he said the affair only began years after meeting the young man who was 15 at the time. he said he regrets the relationship and lying about it when itv tried to investigate. he has been talking to the bbc. phillip, come on in. good to see you. thank you. phillip schofield granted this interview because he wanted to say sorry, he wanted to show contrition and he wanted to correct some of what he sees as the false narratives in the public domain over the past week. are you feeling 0k to do this? are you feeling strong enough to do this interview? yeah, i have to. schofield described the enormous toll recent days have taken on him. it is relentless. it is day after day after day after day. if you do that. if you don t think that is going to have the most catastrophic effect on someone s mind. do you want me to die? because that s where i am. i have lost everything. schofield says he is extremely concerned for the welfare of the young man with whom he had an extramarital affair.
after he first met the young man, who was 15 at the time. mr schofield strongly denies grooming him, but says he regrets the relationship and lying about it when itv tried to investigate. he s been talking to the bbc s amol rajan. last week, if my. ..daughters hadn t been there. ..then.i wouldn t be here. and they ve. .. ..guarded me. um. and won t let me out of their sight. it s like a weird.numbness. i know that s a selfish point of view. but you come to a point where you just think, how much are you supposed to take? if all of those people that write all of that stuff. do they ever think that there s actually. ..a person at the other end? and so. ..hereiam, um. are you feeling 0k to do this? are you feeling strong enough to do this interview? yeah, i have to. why? why do you want to do this interview? because there is an innocent person here who didn t do anything wrong. who is.vulnerable. ..and probably feels like i do. and. ..i just have to say. ..stop with him. ok, wi
dreadful pictures and dreadful numbers. here you can see one train carousel on its side, people desperately trying to help. it s about midnight or so. it is late, it is dark, and it is desperate. some of the numbers we are getting in from afp news agency, 50 dead and 500 hertz. really desperate situation. a number of trains involved. we can take a look at the map now to show exactly where this is happening. this is happening in odesa in india there. just a little earlier, we heard from the chief minister of the area. let s take a listen. , ., ., , ., listen. they have told us that there have been casualties, listen. they have told us that there have been casualties, but - listen. they have told us that there have been casualties, but since - listen. they have told us that there i have been casualties, but since the rescue, we have been casualties, but since the rescue, we have not counted the numbers, rescue, we have not counted the numbers, so i can t offer an accurate
and said that his career was now over, and he had lost everything. in his first broadcast interview since he quit itv, he said the relationship only began several years after his first meeting with the young man, who was then 15. mr schofield strongly denies grooming him, but says he regrets the relationship and lying about it when itv tried to investigate. he also said he believed that homophobia had fuelled the media coverage of events. he s been talking to amol rajan. phillip, come on in. good to see you. thank you. thanks for coming in. you ve had quite the week, how are you? um, ithink. i understand how caroline flack felt. last week, if my daughters hadn t been there. ..then i wouldn t be here. and they ve. .. ..guarded me. it s like a weird. ..numbness. you feel strong enough to do this interview? yeah, i have to. why? why do you want to do this interview? because there is an innocent person here who didn t do anything wrong. ijust have to say, stop with him. ok with m
..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