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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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nicky7654 · 14/02/2020 21:40

@UnaCorda Absolutely spot on! I think his behaveour has been downright vile pretending all those years to his wife. Shame on him!!

GalleryWall · 14/02/2020 21:46

MMs sister is a Police Officer......

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 14/02/2020 21:49

Makes Sleazy's recent role particularly suspect.

BrieAndChilli · 14/02/2020 22:12

I think the blind gossip thread is deffo about him.
It calls him icy as his code name (referencing dancing on ice) has just come out as gay, theatre company he is associated with closing down and the 3 rd thing it says is he will be sued by users of the theatre company for abuse!!!

NumbersStation · 14/02/2020 22:12

Eeeeeee.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 14/02/2020 22:22

The theatre company is about sleazy not icy.

DandyDuchess · 14/02/2020 22:23

Yes it’s definitely about him. I thought it odd they didn’t specify he’s foreign as it’s an American site, but then again, if he did it would be so obvious.

It’s distressing if true but I believe it. It slots the pieces together, and explains why this has been such a PR exercise for ITV.

BeyondReasonablyDoubtsLots · 14/02/2020 22:27

Oooo intriguing. A possible lawsuit would explain the silence, wouldn't it?

darktriad · 14/02/2020 22:28

'Icy' brilliant, let's hope he gets his comeuppance.

Theromanempire · 14/02/2020 22:29

pellegrino no, it says that Icy is a combination of Victor and Sleazy so both Icy and Sleazy were involved in theatre companies that mysteriously shut down Hmm

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 14/02/2020 22:31

Icy had a theatre company?!

Theromanempire · 14/02/2020 22:33

Yes, he was/is the patron of a youth theatre (Manchester area I think) which is where MM first met him.

MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 14/02/2020 22:37

Bloody hell!

OhioOhioOhio · 14/02/2020 22:39

But why is he still on the tele?

OhioOhioOhio · 14/02/2020 22:56

Whys there not been an arrest?

Dowser · 14/02/2020 23:00

Was that the holmfirth one
Need to google if holmfirth is near Manchester
Thanks for explaining Victor link..KS..got it now
Yes, I do believe MM has a twin sister.really feel for him and his family.

It’s really stinking to high heaven isn’t it
.So many of the so called ITV talent are under the James Grant Agency..no wonder the same faces are all over the itv shows like a rash. Insiders say it’s hard for anyone new to break into tv.
They just get richer and richer with the same old schtick.

Dowser · 14/02/2020 23:01

Here’s their mugshots
The JGA has had a name change

www.ymugroup.com/teams/entertainment

Dowser · 14/02/2020 23:05

Holmfirth is not that hear Manchester, so I might be mistaken about that
Can’t check where it was now as the site has been closed down

Something doesn’t sit right does it.

SpanishFly · 14/02/2020 23:13

If you look at the mugshots, they're the "other" ITV stars. I.e AH and PS hate each other. RL put in an official complaint about PS. She's married to EH. etc

SirChing · 14/02/2020 23:18

Holmfirth is about 30-40 mins by car from Manchester. About 30 mins on the train. Manchester is the nearest big city.

SisterAgatha · 14/02/2020 23:20

I’m lost on the importance of holmfirth, I have twitter, tattlelife, a WhatsApp chat and a blind item website open about this so I can’t keep track! #confused

HangingOffYourCloud · 14/02/2020 23:25

Gosh, BG can be spot on so this could be about to blow open. It'll be massive if it does. A house of cards given the KS connection.

colouringinpro · 14/02/2020 23:25

wow blind gossip story! not sure who sleazy is but definitely get the others. If true, how many victims over how many years? Broom cupboard named why???

colouringinpro · 14/02/2020 23:28

(who is sleazy?)

GalleryWall · 14/02/2020 23:31

We know from KS that coming out as gay doesn't work to stop you being subject to paedophilia investigations.

With that in mind, it does make me question if we are all just putting two and two together and getting 5?

If PS knew an allegation was looming, and if Itv were happy to stay quiet and cover up, why bother coming out instead of maintaining the image of a hetero happy marriage?

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