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Phillip Scofield Why all the Fuss

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glammanana Fri 07-Feb-20 12:14:44

Why is his private life so important to everyone he is a lovely man and shouldn't have to explain himself to the media if he was the man next door would anyone be bothered I doubt it.

Galaxy Mon 10-Feb-20 16:34:50

Er I have been very vocal on my view of Prince Andrew and if this is true I will feel exactly the same about PS.

Urmstongran Mon 10-Feb-20 16:52:07

Apparently Joan Collins (now 86y can you believe) said this morning that everyone in the business knew P.S. was gay for years and wondered why he chooses now to make it known?

GrannyGravy13 Mon 10-Feb-20 16:58:02

Urmstongran she did in deed and was quickly shut down by Piers Morgan.

seacliff Mon 10-Feb-20 17:16:27

There were 6 of them sitting chatting. Piers started the conversation abut PS. Joan said she hadn't been in the UK recently and couldn't understand why PS had suddenly come out, when everyone in the industry had known about it for years. Then Perez Hilton started to tell her the reason was there have been rumours of inappropriateness. They were swiftly shut down by Kelly Osborne and Piers.

Urmstongran Mon 10-Feb-20 17:31:21

Ooh, interesting! There’s more to this than we’re being told I think.

Anniebach Mon 10-Feb-20 17:37:01

Surely there is a reason after all these years ?

SalsaQueen Mon 10-Feb-20 17:42:58

Trisher I'd say a heterosexual man of 51 with a girl of 18 would be a dirty old man, too, so I'm not being homophobic!

I had a gay friend of many years, who had partners of his own age, or not a lot younger. No problem with that.

trisher Mon 10-Feb-20 17:52:34

If people are happy SalsaQueen I don't think anyone should judge. Would a 51 year old woman with an 18 year old man be a "dirty old woman"?

Anniebach Mon 10-Feb-20 17:57:34

No, just lucky ?

Urmstongran Mon 10-Feb-20 17:58:41

My friend said she loved Joan on tv this morning and wished she was on every morning!

Galaxy Mon 10-Feb-20 18:22:28

So therefore Prince Anrew is a model of propriety.

suziewoozie Mon 10-Feb-20 18:26:50

If I had a son I’d so want him to be like PA. I’d be so proud of him. I want my DG’s to grow up just like him.

ananimous Mon 10-Feb-20 18:35:44

I hear there's a "runner's" job going on ITV, now...

confused

Greymar Mon 10-Feb-20 18:39:27

Where do you run to?

Urmstongran Mon 10-Feb-20 18:44:41

Or from?

Callistemon Mon 10-Feb-20 18:58:49

DD used to be in charge of the runners
They are gofers
Can you go fer this, go fer that, run, run, run

Just saying grin

Callistemon Mon 10-Feb-20 18:59:50

Would a 51 year old woman with an 18 year old man be a "dirty old woman"?

No. Joan's Percy is much younger than her.

SalsaQueen Mon 10-Feb-20 19:46:52

Speaking with a little bit of knowledge..... when my youngest son was 23, his lady friend was 50, 2 years older than me then.
At 23, he wasn't an impressionable teenager. He was in a relationship with that lady for 9 years, until the age gap proved to be a little bit too much..............and yes, she was very lucky grin

tickingbird Mon 10-Feb-20 19:47:41

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Callistemon Mon 10-Feb-20 19:50:38

Joan's Percy is much younger than her.
but I would think, from what I surmise of Joan, that both were single and not having affairs behind their spouses' backs.

trisher Mon 10-Feb-20 19:54:09

So it's OK for women SalsaQueen but not for men. Why am I surprised? I should know by now that GN has more prejudice than any thing else so why not a bit of sexism?

suziewoozie Mon 10-Feb-20 19:54:17

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Callistemon Mon 10-Feb-20 19:59:21

It's fine for women and for men trisher but not behind a partner's back and being deceitful for years.

suziewoozie Mon 10-Feb-20 20:00:16

The problem with people like you tickingbird is that you’re so keen to attack me you don’t bother to read my posts properly.

tickingbird Mon 10-Feb-20 20:02:08

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