This Morning host Alison Hammond breaks down as she and Dermot O'Leary react to Phillip Schofield interview
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Alison Hammond finds Phillip Schofiled drama ‘really painful’
Alison Hammond broke down in tears on today’s This Morning show during a discussion about ex-presenter Phillip Schofiled’s interview with Amol Rajan on the BBC.
Since the news of Phillip’s affair with a younger male colleague broke, Alison has been presenting the show alongside co-host Dermot O’Leary.
Following a clip of Phillip’s interview Alison said: “It’s really painful." The clearly upset host continued by explaining that “ I loved Phillip Schofield it’s weird because I still love Phillip Schofield”
The presenter held back tears as she acknowledged that what he has done “is wrong he's admitted it he’s said sorry.” Alison described the This Morning team as a family and explained how everyone was struggling to process the situation.
Alison shared the advice her mother gave her, she said “always use your bible for your sat-nav in life" the presenter then went on to quote a line from the bible "he without sin cast the first stone.”
This means only those who are faultless have the right to pass judgement upon others implying that no one is faultless and that, therefore, no one has such a right to pass judgement.
The distraught presenter said that she didn’t want to say anything bad because she felt conflicted with co-presenter Dermot adding “I think many of us are”. Earlier in the show Dermot said: “This has been very difficult for us to cover this story as he's a friend and a colleague.”