Phillip Scofield Why all the Fuss

I think his wife has known for years and his daughters.
I thought he was gay years ago when he was doing Saturday morning tv.
I like him and that won`t change but I hope he doesn`t start being camp all of a sudden.
I wish him and the family all the best for the future.

I'm just glad for his families sake that he is no longer living a lie.

I agree with you terribull can't stand all this luvy stuff and ho w brave they want to live in real world .

I could never bear to watch programmes like that - so superficial, false and full of that sort of self importance that celeb status seems to engender in so many of them Seriously why do so many people watch programmes of that ilk? I’ve seen clips and that was enough. One bete noire of mine are stories about celebs ‘brush with cancer/ death etc’ when it’s nothing of the kind. I see the headlines in those awful magazines when I’m queuing at the checkout

Smiley do you really think the first his family heard of it was on live TV? Really ? Don’t be so daft

My outburst is probably due to the fact that I saw the film 1917 last night, I was moved by it and it's very fresh in my mind, whilst a dramatisation of events, we all know what those men lived through. Not to mention bravery today for example "The White Helmets of Syria" just one example, there will be many more. I can't help contrasting it with this piece of non news

Philip Schofield is a tv personality who is paid a lot of money to sit on a sofa to front a lightweight tv show. Seeing on line Holly, Ruth and Eamon fawning all over PS and uttering drivel, to me is just the usual c'leb fatuous fodder that we've come to expect these days.

I feel for his wife, he describes how much he loves her, she’s his best friend, she’s an amazing women, incredible person. And in effect dumps her live on TV after 27 years!

He then says they are staying as a family unit. So why come out at all. If his wife knew and his daughters, why couldn’t he just continue to carry on as before. Instead he chose to do something on tv knowing how much it would hurt those he says he loves the most.
I don’t get it.

GRANNYGRAVY13
Well said compassionate comment I cant add anymore to that statement really.

Feuds with Holly/Ruth, he BBC can't dump him now can they?

Well said Terri

Well said Terri. What exactly is their contribution? Do they excel in sport, do they inovate and create, do they quietly and wisely go about improving the lives of other?

TerriBull such a good post I totally agree.

ananimous I agree that the phrase ‘stupid fool’ is hardly adequate. Adult men in positions of power should not be any sort of actual or potential sexual relationships with 16 year olds. I wouldn’t use your phrase but it is totally unacceptable and most people appear to be judging it so. Prince Andrew also comes to mind - yea I know she was 17 - but same basic principles.

I can understand why he's taken ownership of the story but I for one find Holly Willoughby, even more nauseating than usual, if that's at all possible. Declaring that she's never been more proud of him. Everyone is dead proud of someone in the public eye for bugger all these days. Maybe they should take themselves off to see the film 1917, a dramatisation of the horrific events that young men were forced to live through, to understand "proud" like the word "devastated"
are both overused to describe anything slightly out of the ordinary or unexpected.

I couldn't give a monkey's about whether he, or anyone else, is gay/straight/other. With all that's going off in the world, it's not news.

On reflection, he's always seemed quite effeminate though.

@paddyanne Derek (Mackay, 40something) was a stupid fool to txt a 16yr old

Try: filthy pervert.
I just can't understand those of you who minimise his grooming of a child.
Unbelievable - or maybe that is what some people view as their "normal".

Sick people targeting our youngsters.

I really don’t understand your post at all Oops

The arguing has started! ?

I always assumed that he was gay anyway. It seemed plain as day to me. I have no idea why he felt the need to announce it, though. How is it relevant to being a TV personality? Will we reach the stage where we all have to declare our sexuality?

Not the same a Derek McKay at all .Derek was a stupid fool to txt the 16 year old and his resignation was needed . However why did his mother not take it to the police instead of the Sun ?Cant judge a whole party by an eegit...or there wouldn't be ANY parties in WM at all

Ninathenana - as I said earlier, he is doing this now just to deflect attention from the "alleged" bullying accusation, made by Ruth.

I wish him and his whole family well. By making this statement he has taken control of his story.
If he was forced into doing so by the media it is appalling.

This will run and run. I predict a book about his life journey to be released for Christmas 2020 with a run of interviews on every chat show available.
These folks don’t live in the real world. They think we actually care. I am so tired of nothing but celebs and their life style being thrust upon us. It’s difficult to avoid, even when reading the Guardian!

If someone was going to 'out' him he did the right thing IMO making a statement. Only his family know how long they've known but he must have told them before making a public declaration.

Watching BBC 1 and said to DH why has he bothered to "come out" to the public after all these years. Nobody's business but his.