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Sorry, another Philip Schofield one...

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UnaCorda · 08/02/2020 20:20

I really couldn't care less about Philip Schofield's sexuality (or anyone else's) and good for him for finally being true to himself. But what makes me quite cross is all this talk of honesty and bravery, and the self-indulgent, tortured confessional in front of the nation when really it's of no importance to anyone who doesn't know him personally.

In the clip of his chat with Holly he asks repeatedly, "When is the right time?" In my opinion, the right time is before you get married to someone who believes you are straight. It's not brave, or honest, to make someone unwittingly provide you with the benefits of a heterosexual relationship, including children, so you can be viewed by the public as a "respectable family man". It's actually rather selfish.

I had a brief relationship with someone who I later discovered was gay. He didn't even have the balls to tell me directly, and it seriously screwed me up for a long time. I can't imagine what it must be like to find out your husband of 27 years is homosexual.

I'm not gay, so perhaps I am being unreasonable as I don't know what it is like to come out to friends and family (although I imagine it is easier now than it was thirty years ago) and I don't know whether PS really believed that he was in love with his wife when they got married. But I do think that leaving a duplicitous life which affects other people is not a kind or honourable thing to do and I feel very sorry for his wife and daughters who I think really have been brave.

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trianglular · 13/02/2020 15:54

It's not working for me

HangingOffYourCloud · 13/02/2020 16:01

Goodness, that FB post! By all accounts from what has been said on this thread, Pip sounds quite the shagger.

NumbersStation · 13/02/2020 16:04

Might just be fucked exhausted rather than haunted then eh? Wink

DandyDuchess · 13/02/2020 16:05

Yes that FB post indeed.

With everything that’s coming out (so to speak) and then disappearing, it really does seem there’s an unpleasant, dark underside to all of this that goes beyond him shagging men.

Doggyperson · 13/02/2020 16:09

Why did he even bother coming out if their is no story on him and everything seems to be kept secret anyway? I don't get it.

Doggyperson · 13/02/2020 16:09

There*

AnneShirleysNewDress · 13/02/2020 16:16

I can't see the facebook page. Can someone screenshot please? The Paul Burrell video is very telling.

OhioOhioOhio · 13/02/2020 16:43

The Facebook page is gone.

SpanishFly · 13/02/2020 16:50

here's the post - it's still there.

Sorry, another Philip Schofield one...
AnneShirleysNewDress · 13/02/2020 17:06

Thanks @SpanishFly

OhioOhioOhio · 13/02/2020 17:54

Omg.
That's just what I don't get. It's not a pr stunt. It's a joke.

Henlie · 13/02/2020 18:02

It was well known in the late 80s / early 90s that PS was gay, he made no secret of it when he was working at the BBC. And as Stephanie Lowe worked with him back then (at the BBC) and mixed in his social circles I can’t see how she can’t have known pre-marriage that he was gay/bi-sexual. I’m sure it’ll come out in time as to if they had a marriage of pure convenience or not.

I’ve seen on another forum people saying that Stephanie has had a boyfriend for many years......and now that seems to have disappeared 🤔.

I’m sure PS’s Southwark bolthole he uses when working on TM could tell a story or two(!)

Agree with the PP who said he looks haunted.......no doubt has lots of ghosts in his closet, which are just about to be unleashed 😐

Aderyn19 · 13/02/2020 18:14

*>> Out of the fire

OhioOhioOhio · 13/02/2020 18:17

What an awful drama.

Aderyn19 · 13/02/2020 18:25

PS wasn't very nice to PB in that interview around PB decision to deal with a magazine in order to gain security for his wedding day. I would have expected more empathy under the circumstances.

SpanishFly · 13/02/2020 18:41

on another note - in the older clips, Holly looks better imo when she wasn't so slim. I'm not body shaming - I just think she looks better/more glowing or something.

Yes, PS was appalling to many people making similar revelations in the past...

Krazykitty · 13/02/2020 18:50

You can see PS take a gulp when listening to the caller about coming out. All so telling now.

CanIhelpyouatall · 13/02/2020 20:19

on another note - in the older clips, Holly looks better imo when she wasn't so slim. I'm not body shaming - I just think she looks better/more glowing or something

Her nose seems different nowadays and her hair is too brassy which might account for her looking less glowing too.

SisterAgatha · 13/02/2020 20:35

I watched a few clips of today’s show and while admittedly I don’t watch this kind of show much anyway, they definitely seemed less keen to be there. Quieter. Tired. The show felt a bit lifeless.

Surely it’s time for ITV to just bin it off and start something new.

HeIenaDove · 13/02/2020 21:30

Piers is having a go at Jameela Jamil

With regards to PS though........radio silence.

SpanishFly · 13/02/2020 21:35

If I was on twitter I'd be tempted to message piers to ask. This is why I'm not on Twitter 😅

NumbersStation · 13/02/2020 21:41

I daren't tweet. I have a gobby index finger. And I doubt I could be limited to 140 characters or whatever.,, Blush

GoldenMarigolds · 13/02/2020 21:43

Who actually gives a flying fk?

He is what he is, his wife didn't worry about it for 27 years or whatever.

Being gay is nothing anymore. What am I missing? Did he do anything illegal?

Redshoeblueshoe · 13/02/2020 21:45

Golden you missed the bit about grooming a child ?

SpanishFly · 13/02/2020 21:45

Maybe rtft? What most people are confused and annoyed about is zilch to do with him "being gay"