Phillip Schofield has quit ITV after admitting he had an affair with a younger male ITV employee and lied to cover it up.
The ex-This Morning host said the relationship with his junior colleague was “unwise but not illegal”.
In a statement to the Daily Mail, Schofield said he “met the man when he was a teenager and was asked to help him to get into television”.
He apologised for lying to colleagues, employers, the media and public.
An ITV spokesperson said they were “deeply disappointed by the admissions of deceit” made by Schofield and confirmed it had cut all ties with the host.
It means the 61-year-old will no longer present the British Soap Awards next month.
He will also not front a new prime-time series which ITV had said last week they were developing with him.
Schofield left his role at This Morning last week after reports of a rift with co-star Holly Willoughby.
He said his departure from the show was unrelated to the affair with the colleague, who the BBC is not naming.
The TV presenter was still married to his wife Stephanie Lowe at the time of the relationship. They separated in 2020, after Schofield came out as gay.
Schofield said he was “so, very, very sorry” for being unfaithful to his wife, and for lying to his colleagues, agents, employers, friends, the media and the public.