He has been asked why he described the relationship as 'unwise'
Former ITV This Morning host Phillip Schofield refuted comparisons to grooming on Thursday night in a new interview with BBC News journalist Amol Rajan.
In it, Amol asked Schofield: "You met someone who was a child, you were in a position of power over them, you used your power eventually to give them something they craved, which was a shot at a job in the media, and you nurtured that relationship and that relationship became sexual.
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