Married to Steph for 27 years.
Blimey. That's inner turmoil right there.
Hope it all goes well for them all.
No messing with the post title eh?...
I've no idea why anyone would care, makes zero difference to anyone.
I think the press will really gopher him.
RM.
This
Hope it all goes well for them all.
And this
I’ve no idea why anyone would care, makes zero difference to anyone
Good luck to them all. It would be nice if the press left them alone, but that’s pretty unlikely.
I'm more concerned about how chummy he was with that **** Johnson tbh.
I’ve no idea why anyone would care, makes zero difference to anyone.
I think his wife and kids will probably have some issues to work through.
Probably not helped by the press intrusion that will undoubtedly follow...
No messing with the post title eh?
He also doesn't want to beat around the bush.
Didn't he do Five Gold Rings?
It’s all gone a bit Hello! Magazine Track World in here
Couldn't give a shit about him being gay, but he went right down in my estimations when he started doing those we buy any car ads.
Any relation to Phillip Schofield?
Married to Steph for 27 years.
Blimey. That’s inner turmoil right there.
Hope it all goes well for them all.
He's married? You learn something new (and useless 🙂 ) everyday. Always assumed he was gay.
I think the press will really gopher him.
I reckon they will have already been holding the metaphorical gun to his head a la Gareth Thomas and Ben Stokes.
It's the new norm.
Still has he just come out of the closet or was it a broom cupboard?
Also this;
he went right down in my estimations when he started doing those we buy any car ads.
I think the press will really gopher him.
S H I T - H O T.
Perchy will be bugged.
has he just come out of the closet or was it a broom cupboard?
Damn, beaten to it.
😀
Timing of announcement might have been pre-empting a newspaper reveal, or might just be a decision taken to explain/get away from recent reports that he's a bit of a cock at work.
^^ quite so
Gordon the Gopher has come out as gay as well now. Says he's had hands up his arse for years.
Back in the early 90s I had an after 6th form job at a glasses lens factory (exciting) the owner played golf with Philip Schofield & he came in at the height of his gordon the gopher fame for soem free glasses, there were no shock revelations about his sexuality, but what was surprising was that he was grey then & he had quite a bit of roots showing, for years no one believed me either!
Back in the late 80's I parked my car up in a public car park in Leeds, and just got out when Philip Schofield pulled up in his range rover and started shouting "that was his spot" and "don't I know who he is" etc So as far as I am concerned he is a complete arshole and his nice guy image is just that, an image.
i'm more surprised by the news he had a wife than the news he is gay.
@MSP that's bucket list stuff. I've always wanted some tool of a celeb to challenge me like that. Or to stand next to one having a piss at Charnock Richard services.
Didn’t he come out of the (broom) closet years ago?
what was surprising was that he was grey then & he had quite a bit of roots showing, for years no one believed me either!
Before he came out as Grey?
Or to stand next to one having a piss at Charnock Richard services.
I had a wee next to Mark Radcliffe at the old Beeb building on Oxford Road in Manchester.
Never thought he was married, always thought he was gay.
Gay as in happy?
That'd probably be more interesting actually.
I think the press will really gopher him
That is really is first class and deserves much recognition. Good work.
Married 27 years? I very much doubt his wife didn't know. Mine knows if If I have been secretly watching Glee behind her back.
Perchy will be bugged.
Not at all. It’s a privilege to watch a fellow punslinger at work.
Well played RM
Thanks for the revelation, that'll will really change my life.
Does it matter, it's nothing to do with us.
Well well well.
Mine knows if If I have been secretly watching Glee behind her back.
You beast.
Willoughby leaving his wife then?
Does it matter, it’s nothing to do with us.
So why did he announce it on Instagram?
Awaits announcement that there’ll be new series of All Star Mr & Mr and that’s he’s been sacked from the Cube as he’s can no longer pretend to be interested in the box.
So why did he announce it on Instagram?
Because announcing it on Grindr would’ve been a step too far?
Or to stand next to one having a piss at Charnock Richard services.
That's a very specific bucket list. I do like Charnock Richard services though.
perchy fights back!
I'm in the not surprised camp as well, but it's no one's business but his.
I'm also wondering if the announcement was to prevent a press report outing him at the weekend. Those scum need stopping for messing with people's private lives just to boost sales
I'm looking forward to a new series of Going Clive.
Or to stand next to one having a piss at Charnock Richard services.
I stood next to big yinn Billy Connolly pissing in a bar in Scotland. So pissed he was propped up against the wall and swaying. I couldn't understand much but it was happy and friendly sounding.
Does it matter, it’s nothing to do with us
It may help others on Singletrackworld who have similar inner turmoil to come to terms with who they really are.
not surprised camp
well done, well done
I’m looking forward to a new series of Going Clive.
You might have to explain that one.
No massive surprise, but to keep it out of the public domain for a such a long period of time must require some epic legal intervention and some smoothing of the press. That is presuming he's been active for these closeted 27 years?!?
It may help others on Singletrackworld who have similar inner turmoil to come to terms with who they really are.
closet gayers on STW! Outwageous!
His stock has gone down a lot in recent months with so many stories about him being a horrible person that the press are probably ready to drop any agreement they had or it is maybe good PR timing to stop the tide of bad stories. Either way nobody seems surprised about him being gay just surprised he was married.
One day this sort of stuff won't make the news.
That is presuming he’s been active for these closeted 27 years?!?
His statement said something akin to him not being ready for a relationship with a man just yet, which would imply perhaps that he hasn't?
tbh is it just a better way of saying hes been cheating on his wife?
A lot of naive people in here today
tbh is it just a better way of saying hes been cheating on his wife?
‘S wot i thought. Also, I’m sure many people are bi or pansexual and get dragged through the ‘coming out as gay’ narrative because they had an affair with someone of a different gender than their spouse/partner of x years.
