Holly Willoughby ‘fully complied’ with ITV’s probe into Phillip Schofield and was NOT forced to hand over her phone
HOLLY Willoughby has nothing to hide and fully complied with the probe into her former TV co-host Phillip Schofield, sources said.
The This Morning star, 42, has been questioned by investigators but was not asked to surrender her phone, unlike ITV boss Kevin Lygo.
The findings of an inquiry into Schofield, 61 — who revealed he had an affair with a show runner after previously denying it — are due to be published “very soon”.
Holly, whose relationship with Schofield had already broken down before news of the affair came out, is due to return to the This Morning sofa next Monday after an eight-week break.
A source said: “Holly has done everything that was asked of her during the investigation.
“She told them everything they asked and has done all she can to help when answering their questions. She’s got nothing to hide.
“Kevin Lygo was ordered to hand over his mobile device so they could look through his emails and text messages but this was not asked of everyone involved, including Holly.
“She fully complied and cooperated with the investigation and made it clear she was an open book.”
A second insider added of the independent probe, headed by top barrister Jane Mulcahy KC: “Those in the know think the results will be published very soon, possibly within days and certainly within a few weeks.”
Lygo, ITV’s director of television, revealed last week he was asked to hand over his phone.
Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, he said of Mulcahy and her team: “She has been looking at it, talking to everyone involved.
“They take your phone away, look at every text you’ve ever sent, emails, WhatsApps.”
Schofield quit after confessing to an affair with a junior colleague who was 20 when they joined the show.
ITV chief exec Dame Carolyn McCall said they had previously investigated the rumours but both parties denied it. She later said “we feel badly let down”.
Holly told viewers: “You, me and all of us at This Morning gave our love and support to someone who was not telling the truth.”
In a bombshell interview with The Sun, Schofield said: “I have massive guilt, and regret.”
