Phillip Schofield has come out as gay

[catinb0oots]

Blimey. Married for 27 years.

@getyourarseoffthequattro Me too! She deserves it. She's practically wasted her life with him

I wonder who was going to out him? Which is a shitty thing to do but the big announcement is sudden

Unfortunately he was born in a generation where it wasn’t acceptable to be gay, especially in the entertainment business.

I'm not far off the age of PS and there were loads of us out then, lots of pubs and clubs and L&G centres and projects. Yes there was more discrimination, but a lot of acceptance too, particularly amongst the middle classes.

So he's been using his wife and children to keep his career going. How is that 'brave'?

If he was gay he shouldn’t have got married. IMHO.

it’s very sad that people live for years. Not being able to reveal that they’re gay, but I don’t think that it’s ok to marry someone for the show, have children with them, lead them to believe you are a couple in love and then shatter their world with something you have known all your life.

When coming out you are responsible to no-one else but you if that’s just how you’ve always felt. But if you bring others into your life under false pretences then yes, you are responsible for the hurt you have caused those people if you then come out.

It’s no different to having an affair IMO.

If someone posted that they’d told their partner they’d always wanted to sleep with other men/women (depending on the sex) then nobody would be supportive of that and would be telling the partner to ltb.

But someone comes out and says that they’ve always wanted to sleep with others of the same sex and suddenly we must support them and hope the family are loving and supportive? Why?

I feel sorry for his wife, his beard. Three decades of her life.

Maybe he and Jameela have been seeing each other. The timing is suspicious

Bet she's proper fumin' he's stolen her thunder.

Not surprised, I'd heard that he'd taken out a press injunction to stop it breaking on a couple of occasions. I used to work for a large media organisation and that was often discussed there. I expect his wife at least has known for sometime.

I feel so bad for his wife.

He's a selfish prick for getting married to her in the first place knowing what he knew. I don't see the big deal about being gay anyway, he should have come out a lot sooner instead of leaving it 27 years

^ yes

Not surprised by this at all. I always thought he was.

His poor family. I think he put his career ahead of everything and thought he would be safer married to a woman and for that, I don't respect him one bit.

I liked him in the broom cupboard but can't stand him now. I'm very cynical and feel he's chosen this time to come out again for the sake of his career. It will boost, not hinder his career now.

For all anyones she might have known he was gay for years and had an arrangement to live together and to keep their business private.There is no way shes just found out imo.

So when he and Steph inevitably divorce will she get half of his fortune

His fortune or half of the assets of the marriage?

Anyones=Anyone knows

I feel for his wife. So not fair.

I'm old enough to remember when he got married and while it wasn't on the scale of Elton John marrying a woman it was I thought, quite widely known at that time that he was gay.

That rainbow coat was a bit of a clue

I don't know if that's a joke but you know it's a costume?also work by Donny Osmond and Jason Donovan to name a couple. It's not exclusively worn by the gays.

I've heard the rumours for years, so my sympathy is firmly with his wife.

I agree it’s likely she’s known for years.... otherwise she’s in complete denial. It’s soo obvious he’s gay tbh...

Blimey, could have knocked me down with a feather. Obviously my gaydar is not as good as I’d thought.
I’d wondered if he and Holly had a thing going on. Obviously not!

As if we didn't see enough of time on TV as it is, it will be even more so now he's shared this news

She might have known for years. But I doubt she knew BEFORE she got married and had kids with him.

Is this National Coming Out before I Get Fired week or something? First Jameela Jamil, now him. I’m just trying to think of anyone else who has had a recent backlash recently where an outing could help.

(Oh god, now I’m imagining Trump) 🤢