As others have said, it’s (tabloid) gossip fodder. The story is (should be) between those involved*
*Unless he wants to make it all of our business, as showbiz types often do 😎
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i’m more surprised by the news he had a wife than the news he is gay.
This. I genuinely thought he was gay
Back in the late 80’s I parked my car up in a public car park in Leeds, and just got out when Philip Schofield pulled up in his range rover....
Hmmmmm
It should, yes.
Daily Mail comments section on this is another race to the bottom of humanity.
"What is wrong with the world we live in?" being a real highlight.
I truly hope that future generations don't feel that they have to live a lie for most of their life.
He probably sees it as a career move.
I’m no Corbyn fan but when I seen the way Schofield conducted his interview with him I concluded that Schofield is a complete t**t, today’s announcement doesn’t change that.
His statement said something akin to him not being ready for a relationship with a man just yet, which would imply perhaps that he hasn’t?
I don't think you have to be in a relationship to be active... in fact i think there are some websites dedicated to just that.
I suspect the truth here is somewhere between the PR smokescreen & personal torment angles.
The entertainment industry is very tolerant about sexuality, which suggests it may have been something he realised after he'd cast his lot - so to speak.
Remember he would have been a child of the late '60s and early '70s, when attitudes were very different - and which may have created an internal prejudice he was unwilling to confront.
Anyway, I can only agree with PMK2060.
He probably sees it as a career move.
One of the UKs most successful and sought after presenters? Yeah I don’t think so.
One of the UKs most successful and sought after presenters? Yeah I don’t think so.
He's taken a pasting in the press recently for being an arsehole at work.
So he probably does actually, at least a bit.
In a perfect world this wouldn't be news.
Remember he would have been a child of the late ’60s and early ’70s, when attitudes were very different
That tide is turning. Thanks internet.
Probably did the whole family thing as a career move. Being a homosexual and on kids tv In the 80s, with the beeb banning frankie goes to Hollywood etc probably kept it quiet
Then as the country became more accepting of people's sexuality and he is no longer doing kids TV he has decided to come out
I no way am I saying here that being gsy automatically means that you have to be a peado. That was the way older generation portrayed people and demonised them as sexual deviants and being gay also meant you were a kiddy fiddler. Which is complete nonsense obviously.
The medja will put him on trial no doubt rather than just letting him get on sort things out with his family privately
That tide is turning. Thanks internet.
I'm not convinced that it is. I don't think opinions / attitudes are changing (for the worse) but rather people are feeling more emboldened to spout their unpleasant views.
I rather hope it's largely a generational thing. I'm led to believe that the younger generations on the whole simply don't care about this stuff any more, someone coming out would generate about the same degree of reaction as them confessing they wore contact lenses.
I have his autograph. He came to the local charity shop in Bristol sometime in 1999. Myself and a few other stoned students thought it would be great to go and meet him. I dont really remember though. What a story.
Anyhow, interesting article on how the wives and family members handle it
He's gay; so what?
And todays news headline is "camp man comes out as being gay".
Wowzers...
Shocking .....
Getting to sit next to Hollywillyboobies and having no appreciation .... such a waste.
He’s gay; so what?
I'll admit I don't like him, although his sexual preferences have no bearing on this.
What you've said is EXACTLY the point. 'Brand Phil' is based on perfection, he's the perfect, lovely bland daytime TV persona, with just enough spice to make him interesting (all that stuff about him partying all night with Holly after awards etc).
He's already had a few knocks this year, co-presenters complaining about him being a dick, being a bit to nicey nicey with Johnson etc.
If he comes out now, it's "he's gay, so what?" the media and social media will rally around him, they'll say he's brave and wonderful and his image grows.
Alternatively, a headline that says "Phil cheats on wife of 27 years with Man" could ruin him, even if the less Mail-like papers stick with "Phil cheats on wife of 27 years" he'll be in real trouble. Lots of 'names' have never fully come back from a story that knocks their nice-guy image - Jason Manford, Vernon Kay, Justin Lee Collins etc.
There are a lot of people here think they know how it is ...... It's not black or white, there are a lot of shades in between. Everyone has different feelings and their own battles, demons, highs and lows. To judge another, whether they be a celeb or a regular, anonymous person in the street is ..... well a dangerous game to play.
Lets face it, even with the help and assistance of the "wardrobe and makeup department" no straight man ever has hair that good for that many years......
/stereotypecity
“wardrobe and makeup department”
Never heard it called that before.
It may help others on Singletrackworld who have similar inner turmoil to come to terms with who they really are.
Roadies?
Willoughby leaving his wife then?
Straight under the radar 😁
Probably did the whole family thing as a career move. Being a homosexual and on kids tv In the 80s, with the beeb banning frankie goes to Hollywood etc probably kept it quiet
They didn't ban FGTH for being gay - they banned the single Relax for having an orgasm in the middle of it. If they were trying to ban overtly gay groups they would have had barely any acts on TOTP in the early-mid 80s.
He’s gay; so what?
There’s this which to a lot of us who have no issue with homosexuality would feel.
Then I agree with Cougar, disgustingly this is part of the way things are now:
I’m not convinced that it is. I don’t think opinions / attitudes are changing (for the worse) but rather people are feeling more emboldened to spout their unpleasant views.
Some of the responses on Twitter to Rev. Richard Coles bereavement on the load of his husband,were horrific in December.
Then this is posted -
Getting to sit next to Hollywillyboobies and having no appreciation …. such a waste.
Which although I’m sure isn’t based on hate from Ro5ey - is the kind of ‘banter‘ that people don’t realise could be harmful and Philip Schofield knows will be part of how the public will think.
It’s a bit much, when all that’s changed is whether he might prefer men to women...