What's happening to Phillip Schofield?

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It seems like the stories about the old silver fox are ramping up. Feel like there's more mileage in this one that we know...

My thought is that she has known for years. Maybe she has had relationships in the marriage? She might be happy with living in a big house with his substantial wage and the celeb lifestyle in return for keeping his secret? Maybe she has now found someone else that she feels she wants to move forward with and Phil finally coming out is a good thing for her. We really don't know do we?
I do think his hand has been forced though.......

I can't forgive him for getting Fern kicked off TM. She made the show for me. Never really watched it after she left. There is something inherently creepy about Scofe...

I wouldn’t judge anybody from trying to keep things hidden or hoping they’re not gay. Plenty do at my dc’s school for good reason. There is a lot of self hatred for gay men to wrestle with too. I suspect he was hoping for years it wasn’t so. I read also from a friend that he was poss waiting until his dds were old enough. I think this whole area is very cut and dried unless you’re going through it yourselves. I’ve been shocked how difficult, stressful and shitty the situation can be for many LGBT people and their families. It really isn’t a Netflix soap.

In a way I wish my dc had kept things hidden until he was old enough to deal with the negativity.

Yeah.....because I’m sure many women whose husband revealed to them that they were gay would still stay with them for many, many years and enjoy a happy marriage with him.....

It's not unheard of for marriages tone an 'arrangement'.
He had his shield, she had his money the lifestyle.

I'm finding this thread so interesting as I remember thinking he was creepy as a child and that has never gone away. I always feel like he's a big phoney with an OTT nice guy/victim edge. I'm not a big Amanda Holden fan, but think she can be funny, and when I heard he'd tried to block her progress I thought he had a controlling side too.

My thought is that she has known for years. Maybe she has had relationships in the marriage? She might be happy with living in a big house with his substantial wage and the celeb lifestyle in return for keeping his secret? Maybe she has now found someone else that she feels she wants to move forward with and Phil finally coming out is a good thing for her. We really don't know do we?

No, we don't. But what about his kids? How would you feel if you discovered that your father had never been attracted to your mother and that, at best, you were conceived in a business relationship and at worst a deceptive, bearding one?

It's a family matter. And the media is treating Schofield's wife and children as mere props in the theatre of his lifelong dreadful suffering. It's as patriarchal as it gets.

I don’t understand the popularity of TM with P and H at the helm at all.

Has no one ever wondered why female presenters, actresses etc never bother to make a big announcements that they are gay? No they just get on with their life ! More intelligent I guess !

Yes. Bring back Fern.

It's narcissism in the highest form!

Years ago when he was in Joseph there were many rumours and stories about his flings with men jason donovan . Not sure about the 'brave' comments - it's clear he is being outed somewhere and his hand has been forced

He wasn't in Joseph with JD though, was he?

Maybe his kids have known for a while as well?
Maybe he was still attracted to his wife when they were conceived and it wasn't a business arrangement then?
I'd be shocked but would want my dad to be happy and not live a lie.

Bum reconstruction...I've just laughed hysterically in Costa..

A friend of ours is gay. He was with a woman in a relationship in the late 70s. He told her he was gay however they agreed to have a child together.
They split, as he is gay but stayed friends. She also asked him for a sibling for the child, which he agreed to through donation.
He then came into a lot of money & she then filed for CSA.

He didn't use her as a 'beard' though.

Interesting that PS has waited for children to be older. No maintenance??

Am I only the only person who didn't know he was married to a woman. His sexuality and their relationship is ones business but theirs.
I'd be surprised she didn't know.

I posted yesterday, Schofield said he and his wife had no secrets and this had been a slow process.

From that it sounds like she perhaps accepted him as Bi in their early marriage and slowly he's leaned more towards being Gay. A lot of gay men come out as Bi first, perhaps its part of their acceptance. I suspect his family have known for maybe years at this point and he wouldn't have come out publicly until everyone was ready.

I’m sorry but I don’t think he is brave or inspirational. Granted I’m not a fan of him, I think he comes across as very unpleasant and i hate seeing his smug face everywhere.

I don’t care who he goes to bed with or wants to go to bed with, it’s irrelevant. Despite what has been said, I do think he was forced to come out.
Otherwise why not just announce your divorce privately and go and move on? Why the huge announcements, interview? Being gay isn’t a big deal and nor should it be. I hope his wife has support. If my Husband of 27 years came out as gay I would be distraught. And I realise she didn’t just find out yesterday but I can only imagine how she’s feeling sat at home watching her Husband go on national tv telling people he’s gay.

But it’s done his image wonders. He went from being a man with rumours of bullying and unpleasant behaviour to now and now he’s brave and inspirational.

www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/mystery-phillip-schofields-runner-leaving-21062922

Gino, Rylan and Ruth complained about his just after this happened back in December.

I wonder why?

Him, not his

All I can see all over social media is stuff about PS and how brave he is etc. I don't dislike the man, I couldn't care less either way but having been in his wife's position I don't think he's brave or admirable at all.

My ex entered into a relationship with me knowing he was confused. He had a child with me knowing he was confused. He didn't voice those concerns to me. He made a conscious choice to live a lie. I wasn't given a choice. That's not brave. That's fucking selfish.

His hand was forced. BIL works in the industry and knows the TM team well; there were major shenanigans behind the scenes at last week's NTAs and he knew he was within days of being outed.

You may aswell be specific @Chillyourbeans it's an anonymous forum!

I am more shocked and surprised of the fact that anyone has time to watch TM...

I am more shocked and surprised of the fact that anyone has time to watch TM...

There is always one. Do you struggle with thinking usually or is it just today