Philip Schofield and his runner

[valentinesdaynamechange]

After a full thread on this topic when he first came out as gay and had allegedly had an affair with his 18-year old runner, it's since gone quiet. Or have I missed a subsequent thread. After the internet history that came to light I can't believe we haven't heard more about it in the tabloids or on MN.

[lmcneil003]

How is this about you being unreasonable?

[PineappleDanish]

I think it's just been taken over by other stories - Meghan and Harry, Caroline Flack, corona virus.

[user1471517900]

Does it matter all that much?

[valentinesdaynamechange]

How is this about you being unreasonable?

The original full thread was in AIBU, so thought I'd ask in here for traffic.

Does it matter all that much?

If the allegations are true, which suggested grooming a child, then yes, I'd consider in in the public interest.

[MouthBreathingRage]

Does it matter? There have been rumours about PS for absolute years, some more gossip is a bit irrelevant at this point. He's come out, speculating about who he's shagging is unnecessary.

[MouthBreathingRage]

@valentinesdaynamechange, I thought the runner was 18? Either hes legally an adult or not .

[valentinesdaynamechange]

mouth 18 now, but it appeared they had known one another for years, since he was about 10 years old, hence the suggestion of grooming when it first came out

[user1471517900]

Yeah you said he was 18. So.....not a child....

[SoupDragon]

I wonder when MNHQ are going to start moving threads from AIBU to the right topic like they are with anything vaguely Coronavirus related 🤔

[MoveOnTheCards]

Injunctions/super injunctions. They met a number of years before...

[LizzieSiddal]

He’s now on “leave” from Loose Women. Poor lad has lost his career because of this.

[MrsMcKitty]

Well I'm interested.
It's all gone very conveniently quiet.

[MolyHolyGuacamole]

Just going to leave this blind item here

blindgossip.com/on-thin-ice/

[NymphadoraBonks]

Interesting!!

[valentinesdaynamechange]

The original thread. Seems odd it stopped dead and no follow on as often happens
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3762687-what-s-happening-to-phillip-schofield?pg=28&order=

[GinnyWeasleysQuiff]

What's the school though? Is it the Theatre one? Has it shut down?

[nannybeach]

I couldnt believe, all the TV media folk saying how brave and marvellous he was, I dont realy care about peoples sexual preferences, why do men feel the need to "come out" lesbians dont. My first H who was tea total got very drunk one night and told me I had been/was his only female sexual partner, he married me for a naice respectable front for his middle class family, I was really angry. Over the years quite a few other women have told me they are married to gay men, and want to keep up the facade, because they are embarrased about family,friends, dont want the children to know

[SubordinateThatClause]

Whose business is it anyway?

[StuckBetweenDarknessAndLight]

I read somewhere, might have been on here, that there are pending lawsuits against him. It has gone quiet publically but lawyers are busy working in the background trying to save his reputation. Part of the ITV juggernaut.

[ThunderPython]

The interest in this has never been about the fact he's gay. It's about the very dodgy chain of events surrounding his "relationship" with a young runner, who he first met at a theatre school when the runner was a child. He didn't come out because he's brace, he came out because he was about to be outed.

I've always loved PS (being a child of the 90s as I am) but I can't stand to watch him now, he just seems so insincere and full of his own self importance.

[ThunderPython]

*brave

[nicky7654]

I think he is a vile man lying to his wife all those years while having sex with men/boys!!! If that was my Husband I would be absolutely horrified and bloody furious.

[MrsMcKitty]

I just don't buy the brave and marvellous stuff.
Super injunction means something to hide and hypocrisy.

[MolyHolyGuacamole]

@GinnyWeaslysQuiff they use the word 'school' loosely. Apparently it's just referring to an intern program

[Oblomov20]

His story just superseded by Caroline flack suicide and corona.