Secret Broadcasting Gossip

[LyraBalaqua]

I cannot see the appeal of Schofield and how he’s been so successful over the years is beyond me.

He’s a smarmy little git, I’ve got nothing to add other than that.

 

[Gym&Tonic]

A while back. As in a good few years ago now. There was a blind item that was obviously about Piers Morgan saying he’d been having an affair with an Australian woman after they’d bonded over a mutual love of cricket. God knows I’ve always thought he was punching well above with Celia.

The stuff about Schofield is true and Popbitch reported on him hiring a crisis management team when there was a lot of stories about about him bullying in the press. He came out to try and win back public sympathy and of course it worked because he was suddenly lauded for being so ‘brave’. I firmly believe his wife has always known he way gay and turned a blind eye because of the lifestyle he provided for her. Ruth and Eamon hate him, so does Rylan. Ruth, Eamon and Rylan are all very popular behind the scenes at TM. Phil and Holly aren’t.

Judy Finnigan is, or was, a raging alcoholic. Years ago when she was off This Morning for a long time we were all told she’d had a hysterectomy. The truth was she was in rehab. She may be off the booze now as Richard has said they’ve both given up drinking, but he enabled her for years. They even had a wine club on their Channel Four show ffs.

 

[Inforapenny]

I heard from first hand who works on the good morning itv about windbag Schofield. Hes got an emergency PR team behind him because of all the unsavoury grooming he has done with very young men/boys.

 

[liar liar]

I heard from first hand who works on the good morning itv about windbag Schofield. Hes got an emergency PR team behind him because of all the unsavoury grooming he has done with very young men/boys.

Just re-name him Philip Savile or Jimmy Schofield - that'll make the viewers tune out. I refuse to watch anything he is in - the Channel changer is your friend.

 

[Sogdhitalley]

Well this is going to become one of my favourite threads.

 

[GordonD88]

wasn't there talk Carol Vorderman was booted off Countdown because Channel 4 told her to take a cut of NINETY PER CENT

that struck me as really mean and hurtful to somebody who had given near 30 years service

 

[MidnightRambler]

A while back. As in a good few years ago now. There was a blind item that was obviously about Piers Morgan saying he’d been having an affair with an Australian woman after they’d bonded over a mutual love of cricket. God knows I’ve always thought he was punching well above with Celia.

The stuff about Schofield is true and Popbitch reported on him hiring a crisis management team when there was a lot of stories about about him bullying in the press. He came out to try and win back public sympathy and of course it worked because he was suddenly lauded for being so ‘brave’. I firmly believe his wife has always known he way gay and turned a blind eye because of the lifestyle he provided for her. Ruth and Eamon hate him, so does Rylan. Ruth, Eamon and Rylan are all very popular behind the scenes at TM. Phil and Holly aren’t.

Judy Finnigan is, or was, a raging alcoholic. Years ago when she was off This Morning for a long time we were all told she’d had a hysterectomy. The truth was she was in rehab. She may be off the booze now as Richard has said they’ve both given up drinking, but he enabled her for years. They even had a wine club on their Channel Four show ffs.

Judy has most certainly not given up drink - an ex colleague of mine has wealthy parents who live near the Finnigans main home, I think it backs onto Hampstead Heath, from memory - and the pair of them sit out drinking all of the time, its always the local gossip as whenever anyone sees Judy (which is rarely, as she seems a total recluse, Richard does all the errands) she is always sweating profusely and a bit scatty, but mainly the local tales have been about the fact that, especially over the past year of lockdowns, she will always sit in their garden or on their front terrace, drinking even in terrible weather, late into the night, as if she's oblivious to the time or weather.

They've both always been big drinkers, but Judy in particular loves a win and a gin.

 

[LennyBriscoe]

Not much more to say. Heard it from someone who worked on the show at the time. Alcoholics aren't great at controlling their bowels.

Bit of a sweeping generalisation there Pete, I never shat myself once when I was an active alcoholic!

 

[Vanillaco]

This sounds like a good thread, if only I knew any gossip! I'll have to lurk and leave it up to others for the goss!

 

[WadieHaddadsChocolates]

Because old women fancied him and thought he was straight.

Has anyone really ever though he was straight? I was initially confused by his 'coming out' drama because I had just assumed he was gay since he first popped up on CBBC when I was a young teenager in the 80s and back then, it took quite a lot for me to figure stuff like that out so it must have been quite obvious. I never took any interest in him thereafter as he repelled me being such a phoney old 'professional' media type, so never knew he had a human shield wifey and kids baked into his image.

I've never known anyone who thought Schofield was anything other than a typical blow-dried, utterly vain, ageing pretty boy media gay anyway, that is if they gave him a second thought, which most didn't.

 

[PeteM]

Nothing will ever beat the story of Judy shitting herself whilst on air on This Morning.

 

[LennyBriscoe]

I would still like to know what the Beef was that Ruth had with Schofield in TM... it was really awkward... then when he came out all was forgiven sort of.... I think it was something to do with that and the lad who worked there that was going to do the story of schof....

It’s spoken about on the Philip Schofield thread, it looks like she may have taken Matthew McGreavey under her wing - he now works on Loose Women and I’m sure a couple of posters have seen them commenting on each other’s SM. It looks to me like she thought PS treated MM badly (or worse) but was forced by This Morning into that shambolic episode where everyone was forced to worship Pip. And even after going along with it they still lost most of their TM work.

 

[GordonD88]

I just can't believe the BBC didnt have the balls to fire Jimmy Savile as soon as the police had proof of him assaulting people

or LWT didn't let go of Cilla Blck at the first report of her being a cow to the public

somebody on this site said a few weeks back Holly Willoughby is right nasty as soon as the cameras go off

I seem to remember them saying a friend of theirs went up for The Voice

HW didn't wish luck to them or even talk

 

[Gym&Tonic]

I don’t think Ruth or Eamon have forgiven Philip. I’d have loved to have been a fly on the wall in their house after his ‘coming out’ interview

 

[Gym&Tonic]

Nothing will ever beat the story of Judy shitting herself whilst on air on This Morning.

You can’t just leave it like that!

 

[GordonD88]

if I may create a spin-off of one of the most popular threads of Tattle SECRET CELEB GOSSIP

what rumours have people heard or are currently hearing around the TV or radio networks however vague

there was a poster here -can't remember who

that said they,d heard ITV may be working towards Phil Schofield departing This Morning in June after 18 years

any past or present chatter you've heard do tell it

 

[PeteM]

You can’t just leave it like that!

Not much more to say. Heard it from someone who worked on the show at the time. Alcoholics aren't great at controlling their bowels.

 

[PenelopePitstop]

I would still like to know what the Beef was that Ruth had with Schofield in TM... it was really awkward... then when he came out all was forgiven sort of.... I think it was something to do with that and the lad who worked there that was going to do the story of schof....

 

[What a pile of crap]

Nothing will ever beat the story of Judy shitting herself whilst on air on This Morning.

Say what now??!!

 

[liar liar]

I heard from first hand who works on the good morning itv about windbag Schofield. Hes got an emergency PR team behind him because of all the unsavoury grooming he has done with very young men/boys.

How come he is protected then. ITV have seen the scale of the fall-out from the Savile scandal. Are they mad?

I cannot see the appeal of Schofield and how he’s been so successful over the years is beyond me.

He’s a smarmy little git, I’ve got nothing to add other than that.

Because old women fancied him and thought he was straight.