..i just have to say. ..stop with him. ok, with me. but stop with him. leave him alone now. let me say, you know, a lot of my questions are going to be uncomfortable and, let s face it, intrusive. but you ve chosen this opportunity to tell your side of the story. and there are questions that your viewers, all the people who supported you over the years including your family will want answers to. there s also, of course, lots of questions for itv in all this. you mentioned this young man, and at the centre of recent events is a young man who, together with many others in the media, we re not going to name. under article 8 of the human rights act, he has a right to privacy, and he s not here today to give his own account of events. when did you last speak to him? um. as i engaged the lawyerfor him. um. so.he needed independent support. and so that was the last time. how concerned are you about his welfare right now? massively. massively concerned. where did you first meet t
and, you know, around the studios, you hang out together, you know, you chat to each other, that sort of stuff. erm. and then. ..in my dressing room one day. ..something happened. erm. ..which. .. ..you know, obviously, iwill. ..regret forever, for him and for me. mostly him. erm. but it. that happened maybe four or five times over the next few months. and. ..i know it s unforgivable. erm. but we weren t boyfriends. we weren t in a relationship.
for him and for me. mostly him. but that happened maybe four or five times over the next few months. and i know it s unforgivable. but we weren t boyfriends. we weren t in a relationship. i was really in a mess with my own sexuality at the time. and it just happened. how old was he at this stage? 20, 21. who knew on the team? nobody. to my knowledge. i mean, somebody has to know something for there to be a rumour later on.
and we d become mates. we were mates. around the studios, you hang out together and chat to each other, that sort of stuff. and then, in my dressing room one day, something happened. ..which, obviously. ..i will regret forever, for him and for me. mostly him. but that happened maybe four or five times over the next few months and. ..i know it s. ..unforgivable. but we weren t boyfriends. we weren t in a relationship.
but.that happened maybe four or five times over the next few months and. i know it s. .. unforgivable. but we weren t boyfriends. we weren t in a relationship. i was really in a mess with my own sexuality at the time and it just happened. how old was he at this stage? 20, 21. who knew on the team? nobody, to my knowledge. and did you ever tell holly willoughby? no, god, no. when did you last speak to holly willoughby? i whatsapped her on the day i put the statement up and i said to her,