Holly Willoughby says Phillip Schofield lied to her about affair with younger colleague

This Morning co-presenter wrote that subsequent admission of relationship he denied was very hurtful'

Holly Willoughby has claimed that former co-host Phillip Schofield had previously denied to her that he had a relationship with a younger ITV colleague and described his subsequent admission of the affair as very hurtful".

In a statement on Instagram, the This Morning presenter, 42, said: It's taken time to process yesterday's news. When reports of this relationship first surfaced, I asked Phil directly if this was true and was told it was not. It's been very hurtful to now find out that this was a lie."