Phillip Scofield Why all the Fuss

Someone was going to out him best advice is always to get it out first less damage

I don't think so

He asserted that he had been put under no duress

And I don't think the papers would have thought it much of a coup

It's not 1970

It's been rumoured for years

My first husband was gay. But he never came out. I think he only realized what he was when he was in his 60s. He had lived with this for 60 years and knew coming out would destroy our daughter and I would have been lost too. He died sacrificing his feelings for us and I will always love and admire him for this. I just hope we made him happy.

I think it’s great in this day and age the majority of us Gransnetters don’t give a hoot what someone’s sexuality is.

For all we know Steph may also be gay, and they've rubbed along together just fine up until now.

Grand choice of words there HurdyGurdy!

In those imortal words, frankly I don't give a damn. I just wish the headlines were covering more important news and not giving oxygen stories like this.

Notthatoldyet9 - "If my husband of 29 years told me after 2 children he was homosexual i would be reaching for the disinfectant and going to a VD clinic
Let me be clear - i would be doing this if partner was a man or woman"

Do I understand your comment correctly? Are you really saying that gay people are more likely to be carriers of sexually transmitted disease? You don't think that gay people can be monogamous or take necessary precautions to protect themselves against STDs?

Urmstongran - For all we know Steph may also be gay, and they've rubbed along together just fine up until now.

Grand choice of words there HurdyGurdy!
yes, on second reading, I probably could have chosen a better phrase!

I am sure you did GrannyBe

oopsminty unfortunately it would appear that what he said wasnt true and indeed someone was about to "tell all".

At the risk of offending anyone, I would like to announce that I am not homophobic. However I do defend the right to question the action of adults have on their children as this public action by PS has done to his. I have come to know many families over the years where the 'man' of the house had announced they are 'gay or transgender'. The result apart from the total devastation of the family was particularly hard on their children. For some it has taken decades for them to recover from it; whether, shame, embarrassment or pride, and for some they never did.

So to make this private matter into a very public affair was a totally very selfish act. Did he think of how his children would feel when it dominated the ten o'clock news?

We know nothing of the personal life of PS and his family. I just question how his family, especially the children can recover from this.

HurdyGurdy ??

I always thought he seemed very nice ( I am naive)but nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors but good wishes to him and his wife and daughters.I once worked with a lovely man who was married with 3 children when he met the love of his life ( my then boss) he came out as gay it took much sole searching but in the end his family forgave him and they all lived happily ever after as they say .

Good post Freyja and very true.

It shouldn't be anyone's business except his and his family's. But he chose to make it everyone's business by the ridiculous OTT way he did it. I reckon that either he has found a boyfriend and wants to be seen out with him. Or, he was being blackmailed and figured this was the best way of dealing with it. Or he was about to be "outed" anyway, probably by a newspaper. And all that hugging and kissing, especially from Ruth, as they are supposed to really dislike each other!!!. It is his wife and daughters I feel truly sorry for! All this stuff about how absolutely fine they are with it! Now that is something I find hard to believe!!!

Philip Schofield comes over as all smug to me, So I cannot stand him and I really dont care TBH
Attention seeking maybe

Well apparently on the qt it appears that he had a relationship with a much younger man and that person was going to write about it. If that is indeed true it would explain why he has spoken out now.

I like to watch Good Morning Britain on ITV (so much better than BBC1's repeats of Homes Under The Hammer) and I have always thought Philip Schofield & Holly Willoughby make a very entertaining team on the programme.

I'm not so keen on Eamonn Holmes as a presenter, though. He has a very odd sense of humour, in my opinion.

As long as he's happy , It's just so sad, he had to keep quiet for so long x , ,he's such a lovely man.

Agree with Freyja. I would be devastated if I found out that my father or husband (both no longer with us) had been gay. Not because I'm homophobic as I have a gay son, but because it would shatter my family history and rewrite my past.

Well it's got the programmes ratings up!

I’m hearing that the only reason ‘brave’ Philip Schofield came out is because an affair with a ( very much ) younger work colleague was about to be exposed.
How brave.

Kandinsky I don’t think it as brave if he had no choice. He is covering his back.

I always thought he was gay. In fact I was very surprised when he got married.

Katie Hopkins Twitter comment,

If #schofe was leaving his wife of 27 years to be with another woman, would you be applauding?

Are there more worthy forms of deceit? Is there a scale? From zero (straight) to hero (gay?)

So true.