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Puzzled - Philip Schofield

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howwillthispanout · 07/02/2020 20:37

Sorry if this has been covered already but I’ve been offline all day - has there been any discussion re PS’s announcement today on this board? Especially in relation to wife and daughters

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lynsey91 · 09/02/2020 12:36

He says his wife has known for a little while. So not 30 years then and yet he says they have no secrets! He also says he knew when they married that he was gay.

What a horrible man. If the rumours about the young runner are true then he is vile. Makes more sense that that is the reason Ruth fell out with him

LimboLandisRubbish · 09/02/2020 12:44

Phil The Liar is rumbled. Many of us haven't fallen for the sham.

nauticant · 09/02/2020 12:51

Yes, but there's a difference between many people knowing and it becoming an acknowledged truth in the media and by the Establishment. For the PR narrative to be displaced will mean a lot of people with much at stake owning up and saying "I've been a mug" or "it suited me to go along with the PR".

Kilbranan · 09/02/2020 13:00

I agree actually EH has gone up in my estimations given his quip about the hot tub which I didn’t fully appreciate at the time. And the same for anyone else who has tried to complain about PS

RedToothBrush · 09/02/2020 13:17

www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/phillip-schofields-wife-stephanie-lowe-21454903?_ga=2.183977890.546611960.1581253952-1181996993.1579866642
Phillip Schofield's wife Stephanie Lowe 'absolutely shattered' by him coming out gay

Despite being Phillip's rock and supporting his decision, a friend close to the couple has told The Mirror that Stephanie is "absolutely shattered" that "they have been living a lie for so long."

"Steph is being a rock for Phillip, as she always has been, but there's no denying she is absolutely shattered by all this.

Well.

Lordfrontpaw · 09/02/2020 13:20

Well, who knew she wouldn’t be dancing a jig?

Wouldn’t we all be happy as Larry if our other halves came out as gay? Why on earth would we be unhappy? 🙄

Melroses · 09/02/2020 13:20

Ruth and Eamonn have gone up in my estimation. Also Amanda Holden. You stood up to PS at your peril it seems.

People with something to hide can be extraordinarily ruthless.

(Sorry Ruth, not intended as a pun Blush )

SpokeTooSoon · 09/02/2020 13:42

The reason so many celebs are being so vocal in their praise is because PS is very influential at ITV. A lot of careers rest on regular appearances on the daytime ITV crap. They all go on that show (and the dreadful women one that follows it), PS presents a lot of shows and gets good ratings - I think he is popular to viewers.

Anyone who questions this or criticises Phil or Holly will not be asked on to This Morning again. Simple as that.

EnthusiasmIsDisturbed · 09/02/2020 13:42

Well all the pieces are fitting together now

The little comments, the rumours and statements denying any feuds

I doubt his wife will be so supportive once she is humiliated even further and it becomes apparent that she has been pitied for so long by so many - people may want sympathy but no one wants to be pitied

No doubt there shall be more close to tears moments with Holly looking admiringly at Phil later on Dancing in Ice - probably get high ratings

Hearhoovesthinkzebras · 09/02/2020 13:47

We had bloody Boy George, Freddie Mercury, Peter Tatchell...Elton john the list goes on...

Did we though? I can remember Elton John marrying a woman, George Michael didn't come out until much later on, Freddie Mercury wasn't out until he had AIDS was he (I certainly don't remember it).

I can see how possibly PS didn't know himself and then how difficult it must be to admit it later in life, once married. I agree that today it's no big deal but it definitely would have been in the 80s - I can remember Rock Hudson coming out too, it was made into a big deal - but there's no way he could have not announced this and just quietly started living as a gay man. It's ridiculous to accuse him of making a big deal out of this when the fact that he's in the media has left him with no other choice.

BeautifulStrangers · 09/02/2020 13:49

@howwillthispanoutRe
Micheal Ball, I don't think he can have sex anyway after an accident.

derxa · 09/02/2020 14:02

No doubt there shall be more close to tears moments with Holly looking admiringly at Phil later on Dancing in Ice - probably get high ratings Will Phil skate off with H from Steps into the sunset? Holly is nauseating.

