LIVE: ITV boss Dame Carolyn McCall questioned by MPs over Phillip Schofield's This Morning exit
Dame Carolyn McCall DBE, Chief Executive, ITV, giving evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
ITV managing director Kevin Lygo and general counsel and company secretary Kyla Mullins will also face questions about the This Morning row.Schofield, 61, resigned from ITV and was dropped by his talent agency YMU after admitting to an “unwise but not illegal” affair with a younger male colleague on the show. Follow his resignation, This Morning has been plagued with allegations of “toxicity”.
Dame Carolyn confirmed Schofield is “receiving counselling” since his exit and she is “very concerned” about his welfare. “There was only hearsay and rumour and speculation… Nobody on the board would have turned a blind eye to something as serious as this,” she said.Broadcaster to be quizzed on working culture on This Morning and other productions
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