Phillip Scofield Why all the Fuss

If Elton John had come out as straight and ditched his husband would that be feted as wonderful? or would that be homophobic? Its all a bit much...veering on none of my business to why? why now? are you about to leave your wife for a man? Is that a brave thing?

I don’t watch the programme but the interview with Holly
Willoughby was shown on the news, Holly Willoughby wrapping her arms around him was so over the top.

He isn’t dying , he hasn’t lost his job, he is gay,

I do not care about PS's sexual preferences. It is up to him.

In general terms though, I can see that it must be shattering for the spouse when they learn of it. Some people could accept it quickly and some couldn't.

Years ago, it would have been very hard. Perhaps things are more open now.

Yes, it is his wife and children who should be having hugs too.

Hugs off-screen are one thing but was this all televised?
He doesn't have to explain himself to the media, I agree, glammanana but presumably chose to in the glare of publicity because of the media hounding.

However, if he had been true to himself years ago this would have been a non-story.

Maybe simply this was weighing him down as somebody everyone thought was something else. No one knows when he told his wife and family. And next step for him is to let his audience know. Good luck to him.

I agree. It was very strategically planned. He’s had affairs for years with men - nobody’s mentioned how sad it is for his poor wife and daughters. It’s all about grabbing sympathy for himself, being so”brave”. Pathetic.

I think he came out because someone was going to spill the beans . I feel sorry for his wife and children . 27 years of marriage and it's been a lie .

I also think he was trying to beat the media to it. The same route that Harry and Meghan went....spilling the beans rather than just doing their own thing and hoping that it doesn’t hit the press any time soon. I suppose that’s a vain hope.

I said same thing to my DD why did he need to tell everyone if he’s not going to pursue a relationship ( his words).
We really don’t care or need to know.

Initially I wondered why all the hoo-haa; does anyone care??
On reflection however I recalled the experience of Gareth Thomas when he had to come out as gay after a newspaper reporter knocked on his mother's door asking for her reaction to her son's HIV status.
Attitudes have changed a bit in the intervening 10 years but P.S. has a far higher profile than did an international rugby union player so perhaps all the palaver was appropriate after all.

We can only hope that we continue to become more tolerant as a society and it’s not necessary to live a lie that more men and women (on both sides) are spared this hurt in years to come.

I agree I feel it says a lot about this country that people do not / cannot be open about their sexuality. Good luck to him that must have been hard.

Indeed - So what?

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Grannyshome but P.S. has a far higher profile than did an international rugby union player so perhaps all the palaver was appropriate after all

But PS's profile has never been a macho one like a rugby player.

Regarding Holly Willoughby's reaction, she is frequently OTT in her reactions to almost anything.

As someone mentioned further back, would there be all this palava if Elton John suddenly declared himself straight and ditched his husband?

PS himself has said that he wasn't forced to announce this, presumably meaning not forced by media intrusion.

The "hero" in this drama is his wife.

If PS is no longer a 'man' does he lose his enormous salary and get paid the same as Ruth, a woman presenter?

Gay men are still men. I'm guessing that all of your post was deliberately provocative, so will leave it there.

Just waiting for all the newspaper /internet stories in the coming weeks.....will there be any famous faces telling all....who knows, who cares? In my opinion he needs to keep as low a profile as possible, then hopefully he can get on with his life in peace and we wont have to endure living his private life with him.

Doodledog I think there are still some people who are genuinely confused by things like the difference between transsexual and homosexual etc. Unfortunately.

Doodledog I think there are still some people who are genuinely confused by things like the difference between transsexual and homosexual etc. Unfortunately.

Maybe. I wonder though - phrases like 'jumping on the bang wagon', and talking about 'the norm' don't sound very confused to me. More like homophobic.

Some very odd posts on this thread. Given the demographics of the site and the fact that many of the posters coming out with some of more bizarre posts would have been parenting teens in the seventies and eighties it’s obvious why so many didn’t come out back then.

Having extra marital sex with women would be adultery, so why does having extra marital sex with men make him a hero?

Has he had extra marital sex with men? Has he said so?

Agree with what the majority are saying here: I’m not interested in other people’s sexual proclivities & I wish more ‘celebrities’ kept their private lives private. I believe few people theses days are judgemental about someone’s sexuality, so why all the fuss? As others have said, he probably went public ahead of some salacious copy appearing in the Press. I did feel immensely sorry for his wife & daughters and I thought the manner of the disclosure (him sitting almost smirking on the sofa whilst Holly Willoughby read his words was utterly bizarre). Mountain & molehill spring to mind ...

Gay or straight I can't bear the man. I've read too many unfavourable reports (gossip?) about what a bullying control freak he was with Fern Britton when he first joined This Morning, how he threw a strop when Holly stood in for Ant in the jungle, because he wanted to do it but Dec wanted Holly and now there's this bullying thing with Ruth.
And, as everybody is saying why all the fuss? No, he hasn't saved a life, he's just been very self indulgent on TV, which I didn't watch but have had rammed down my throat on every news programme and on the front pages of the papers.
Get over yourself, nobody is that interested surely.

SirChenjin - how do you know how old anyone is on this site?
You talk as if the majority of people on here are in their 80’s. Many are only in their 40’s or 50’s ( me being one of them! ) parenting teens in the 70’s? Crikey I still in primary school in the 70’s.