Phillip Schofield is seen after paying youthful lover a six-figure sum

Shamed Phillip Schofield appeared downcast as he stepped out for the primary time because it was revealed he paid his a lot youthful lover to maintain quiet about their relationship.

The former This Morning star, who stop the present in shame final May, was seen holding a brand new pet in his arms whereas out on a stroll with daughter Molly, 30, in West London.

The 61-year-old, who was bundled up in a navy padded jacket and a gray hoodie teamed with blue denims and Chelsea boots, was seen cradling the the black pet n Saturday.

He was accompanied by his daughter Molly, sporting a trench coat and denims, as she continued to assist her father amid the fallout from the scandal which has seen his decades-long broadcasting profession delivered to an finish.

It was revealed yesterday that Schofield paid his former colleague, who’s 34 years his junior, a six-figure sum to signal a non-disclosure settlement (NDA) that forestalls him speaking about their affair.

Schofield has been within the wilderness since admitting to the affair and mendacity to his ITV employers in a rare mea culpa to the Mail final May.

A lawyer appearing for the previous This Morning presenter has now confirmed a deal was signed along with his former lover final 12 months, together with a ‘mutual non-disclosure provision’ and cost to compensate the person for losses suffered.

The man was simply 15 when he met Schofield, who helped him land a coveted job as a runner on This Morning on the age of 19.

A romantic relationship between the pair started when the person was 20, after which he moved to a different ITV daytime present, Loose Women. He later left the channel with a separate payout.

Despite the clause gagging either side from speaking in regards to the affair, Schofield revealed intimate particulars of their relationship when he was interviewed by the BBC’s Amol Rajan final June.

A supply aware of the NDA informed The Mail on Sunday: ‘The younger man has been fragile for a while. That isn’t any secret.

‘There was a cost made for numerous issues that adopted Phillip’s resolution to talk out about his relationship and as a part of that, an NDA was organized and signed.

‘It signifies that Phil is aware of that his younger ex is not going to ever have the ability to discuss their relationships so he can in all probability sleep rather a lot higher at evening now.

‘He [Schofield] has misplaced rather a lot however think about if the complete particulars got here out – it will be fairly cataclysmic for him.

‘As for the younger man, let’s hope that he can transfer on along with his life now and rebuild it – nevertheless it is not straightforward.

‘And it’s kind of wealthy to current an NDA after Phil had his say with the BBC final 12 months.’

The man – referred to solely as Person X by ITV throughout its investigation – was represented by high London legislation agency Mishcon de Reya within the negotiations surrounding the NDA.

In the BBC interview, Schofield insisted he had not groomed the younger man after assembly him at a stage faculty.

Confessing to be ‘completely damaged and ashamed,’ he added: ‘We had been mates, after which in my dressing room in the future, one thing occurred, which clearly I’ll remorse for ever, for him and for me – principally him – however that occurred possibly 4 or 5 occasions over the subsequent few months.

‘I do know it is unforgivable. But we weren’t boyfriends. We weren’t in a relationship. I used to be actually in a large number with my very own sexuality on the time, and it simply occurred.’

Schofield additionally mentioned the person landed his This Morning position ‘on his personal benefit… as a result of he was excellent at his job’. He added: ‘Everybody beloved him. He labored very laborious.’

The former Dancing On Ice host took half within the interview after he confessed to the affair he carried out behind his spouse Stephanie Lowe’s again.

In his bombshell assertion to the Daily Mail, Schofield described the connection as ‘unwise however not unlawful’ as he confessed to mendacity to his colleagues, his associates and his brokers on the administration agency YMU.

In the assertion, he mentioned: ‘I’m making this assertion through the Daily Mail, to whom I’ve already apologised personally for deceptive, by my lawyer who I additionally misled, a couple of story which they needed to write down about me just a few days in the past.

‘The very first thing I wish to say is: I’m deeply sorry for having lied to them, and to many others a couple of relationship that I had with somebody engaged on This Morning.

‘I did have a consensual on-off relationship with a youthful male colleague at This Morning.

‘Contrary to hypothesis, while I met the person when he was a teen and was requested to assist him to get into tv, it was solely after he began to work on the present that it turned greater than a only a friendship.

‘That relationship was unwise, however not unlawful. It is now over.’

The younger man, now 27, declined to touch upon the deal or any of the small print inside it.