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Caroline Flack's mother Christine has sent a message to Phillip Schofield and slammed ITV.
In his interview today, Phillip has compared himself to Caroline Flack as he said he was 'broken' and had 'lost everything' after admitting to having an affair with a young ITV staff member.
In a new interview that aired on the BBC, he had said: "If my girls hadn’t been there, I wouldn’t be here. Because I don’t see a future. How much do you want a man to take – and are you truly only happy when he’s dead?
"This is now Caroline Flack felt and it didn’t stop."
Now Christine has spoken out on Newsnight, where she sent a message to Phil. She said: "I hate the thought that Philip and this young man are going through such an awful time. It's bad enough when it's in private, but when it's in every single paper and first thing on the news. It's just ridiculous. Wait to see what happens.
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(BBC)"Let's hope for the best. I send my regard to Philip and the young lad, and hope they get over this. Don't do anything silly. You've got your daughters, you've got your friends."
She added: "And I hope the young lad's got someone as well, that they can talk to."
Christine went on to slam ITV as she felt they hadn't learned anything following Caroline's passing.
Caroline, pictured with Phillip in 2013, killed herself in 2020 (Getty Images)
The star has resigned from ITV over the affair (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)Asked if she felt they had learned anything from her daughter's death, she shared: "No. They haven't learned anything. They haven't. They treat them as commodities. I know it's a lovely job and they earn money. But also the television stations earn money from them.
"But they're not commodities, they're people. And they're employed. And if my employer didn't take care of me, there'd be all hell to pay. And there's not. They're just sidelined, and they're not protected. They could have someone speaking for him really, whether he did right or wrong. And even his agent, and all his friends. It's not a good look really."
Caroline's mum, mother Christine, spoke on Newsnight tonightBy putting out his statement, Christine believes Phillip "safeguarded" ITV with how he handled what had happened.
"In a way, he's safeguarded them. He's taken things on himself. I can't imagine a group of people working that close that weren't aware of something something. Maybe they should have spoken to him more. I still think he should have been looked after, and as you say the young man as well," she shared in an interview this evening.
ITV have since issued a statement, saying they feel "badly let down" by what had happened.
"The relationships we have with those we work with are based on trust. Phillip made assurances to us and his agency which he now acknowledges were untrue and we feel badly let down," he said.
"As a producer and broadcaster, ITV takes its responsibilities around Duty of Care seriously and has robust and well established processes in place to support the mental and physical health of employees and all those we work with."
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