Phillip schofield

No.
It is just prurient.

lemsip that is the very point that Galaxy is making
There are some that think all the hoo-ha is homophonic
(which of course it isn’t)

fancythat

Having read a bit more online about Mr McGreevy, is it just possible that he was using "contacts" as well?
As a teenager he was an athlete[competing in European Championships 2016 apparently] plus being an actor before he was 20.
Just musing. Could be wrong.

you really should check before you post rubbish! google him first.

Galaxy

Rylan also on this morning is gay he had an affair last year no one gave two hoots, it's not homophobia.

because it wasn't in the work place.. schofield was in plain sight of managers who kept quiet!

Exactly Louella!
Couldn’t agree more

FannyCornforth

I do wish that people would read the whole thread.

Or do a spot of googling!

Not sure who threw Philip under a bus. Looks like he's thrown himself really.

I do wish that people would read the whole thread.

LizzieDrip

^But the young man is 27 now . He was 10 when they first met.^

That means nothing really does it?Princess Diana was only 13 when she first met Charles … just saying! Not opinion - just fact. Not a fan of Schofield at all and, if it’s proven that something more sinister has occurred in his ‘relationship’ with this young man, then he deserves all he gets. But simply having met someone at a young age doesn’t necessarily equate to wrong-doing.

Indeed the late Queen was apparently 13 when she fell for Prince Philip - something everyone seems to find charming. I’m not sure where it was stated that McGreevy was 10 when they met. I read that Scofield gave a talk at his school when McGreevy was 15, and he approached Scofield about a job which he did eventually get, but not till he was 18.

Will Holly Willoughby will come out of this unscathed? It's a sad and tawdry business, and people are judged by the company they keep. She has expressed her discomfort at and dislike of what has gone on, and said she is shocked that she was kept in ignorance by PS, but sometimes that isn't enough for sponsors who will not want any whisper of unpleasantness associated with their brand, however innocent the individual may be. What a mess.

Something unproven only becomes gossip if you choose to repeat it, unqualified, in the public domain. Until then, it's merely gathering information in order to help you to form an opinion. Some people here don't appear to be able to get their heads around that...

Gillycats

He’s been thrown under the bus. Holly by all accounts isn’t very well liked by people who have to work with her, so why not start afresh with new presenters. Or a new show.

Yes, this.

But the young man is 27 now . He was 10 when they first met.

That means nothing really does it?Princess Diana was only 13 when she first met Charles … just saying! Not opinion - just fact. Not a fan of Schofield at all and, if it’s proven that something more sinister has occurred in his ‘relationship’ with this young man, then he deserves all he gets. But simply having met someone at a young age doesn’t necessarily equate to wrong-doing.

Schofield came out because of the scandal

Calli I think that the insinuation is that Holmes was aware at the time about the scandal, and went along with the lies

GrannyBettie

This Eamonn Holmes ⬇️

Yes, giving comfort to a colleague who said he was gay and had been living a lie as a happily married man.

Nothing wrong with that at all.

Rylan also on this morning is gay he had an affair last year no one gave two hoots, it's not homophobia.

I dont want to lessen though what PS may be like and may have done.

I’m extremely surprised that the McCann thread wasn’t taken down.

I didn’t read it, so can’t comment on its contents, but as far as I’m aware MN take down McCann threads straight away

Having read a bit more online about Mr McGreevy, is it just possible that he was using "contacts" as well?
As a teenager he was an athlete[competing in European Championships 2016 apparently] plus being an actor before he was 20.
Just musing. Could be wrong.

Elegran

Irismarle

I’m not usually a big tub thumper for LGBTQ issues, but I do wonder if homophobia may be playing a part in the vitriol being poured on PS. I wonder if the other party had been a young woman of 27 instead of a young man what the reaction would have been. After all, Boris Johnson dumped his wife and children for a woman 20 or more years his junior and there were few repercussions although he was Prime Minister of the country!

But the young man is 27 now . He was 10 when they first met.

I think the same would be being said if a 10 year old girl had been groomed by an older man.

If, indeed, that is what happened, allegedly, with PS and a young boy.

So many different stories are circulating about this somewhat shabby affair. In the wake of the Savile scandal, everyone has to be VERY careful these days, including ITV bosses. If it was a young girl with whom Schofield had been involved and the ‘patriarchal’ power overtones that would imply, would there be more of a problem? There is actually no difference of course! We have yet to see the full story emerge, but I for one would not trust Scofield and his ‘truth’ as far as I could throw them! I have always thought of him as a self satisfied creep and a pretty poor ‘journalist’ (as he would have us believe!) to boot!

Er its absolutely fine to discuss the safeguarding implications around leaving young children alone.
If that picture is of the coming out interview, I thought both Eamonn and Ruth looked like they were in a hostage situation.

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Oreo

Doodledog

Oreo

Village gossips? Hanging judges? Shoot first and ask questions later? Definitely, they’re all on this thread and having a ball.

NanaDana 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Do I have your permission to quote this post when everything is out in the open, and people are saying how something should have been done long ago?

You need my permission?
Look, it doesn’t matter what comes out in the future the point is that that you and others enjoying condemning him for all bar the kitchen sink don’t know right now what the truth is. Hold off until you do, or is it just too much fun?
I’d say that for any celeb/person in the street, not just Schofield.It’s the only fair thing to do.

I think that the discussion of the McCanns on another thread was very much about people making holier-than-thou comments about how much better parents they were, and having 'fun' showing how much they condemned a couple whose daughter has been taken from them. In fact I think I used the term 'hanging judges' on that thread. I would agree that in that case people should hold their tongues until the truth is known, as absolutely nothing can be gained by speculation.

This, on the other hand, is ongoing, and one thing that we do know is that ITV failed to investigate when concerns were raised privately about the 'unwise relationship' between a very young runner at the bottom of the hierarchy and a much older man at the very top of it.

There is a lot of coverage now, and people are speaking up about it. There is something that can be gained in this case - if ITV take notice of the groundswell of public opinion and investigate properly, then process can be put in place to ensure that other young people are protected. That should have happened after Savile and Harris, but clearly it didn't, and it won't unless the hands of the people with the power are forced.

‘The resident stud’
Bloody hell fire