Bosses at ITV were shocked ot hear about a nickname claimed to be used by This Morning staff to describe its viewers
ITV bosses recoiled in horror as an MP made claims about a nickname he heard This Morning staff had for its show's viewers. ITV chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall faced questions from MPs on Wednesday about Phillip Schofield's shock exit from the network.
He later stepped back from ITV altogether after he admitted to lying to Holly, his employers, and others about his affair with the young man.Dame Carolyn, chief executive of ITV, has now faced questioning about the broadcaster’s approach to safeguarding and complaint handling alongside ITV managing director Kevin Lygo and general counsel and company secretary Kyla Mullins about Schofield’s exit during Wednesday morning’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee session in Parliament.
She said "we were repeatedly told nothing was happening”, and both men denied it "both formally and informally". She added: "There was only hearsay and rumour and speculation… Nobody on the board would have turned a blind eye to something as serious as this." MP John Nicolson asked: "Can you confirm that daytime production staff on This Morning referred to their audience in production meetings as 'Tower Block Traceys?'" to which Dame Carolyn leant back in her chair with a gobsmacked expression, while Lygo asked Nicholson to repeat himself, the Metro reports.
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