ITV bosses could be facing a grilling by MPs during a meeting where ITV will give evidence on the Culture, Media and Sport committee.
The meeting, which was arranged before Phillip Schofield quit This Morning and admitted to an affair, will be about updating broadcasting rules in the new Media Bill.
However, after ITV’s ongoing drama with the former This Morning presenter, it is thought MP’s will likely focus on the broadcaster's recent revelations and the work environment which has been called “toxic” by previous employees.
ITV has just applied to renew its licence to watchdog Ofcom as it expires next year.
The show was labelled as “toxic” by former ITV employee Dr Ranj Singh, however, a spokesperson at ITV said the complaint made by Dr Ranj was reviewed by an external and independent advisor at the time and "no evidence of bullying or discrimination" was found.
This follows after the Prince's Trust said it was “no longer appropriate” for Phillip to continue as an ambassador for the chastity following Phil admitting to having lied to ITV regarding an affair.
A Prince’s Trust spokesperson told OK!: “In light of Phillip’s recent admissions, we have agreed with him that it is no longer appropriate to work together.”
Punters at Aspers bookmakers are now backing that Phillip will follow in MP Matt Hancock’s footsteps and appear on the next series of I’m A Celebrity to try and win public support.
The Mirror reported that a spokesman for Aspers said: “Customers are jumping on the idea of Schofield going for a no-holds barred rumble in the jungle, probably tears and all, to try and fix his reputation. Stranger things have happened!”
Phillip said in his statement on Friday: “Contrary to speculation, whilst I met the man when he was a teenager and was asked to help him to get into television, it was only after he started to work on the show that it became more than just a friendship. That relationship was unwise, but not illegal. It is now over.”
He continued: “In an effort to protect my ex-colleague I haven’t been truthful about the relationship.
“But my recent, unrelated, departure from This Morning fuelled speculation and raised questions which have been impacting him, so for his sake it is important for me to be honest now.
“I 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. I am so very, very sorry, as I am for having been unfaithful to my wife.
“I have therefore decided to step down from the British Soap Awards, my last public commitment, and am resigning from ITV with immediate effect expressing my immense gratitude to them for all the amazing opportunities that they have given me.
“I will reflect on my very bad judgement in both participating in the relationship and then lying about it.”
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