DobbyTheHouseElk · 09/02/2020 14:03

I had no idea Michael Ball was married and straight. That’s the shocker for me!

cheeseomelette · 09/02/2020 14:12

I dint think mb is. There were some persistent rumours about him and someone extremely high profile (who I can't hint at or it will get the thread zapped) from a media insider who was a friend's dad back when I was at school 20 years ago.

It seems many gay men marry and present as straight. Sad

lynsey91 · 09/02/2020 15:05

Michael Ball isn't married. He lives with Cathy McGowan and has done since 1992.

I don't care what Michael Ball's sexuality is I still fancy him!

Dreamprincess · 09/02/2020 15:10

Cathy McGowan Well there's a rave from the grave if ever I've heard one.

Cheesespreading · 09/02/2020 15:21

He’s a gross twat. Haven’t liked him for a long time and this is just the icing on the cake to proving to myself that he is a horrible man. He isn’t fucking brave for saying he is gay. It’s 2020. Also, he didn’t have to marry a woman to not be seen as gay. He could have remained single, pretty simple really.

LimboLandisRubbish · 09/02/2020 16:00

Near the end of his This Morning me-fest, Holly said "You haven't had your hand forced" and he says " no, this is my decision".

This may turn out to be a blatant lie.

Janus · 09/02/2020 17:19

Why doesn’t a newspaper just print it? How do celebrities get these super injunctions just because someone is going to say something they don’t like??

BaolFan · 09/02/2020 17:25

Near the end of his This Morning me-fest, Holly said "You haven't had your hand forced" and he says " no, this is my decision".

This was the bit that made me think hmmm. Why would you go to the trouble of denying something if it's not true and nobody's said anything about it? It smacks of trying too hard to look open and transparent.

Floisme · 09/02/2020 17:34

He lives with Cathy McGowan and has done since 1992.
Cathy McGowan from Ready Steady Go who married Hywell Bennett - making them one of the It Couples I'd the 60s?

Now that's far more interesting than Phillip Schofield.

SonicVersusGynaephobia · 09/02/2020 17:48

I am surprised that an expensive PR firm, crisis management, all the ITV Management, etc, thought that it was a good idea to put that statement and interview out, complete with the lies about it being his choice and his hand not being forced, etc, when it was obvious that it was all very quickly going to be shown to be bullshit. Making him look even worse than if he'd just said nothing as it was a private matter.

This reeks of Kevin Spacey.

FrogsFrogs · 09/02/2020 17:53

Well yes exactly, sonic

TheShoesa · 09/02/2020 18:05

Totally get that if you've been living a lie there might come a time when you wanted to tell the truth (not that a person's sexuality is anyone else's business except close and/or intimate partners and offspring). And if you are in the public eye I suppose that means a public announcement. But what a huge fuss made about something so uninteresting.

That said I agree the 'you didn't have your hand forced did you?' was a bit odd, and although I am no body language expert, the fact that PS says no while shaking his head and then continues to shake his head while saying it was totally his decision looks decidedly odd!

Extracurricularfatigue · 09/02/2020 18:35

It came to me as I made lunch that this basically boils down to ‘married bloke can’t keep it in his pants and has probably misused his professional power in the pursuit of a dodgy affair’.

If this were a woman he’d be in big trouble so he’s damn lucky he can pull out the ‘coming out’ card at this point.

Shitty for his wife whichever scenario of course.

I also had an argument with a gay friend who said that it didn’t matter if he’d married his wife knowing he was gay ‘as he could still truly love her’. I pointed out that this isn’t the same as being properly mutually in love with someone who desires you. Finding out that you’ve had a one-sided relationship is devastating to the self-esteem. I’ve read comments from him the past couple of days describing her as the ‘sweetest’ and ‘most supportive’ person. That’s not the way I’d want my husband to describe me.