I watched This Morning for years at one point, but haven't kept up with it since about a year after Holly joined... so I've been following all this and I'm very familiar with Philth, but not with some of the newer cast.
I've not seen much of Alison H before but I tended to like her when I saw her. But I just saw her "breaking down" when talking about Philth and it was such a load of bollocks. So fake. She drops in a lot of ITV buzzwords like "family" and "love" and "struggling to process". Then she goes right for the Bible, which I just think is sick. The Bible also says that it's better to pull your eyes out than to look lustfully at someone else when you're married, Alison! I think ITV cynically told her to bring up the Bible, to win over that cohort of their viewers. She's saying he's apologised - well wtf, what else was he supposed to do now it's been found out? The apology is only words.
I never felt one way or the other about Eammon H until this week, but like everyone here I was so impressed with his intelligence and off the cuff wit. I'm also glad, frankly, that he said what I've been thinking since Philth came out, which was "Is that all?" duck's sake, no one cares if he's gay in this day and age. I hated that he was being called brave for coming out - he's a rich, powerful tv presenter, he's the last person I want to feel sorry for. Ok, so a gay teenager living in a homophobic family/community, I have every sympathy for and think they're brave. But a rich middle aged tv luvvie?
On to today, I've just seen Philth's interview and I hope no one in the Great British public falls for his "I'm so fragile, I made a mistake and now I'm being crucified" act. That man looked at a 12-year-old and decided he was going to keep him close so he could f**k him when he was older, remember that. That's not a mistake, that's a p****phile who knows the law.