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Phillip Schofield

What a difficult thing to do...but being true to yourself and about yourself is important for peace of mind - and without peace of mind life can be very difficult and painful and solace can be sought in ways alien to the values of the sufferer. Impact on wife and family might well be very difficult today - but I get an inkling from what he has said that his wife and family may have known for some time. Certainly he said the some work colleagues knew of his struggle with himself. Prayers are with him and his family that responses to his coming out are decent and supportive.
 
Kellfire said:
Easy to say as a white heterosexual man I guess.
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Have you just assumed race and gender??? Tut tut! :ROFLMAO:

Actually, why do we need to know? .... treat everyone the same, with respect. Someone's sexual orientation is of no interest unless someone feels the need to talk about their own. I work in a pretty diverse office, we just get on with our jobs. "Other halves" show up at functions, gay, straight etc, no one gives a monkeys - it's 2020.. Be nice. live and let live.

If Schofield had the need to say (probably before some git tried to sell story to press) - fair play to him. He's still the same bloke... get over it.
 
SocketRocket said:
I wonder why he has decided to come out now? Maybe someone was about to publicise it and he decided to release a statement first.
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Unfortunately with the media we have in the UK I wouldn't be surprised if one of the red tops were going to publish something so it's forced him to come out now, especially as he's been in the news a lot over the last few months with reports of him being not as nice behind the cameras towards colleagues as he is in front of them.
 
There has not yet been an NFL player to come out whilst an active player - several have revealed it after they retired. But the existing stigma in the locker room would make it almost impossible for any individual to admit that even though women's sports have no problem with gay players at all. An unfortunate side-effect of the world we live in but at least progress has and is being made on this topic.

But seriously, has anyone asked Gordon the Gopher how he feels about all of this?
 
DaveR said:
Who cares.
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He does.
He's obviously finding it hard to keep quiet about.
If it's making him ill then he's done the right thing, got it out in the open so everyone can just forget about it and get on with their lives.
We dont need to know, we dont need to care.
He does and that's why he's done it
It's a shame that people are getting seriously wou d up about it
His family have accepted everything so I hope they all get left alone to carry on and be happy.
 
Who knows what motivated him to "come out" but holding something in doesn't get better over time it gets worse, maybe he just did it for his own peace of mind, maybe as suggested he did it to pre-empt a tabloid story. Good luck to him whatever.
 
Imurg said:
He does.
He's obviously finding it hard to keep quiet about.
If it's making him ill then he's done the right thing, got it out in the open so everyone can just forget about it and get on with their lives.
We dont need to know, we dont need to care.
He does and that's why he's done it
It's a shame that people are getting seriously wou d up about it
His family have accepted everything so I hope they all get left alone to carry on and be happy.
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I meant who in the public cares. It's nothing to do with us, it's between him and his family.

Total non story.
 
DaveR said:
I meant who in the public cares. It's nothing to do with us, it's between him and his family.

Total non story.
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Seems a slightly daft question, it's plainly obvious from the sales of gossip rags, and awful 'reality' TV that a huge amount of people do care about the private lives of others. That's just a known fact.
 
He's stated he was not pressurized into doing it by any upcoming press revelations, he probably did it for the sake of his own mental health so fair play. And he is one of the most recognizable and well known presenters in this country so you can't blame the media for reporting it. But I think the media nowadays are reporting it not as a scandal as such, sneering at someones sexuality as used to happen. But more of just a bit of news about a very well known person. From what I can see he's had total support in the media which shows that as a society we are getting better.
 
Orikoru said:
Seems a slightly daft question, it's plainly obvious from the sales of gossip rags, and awful 'reality' TV that a huge amount of people do care about the private lives of others. That's just a known fact.
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No they don't, they are just being nosey gossip mongers. Big news till the next big 'scandal' comes along.
 
PieMan said:
Unfortunately with the media we have in the UK I wouldn't be surprised if one of the red tops were going to publish something so it's forced him to come out now, especially as he's been in the news a lot over the last few months with reports of him being not as nice behind the cameras towards colleagues as he is in front of them.
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...and that might simply have been his internal conflict coming to the surface...
 
Is it just coincidence that this announcement has come only a couple of days after his ex co-presenter has announced that she has separated from her husband?

Perhaps we will see Philip and Phil??? :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

(Only joking!)
 
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