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TV presenter Phillip Schofield has apologised to his wife, who stood by him after he came out in 2020, after sensationally confessing to an affair with a young male This Morning colleague.
The 'unwise' romance took place during the couple's nearly 30-year marriage and Schofield has said he was 'so very sorry' for being unfaithful.
Stephanie Lowe, 59, who shares two children, Ruby and Molly with Schofield, issued a statement when her then husband came out as gay in a moving This Morning segment in 2020.
The presenter stepped down last weekend after more than 20 years on the airwaves and confirmed the affair in a statement to the Mail on Friday.
He has resigned from ITV and will not host the British Soap Awards and has been dropped by his agents at YMU 'with immediate effect'.
Stephanie Lowe, 59, who shares two children, Ruby and Molly with Schofield, issued a statement when her then husband came out as gay in 2020
The 'unwise' romance took place during the couple's 30-year marriage and Schofield has said he was 'so very sorry' (pictured with their two children, Ruby and Molly)
In a groveling statement, the former ITV presenter said: 'I am making this statement via the Daily Mail, to whom I have already apologised personally for misleading, through my lawyer who I also misled, about a story [sic] which they wanted to write about me a few days ago.
'The first thing I want to say is: I am deeply sorry for having lied to them, and to many others about a relationship that I had with someone working on This Morning.
'I did have a consensual on-off relationship with a younger male colleague at This Morning.
'Contrary to speculation, whilst I met the man when he was a teenager and was asked to help him to get into television, it was only after he started to work on the show that it became more than a just a friendship.
'That relationship was unwise, but not illegal. It is now over...
'I am painfully conscious that I have lied to my employers at ITV, to my colleagues and friends, to my agents, to the media and therefore the public and most importantly of all to my family. I am so very, very sorry, as I am for having been unfaithful to my wife...
'I am resigning from ITV
