Phillip Schofield

[Lynseyp]

Well this thread will be busy today

 

[Mustard]

I’ve not got the time to sit & watch this .. so what’s so juicy about it?

No longer available.

 

[Be More Pacific]

I think it will be interesting to see which Sunday paper runs the interview tomorrow.

If it's The Sun on Sunday then I'd definitely suspect an "outing" of some kind was in the offing. It just reeks of James Grant's style.

The Sun were the ones that Ant gave the interviews to after his first rehab and again after the drink driving and rehab. And that was allegedly a trade off to stop the family friendly career ending stuff coming out (that he's actually a massive cokehead)

I was just looking through JG's client list - it's virtually everyone from ITV!

 

[Ellsbells123]

London schools are on half term holidays from 17-21 February 2020.

You are right on the money with it being forced and staged. Eamonn Holmes looked reluctant and uncomfortable. They must be sick of the amount of trouble PS has caused in the last year.

Same as us then, I know sometimes they differ. I also believe Eamonn and Ruth were forced into that situation. Be interesting to see what the next week brings.

 

[black ripped skinnies]

My best friend used to date him- he is NOT gay.

Really??
I've always got the biggest vibe from him. And from David Mitchell too

 

[K87]

 

[Beggars belief]

Someone (newspapers) has found something on him and maybe blackmailing him? Why else would he decide to make himself a hero? Who cares who you want to bonk?! Up to you Phillip!! Married, kids, friends family... at the end of the day your just declaring that you want to have sex with men and not women! It’s not a shock in this modern world!! Who can judge? Who cares??? Just get in with it!!!

 

[Margo_Channing]

Sorry I didn’t finish my sentence!
Why would he come out if it wasn’t true do you think?

Something to throw attention away from this dispute between him and Ruth. I have absolutely nothing against people who are part of the lgbtq community, its just something with him I don't reallly believe it.

 

[Carmen 6]

I wonder if we will
See him on tv next week or ever again?

Unfortunately I think we will.

 

[Moe]

Moe, I do not think anyone on here is homophobic in the least. There is(are) another issue(s) at play here. Philip coming out publicly yesterday appears to be stage managed. Apparently, it has been well known in television and showbusiness circles for a long time that he is gay, so nobody is shocked. Yesterday's admission came across as a damage limitation exercise orchestrated by ITV and James Grant management who appear to supply most of the presenters on ITV. Philip appeared on a Friday when it is Eamonn and Ruth's slot when he could have spoken out on the Monday to Thursday shows. Why? Either someone was going to out him in the Sunday tabloids and they wanted to get there first. Or, it's a great way of uniting Phil with Eamonn and Ruth on screen to shut down the feud rumours which were very prevalent during the National TV awards the week before. This is a great distraction. I believe the contributors on this site are cynical about the way this episode has been handled rather than being homophobic.

I didn’t for one minute think anyone on this site is homophobic I was just saying some parts of this country still is going by earlier comments.

 

[sarja81]

I always though schofe was gay.
When he lost all his weight a few years back he changed and seemed more feminine to me!
Must of been when he started accepting it cos he said a few years his been struggling.

 

[JoeBloggs]

I’ve just read the interview posted a few pages back before he married Steph. A few of his replies seem off from a straight man (or at least a an who claimed to be).

Is he in love? ‘I think so, I think so. What does being in love mean? We get on very well. She's very close to me and we're good mates. - talking about the woman you are dating and have been living with for a year as good mates...

And is he monogamous? ‘I tend to be monogamous because I'm terrified of Aids,' he has said. - surely this was not a concerned for a man only sleeping with women in the 90s?

Has he ever had a sexual relationship with a man, even as a schoolboy? ‘No. That sort of thing didn't happen at my comprehensive,' he says, sitting in yellow shorts like bathing trunks and a sleeveless USA Sporting T-shirt. He has airbrushed good looks and copper eyes, with spiky gelled hair and bronzed shoulders to match. ‘I never felt like it, no, absolutely not. Quite a lot of men I know have, but not necessarily me. I would never sleep with a man, but I'm not homophobic - again to me this is not denying it, almost noting he hasn't had the opportunity.

This interview makes me think Steph did know, and I hope for her sake she did. To be made to feel like your 27 year marriage was all a lie must be shattering.

 

[LunaArthur]

Piers has just alluded to it again, this time mentioning Ruth! This is going to start giving the rumour legs now as previously I’ve just seen about it online....

 

[Chablis1]

Probably going to announce he's in a relationship with Phil Vickery soon enough...

Hahaaaa

 

[Be More Pacific]

Jesus good job it was before he shagged Katie Price wouldn’t like to imagine the outcome of that encounter

I don't believe for one second that Cowell has shagged her or Dannii Minogue or any woman he's been linked to.

Did she do the deal yet? She was definitely wanting her day in court so she'd be free one day to tell all.

The Sun were reporting she had I think but she went on Twitter and said it wasn't true

I would fucking LOVE ten minutes with her just for the TEEEEEAAAA!!!!!

 

[conviviality1]

I remember back in 2011 Schofield had just discovered Twitter because he never bloody stopped banging on about it, he really was asserting himself as some kind of expert on it and getting everyone in tv to join.

Then he started walking about everywhere with that sodding iPad tweeting non stop when he was meant to be reading the autocue.

Sounds funny but that’s the only reason I remember...because he was so over the top annoying about it!

Yes, him and Stephen Fry thought they were the only ones who knew about/used Twitter.

 

[Youtubegossip]

One of the gossip websites at the time (I can't remember which one) outed him as massive cocaine addict. Not just a blind either - they actually named him.

He did say in the first interview he gave to
The Sun, before the drink driving crash, that he was talking "prescription and non prescription drugs" - but the non prescription bit seemed to get swept under the carpet.

Yeah the press tried to paint it all around that knee operation... not buying it

 

[Beachbabe]

Not really comfortable with the immense admiration, "so brave" etc. He would have been brave 30 years ago, but instead he choose to use a woman, who likely wasn't consenting just to be a "beard", whereas she went into things thinking it was a genuine romantic relationship. He has claimed the public narrative to distance it away from the bullying allegations, and made public with such fanfare something that today is so mundane. His poor wife is basically limited to showing how "supportive" she is. else she be accused on intolerance, despite her being lied to and used for public image because Schoff, couldn't be brave to come out, or at least not drag a woman into his insecurities like this.

Think this is something prominent LGB spokespeople need to have a word with themselves about, it's not right to marry someone of the opposite sex, to use them for public image, to have children etc when they believe the relationship is a genuine het one. Even if we could understand reasoning why he would have been scared to be himself openly at the time, doesn't make it right. He should have just quietly divorced his wife, and gave her some dignity, instead of splashing this on the media whilst still being married.

Perfectly put

 

[coconochanel]

It's part of the reason why ITV is so boring. A lot of its' programmes are past their sell by date, but each year they are brought back with the same old faces. When a new programme is launched, you know it's going to be Schofield or Willoughby presenting it. This completely overblown 'coming out' announcement was contrived both to save 'This Morning' and Schofield's career. The only positive thing to come out of the Barrymore saga was that it got him and his corny out of date patter off the tv.

Totally agree The shows are all crap. I always thought there was something off about Barrymore. Lets list what shows holly and phil have presented....

mr and mrs
surprise surprise
the cube
this morning
DOI
spend it well for less
holly stood in for ant on Im a celeb
5 gold rings.

 

[Notsotypical]

Think he was about to be outed for sure, there's a name being mentioned on Twitter, a runner who works on TM and DOI.