Phillip Scofield Why all the Fuss

According to some reports he has been having an affair with a runner at ITV for 2 years who could be the reason Phillip has decided to talk now,as they fell out and maybe he holds a grudge
Who knows, but quite a lot of people knew including Dec. from ant and Dec,Bradly Walsh and several others
No Sympathy really except for his family

tickingbird as I didn't name or accuse any individual of homophobia I can only assume that you recognise homophobia in your posts and know it's not acceptable. I suppose that's some sort of progress.

If what I am reading elsewhere (and it may/may not be true) but I suspect there is some truth in it, it is time he took garden leave. Very sleazy. Shocked tbh.

trisher there you go again with your labels. Homophobic now. I’m not homophobic I can assure you. Stop making excuses. You’re so boringly predictable. If we were discussing someone like Laurence Fox you’d be all over it like a rash.

going back to the original question "why all the fuss?"

HE wanted the fuss ,otherwise he'd have dealt with it differently ,if blackmail was involved he'd hhave been better going to the police surely than wrecking his families lives .

Supporting his wife is fine accusing him of all sorts of other things isn't.

It is not hateful to centre the wife in these discussions, women are not collateral damage for men.

Looking at his career I realised that he started on children's TV. At that time no one working with children admitted to being gay. Teacher colleagues who 'came out' didn't do it until the late 90s when some of them were 40 or 50. Being gay wasn't acceptable then for people who had contact with children.
The unfounded and hateful posts on this thread show how strong homophobia still is.

He should be sacked not fawned over like some on this thread have done.

He’s a sleazy creep who cheats on his wife.

The whole thing is extremely cringeworthy - I don’t mean him coming out as gay, but the way they were all hugging each other on TV as if he’d done something wonderful like cured the common cold or Coronavirus.

If, as is being said on various sites is true, PS has been seeing a much younger man for several years. There are clips of them onscreen and apparently he has left GMB and may have been about to spill the beans. I wonder why, if this is the case, PS is considered brave. He’s groomed a youth, using his status and power and cheated on his wife of many years. A sleazy older man preying on a youngster desperate to break into the business. Nothing brave about that. Open your eyes. I watched and found the whole thing, including Holly Willoughby with her tears, cringemaking. I hope the truth comes out and he’s treated accordingly.

I was full of empathy/sympathy when this story first emerged on Friday.

Today having browsed various media outlets I am beginning to change my opinion of Mr,Schofield.

I should imagine there are a lot of middle aged to older men who are in the same situation. They married had children etc. I have a good friend whose husband admitted he was gay when their children had grown up. I hope this will encourage some men to come out and live their lives as they wish rather than how it was expected when they were young.

It would seem that his wife had no idea and is devastated that he has lived a lie all this time.

So true.

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?)

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

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

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.

Well it's got the programmes ratings up!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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