Piers Morgan weighs in on Phillip Schofield Instagram post and ‘corpsed careers’

Piers Morgan has compared the This Morning scandal to Quentin Tarantino’s 1992 crime film Reservoir Dogs.

“I fear we’re now entering the Reservoir Dogs phase of the This Morning scandal… and it could end up with a lot of corpsed careers,” he wrote on Twitter.

The broadcaster also shared a message calling for “a lot more questions” to be asked on the channel.

Morgan’s views come as Phillip Schofield shared a statement on Instagram to hit out at “loud voices” who have criticised him and This Morning for its “toxicity”.

ITV has now denied rumours that This Morning could be taken off air due to the ongoing Phillip Schofield scandal.

The series returned as normal on Monday (29 May) with Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary stepping in to host while Holly Willoughby remains on half-term break. Willoughby will return on 5 June.

Broadcaster is under scrutiny after former presenter admitted he lied about his relationship with ITV colleague

Eamonn Holmes has accused Phillip Schofield of “toxicity” amid the furore over the culture on ITV’s This Morning programme.

Schofield, 61, resigned from ITV on Friday and was dropped by his talent agency YMU after admitting to an “unwise, but not illegal” affair with a young male colleague on This Morning.

In the wake of his resignation, some former This Morning employees have come out to criticise the “toxic” culture at the broadcaster.

In a post on Instagram on Monday, Schofield hit back at the critics, saying that there was “no toxicity” on This Morning. “I hope you have noticed that it’s the same handful of people with a grudge against me or the show who seem to have the loudest voice,” he wrote.

Referring to Schofield’s comments in an interview on GB News on Monday, Holmes accused Schofield himself of “toxicity”.

Eamonn Holmes has hit out at a “delusional” Instagram post from Phillip Schofield, after the presenter defended This Morning from claims the programme is “toxic”.

Phillip Schofield has issued a blunt statement in response to critics after he quit This Morning.

Last week, Schofield confessed that he’d had an “unwise” but not “illegal” affair with a much younger colleague on the programme.

The news came shortly after he resigned from the talk show amid rumours of a feud with his co-host Holly Willoughby. He has now resigned from ITV altogether.

The 61-year-old has since hit back at critics in a post shared on Instagram.

Speaking on Monday’s episode (29 May) of Good Morning Britain, Ed Balls said: “There are certain professions, politics is one, television the same, where very powerful people work with young people all the time in a very intensive way. But that means an extra responsibility.”

Ed added: “And our society’s changed, even compared to when I was in politics. Now politics is dealing with scandals and the abuse of power in the workplace which were never even talked about [before].”

According to the latest report by The Mail on Sunday, Schofield’s former colleague was allegedly just 15 when they met at a talk the TV presenter was giving at a theatre school, while Schofield was in his late forties. Lawyers representing Schofield confirmed to the Evening Standard that he met the boy when he was 15, but said the affair began after he started working at ITV, after he turned 18.

Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary will be hosting This Morning all week for half term, ITV has confirmed.

Holly Willoughby is due to return to the ITV programme on 5 June.

Earlier this morning, viewers spotted what they believed was a subtle nod to the Phillip Schofield scandal from Dermot O’Leary.

O’Leary and Alison Hammond fronted the talk show in Holly Willoughby’s absence.

O’Leary and Alison Hammond are hosting the ITV show after Schofield admitted to ‘unwise’ affair with much younger colleague