone
DAN WOOTTON: I have obtained a potentially significant email sent to McCall and Julian Bellamy, the managing director of ITV Studios, which makes This Morning, on February 10, 2020.
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ITV's uber woke chief executive Carolyn McCall has refused to comment publicly, instead hiding behind corporate statements suggesting that she swallowed the obvious lies that Schofield now admits he told his bosses.
But I have obtained a potentially significant email sent to McCall and Julian Bellamy, the managing director of ITV Studios, which makes This Morning, on February 10, 2020.
Written by a former This Morning staff member who had since left the show, it demanded an investigation into what they feared was an abuse of power by Schofield, suggesting at the very least he should be suspended from the programme while the widespread allegations were looked into.
I have agreed not to name the staff member, but can reveal they had no personal animosity towards Phillip, who was not involved in their decision to leave.
The email to McCall and Bellamy read in part: 'With the current rumours and accusations swirling around about Phillip Schofield…why is he still on our screens? Why have ITV not suspended him pending an internal inquiry?
'I would have thought in this day and age that a mainstream broadcaster such as ITV ought to be seen to be doing all it can to deal with issues like this, find out where the truth lies and, in the meantime, suspend those who the rumours concern?'
In addition, the ex-This Morning staff member provided McCall and Bellamy with a link to a YouTube video, which now has nearly two million views, detailing the history of the relationship between Schofield and his young colleague, including purported social media contact between the pair and a number of photographs of them together socially and at work at ITV.
The former staff member concluded the email: 'Come on ITV – it's time to take action and do the responsible thing.'
Neither McCall or Bellamy had the courtesy to respond to the email, prompting the ex-staffer to send multiple further messages, which were also ignored.
One read: 'I find this all frankly disgusting.'