{"id":33375,"date":"2023-05-28T11:33:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T09:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1837636"},"modified":"2023-05-28T12:43:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T10:43:04","slug":"itv-denies-this-morning-axe-reports-while-holly-willoughby-breaks-silence","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/itv-denies-this-morning-axe-reports-while-holly-willoughby-breaks-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV denies This Morning axe reports while Holly Willoughby breaks silence"},"content":{"rendered":"

ITV has said that “This Morning is not under review and there\u2019s no plans for the show to be axed”. <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 28 May 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Amid multiple reports that the future of ITV Daytime show This Morning could be in doubt after Phillip Schofield\u2019s claims to have misled multiple parties<\/a> surrounding an affair with a colleague, ITV has clarified that the show is not currently under review.<\/p>\n

Responding to a report from The Mirror<\/a> that the show could be axed, a spokesperson for ITV on Saturday (28th May 2023) commented: \u201cAs we said on the record earlier today, This Morning is not under review and there\u2019s no plans for the show to be axed. This Morning will return on Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n

This came as Schofield\u2019s former co-host Holly Willoughby broke her silence over Schofield\u2019s departure from ITV and admission of the affair, taking to Instagram to address the developments and to claim that she too had been misled by Schofield.<\/p>\n

Willoughby said in an Instagram Story post<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s taken time to process yesterday\u2019s news. When reports of this relationship first surfaced, I asked Phil directly if this was true and was told it was not. It\u2019s been very hurtful to now find out that this was a lie. Holly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Willoughby is expected to return to This Morning on Monday 5th June<\/a> after a break for half term.<\/p>\n

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Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on This Morning.<\/span><\/figcaption> Jon Gorrigan\/ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Schofield departed all of his current and future ITV roles on Friday (26th May) and told the Daily Mail in a statement: \u201cI 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.<\/p>\n

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