Phillip Scofield Why all the Fuss

Thanks for that jan It’s good it was his own choice - nevertheless the gutter press is still in the gutter.

He's had a lot of critical press lately regarding Eamonn and Ruth and I think he is after the sympathy vote. I agree with the others, no matter how long his wife has known would she really want their private life paraded on t.v.

He isn’t the first person working in the light entertainment business to say that they are gay, and won’t be the last, it’s not exactly a revelation anyway ( I had assumed that he was gay and didn’t know he was married.)
Was he aiming for sympathy before being blasted by somebody as other posters suggest, or before the papers got hold of the story? Who knows.
Whatever it was it wasn’t brave, not in 2020!

Surely there is a reason to suddenly make this public announcement? He spoke before someone else did or he
has met someone he wants to live with .

Why do so many people need to announce things about themselves.

Within a few minutes of meeting somebody they tell you they are vegan, gluten intolerant, or a member of the LGBTQ community or one of the many other labels and then they complain if they are singled out or not given special treatment.

I would rather it was on a need to know basis, and mostly as there is no effect on them or me ,I do not need to know.

Gay or not, I could not care less. I did not think he was Gay at all but so what if he is.
The reasons he made this public are his, and his alone, all the rest is speculation, and supposition.

If he wasn’t forced to out himself, maybe he and his wife have agreed to his being able to be open about it so he can have gay relationships? Who knows? If so, then you can see why he’d announce it otherwise there’d be a photo of his leaving a gay club headlined ‘Phil’s Secret Shane’

‘Phil’s Secret Shane’

Shane? Who's he?

He’s been in the public eye for many years and probably knew that the press would have a field day so issued a statement to control when and how the news was released. The only ones making a fuss are the ones making a fuss - because it’s amazing how many people actually thrive on this sort of stuff.

I hope he and his family are left alone and I wish them well.

The guy he was coming out of the gay club with obvs

The guy he was coming out of the gay club with obvs

Had to laugh!

Not often a typo can be neatly turned like that ?

suzie

I'm must be in the minority - I like This Morning, I like Phil and Holly so am therefore obviously a very shallow person judging by all the comments on here. I was quite shocked at his announcement as I had never thought of him as gay. What difference does it make - none at all. He's decided he needs to come out as have many others before him - the stress of living a lie, the worry of being outed by the press and judged by those who know nothing about his and his family's private lives has probably prompted the decision.

The SNP member grooming a young boy is a totally different matter and he should be publicly named and shamed and rightly lose his job.

I've never liked him, he comes across as smug, and I get fed up seeing his smirk everywhere as he's on so many TV programmes and adverts.

I always thought he was gay, I don't care one way or the other .... just feel very sorry for his wife and daughters. Can't understand why he is being treated like a hero.

I don’t watch GM. It’s a bit like the tv equivalent of OK or Hello glossy mags. Slebs I don’t recognise. Holly is very pretty and seems lovely. Philip Schofield seems a nice enough individual.

I’m not interested whether he is gay or not. That’s his business. I suppose it’s only newsworthy because he’s been married for 27y and he and his wife have 2 grown up daughters.

This will be hard for the family at first. PS not so much. He’s used to the limelight.

I hope they all get through this okay. That said it’ll blow over and be fish & chip paper in 48 hours.

I don't know why such a fuss either. There are millions of gay or bi people out in the world. He's hardly ground-breaking here.

I can’t understand the hero worship thing either when someone comes out as gay. Why is being attracted to someone of the same sex so ‘brave’. - showbiz is full of gay men fgs.

As to why did he have to explain himself - well he didn't. So why did he? I really am not interested in who TV presenters prefer to share their beds with - it's a private matter for them and their own friends and family.

Because he’s Gordon the Gopher’s dad obvs

Kittye Has anyone suggested that all gay men are effeminate? I haven't. I said I think Philip Schofield is....so what?

I’d forgotten Gordon the Gofer SirChenjin!
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How could you Urm

I thought it was quite moving actually. He is, I think, old enough to remember - or at least be aware of - how gay men were referred to and treated in the past - being called "queers" and "pouffes" and referred to in the most sneering and demeaning way.

Some parents in those days - and even now - have very disapproving views about homosexuality and would see having a gay son as something acutely embarrassing and shameful.

Children of such families therefore pick up on those cues, and those who find themselves attracted to the same sex internalise those feelings of shame and disgust. They often try to block them out by making great efforts - such as marrying and having children - to convince themselves and everyone else that they are hetererosexual.

This may have been PS's experience, and I think it's rather unkind of people to imply that this revelation is just a fuss about nothing.

He was SO cute....
And Gordon’s sweet too!