Body language expert JUDI JAMES on Phillip Schofield's BBC interview trends now

Phillip Schofield put on a display of 'bravado' during a BBC interview about his affair with a younger colleague but could not hide his 'disgust' at what he had done, a body language expert said today. 

Speaking to Amol Rajan, Schofield categorically denied grooming his former This Morning colleague but said their later affair and his decision to lie about it was 'unforgivable'. 

The 61-year-old confirmed the pair met when the younger man was 15 but said their interactions until he was an adult were just about 'career advice' and said the first time they had sexual contact was when he was in his 20s.  

Judi James said Schofield tried to 'convey calm elegance' at the start of the interview and 'had his hands on display to show his wedding ring.' But she said his underlying body language betrayed the pressure he was feeling. 

'Schofield adopts a pose that seems intended to convey calm elegance, with his legs crossed and his hands folded on camera side, displaying his wedding ring that he also holds up to display at the end of the interview,' Ms James said. 

'This poise seems to be his go-to look throughout the interview but that ''poise'' is not endorsed by his underlying, contradictory body language rituals and the emotional undercurrent and sense of pressure is revealed almost immediately as he is asked how he is.

'Before the main interview starts he pauses, speechless, with some micro head-nods and a smile that looks ironic. He looks away with a head-lurch, in a display that suggests a stab at fake bravado. The pause continues before he talks of ''a weird numbness''.'

Schofield's use of the second person suggested an attempt to distance himself from what he was talking about, Ms James

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