Philip Schofield - “I’m a queen!”

I'm with you Peekaboo. Whilst I'm glad he's come out now and tbh it IS better for his wife that he comes out now rather than never, I'm baffled by so much of this story. Yes we all have an individual story to lead, but when you make a conscious decision to get with a woman, when you know you are gay (and he has publicly stated that he DID know) then you are actively choosing to fuck up someone else's life to make your own easier. He could have chosen to live a single life - and that would have been fine - but he wanted the full marriage and kids thing, which has now made other people's lives more difficult.

I do feel more sympathetic than that paragraph reads, but I'm finding it tricky to articulate as I'm quite torn down the middle on it.
 
cwej said:
Iwhen you make a conscious decision to get with a woman, when you know you are gay (and he has publicly stated that he DID know) then you are actively choosing to fuck up someone else's life to make your own easier. He could have chosen to live a single life - and that would have been fine - but he wanted the full marriage and kids thing, which has now made other people's lives more difficult.
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I'm sorry to say @cwej , but these things are never black and white.
Each person's story and journey are different and you can only judge your own.
 
I’m quite conflicted about this whole thing, which is why I’ve been liking posts which express various stances. I think it’s marvellous that he’s come out (even though it was always blindingly obvious to these eyes), but the impact of one’s own choices (particularly in relation to inauthenticity) on other people’s lives cannot be denied. Still, we don’t know what his wife knew and what she didn’t, or indeed the intricacies of their relationship including the rationale for his getting married in the first place, so I think that @ZZ is right to say that we should only judge our own story and journey. Even though this is so often easier said than done...
 
I dare say we'll heard more about his wife in due course - it's easy to seem OK for a while just until the cameras go away. We know virtually nothing and I think this is why we've had such a variation in opinion: we've all been able to project onto a relatively blank canvas.
 
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Peekaboo said:
My uncle came out about 10 years ago when he was around the same age as Phil. He was also married with two teenage kids. And also, like Phil, he said he 'had doubts' when he got married. And whilst I have a lot of sympathy for him, he left his wife in a very SHIT position, regardless of how UNDERSTANDING she was (and she was). Overnight she became a fifty-something mother-of-two divorcee who felt like she had been living a lie for the previous 25 years.

My uncle now is a happier man, I think, he travels round the world and gets laid often, which is not bad for a 60-something. He has a great relationship with his ex-wife, although I have never heard him speak of any REGRETS about the situation he put her in. She, however, has very little social life, is still unmarried, hasn't met anyone and has been in therapy for years.

So FORGIVE ME for not FAWNING OVER Schofield's BRAVERY. His coming-out message is all about HIM and how she is so good TO HIM. I wonder how SHE truly feels.
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I get this.

I can only imagine how difficult it must have been to conceal your true self in 1980s homophobic Britain whilst in the public eye. I´m sure he has a heck of lot of regret, sadness and pain surrounding it and I can quite believe that she was sympathetic, recognized his pain in pretending and not being true to himself for a long time, but I do wonder having ALSO spent so many years in this pretend marriage with him how she really feels deep down.

It´s a shitty situation to be honest, which thankfully today in this part of the world(not suggesting that homophobia in the west isn´t still a problem because it VERY much is), but due to the progress we HAVE made, this marriage would have been totally unnecessary .
 
His pipe-cleaner legs are too skinny for thrusting, so I say pig bottom or vers with no endurance as top. I've not given it much thought.
 
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ZZ said:
I'm sorry to say @cwej , but these things are never black and white.
Each person's story and journey are different and you can only judge your own.
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I literally said 'we all have an individual story to lead'...
 
I’m starting to see the backlash filter through on my social media. To paraphrase;

Both of these men have been labelled heroes. One of these men fought and died for his country. The other one lied to his family for 27 years. Let’s not misuse the word hero.
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Tbh I’m not aware of anyone describing Phil as a hero but still :manson::manson::manson:
 
I saw that yesterday too. And then another couple of articles, one saying how Ashley Banjo gave a heart warming tribute to Philip at the start of Strictly which reduced him to tears, and another saying how Ashley made an embarrassing statement that left everyone with an awkward silence.
 
I made the mistake of reading bits of Twitter randomly and oh yeah there's a backlash. The gammons don't have much else to keep them busy right now but some of it was appalling.
 
I’m sure his wife has done very well out of their marriage. And she seems absolutely fine with it all.

I’ve heard that the STOP FUCKING HATE were going to publish a story about him and a runner at itv, which may have been the reason for this sudden coming out.
 
That post should be pinned, if Alison breathlessly cackling doesn't refuel your soul nothing will. And also, nice one Barry :D
 
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Few know that Phil jumped to the front of the queue for Liz Windsor so we had more time to pursue our tempestuous May to December love affair. All I got out of it was a commissioning editor job at ITV.
 
What I don’t understand is did Phillip tell the police after his brother disclosed what he had done to him? He is missing from This Morning this week.
 
Rita said:
This has now been reported as his brother.
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This is a separate case. They’re both alleged to have been at it, Philip with a teenager he got a job for at This Morning.

I don’t think there’s any suggestion he (Philip’s one) was underage, for whatever that’s worth
 
It’s interesting that this whole thing could actually benefit Philip, with people going “oh it was his BROTHER!!”
 
dUb said:
It’s interesting that this whole thing could actually benefit Philip, with people going “oh it was his BROTHER!!”
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I was more thinking by reading the story that his brother told him about what had happened and he never reported it to the police? Surely that is pretty career ending if Phillip didn’t inform the police?
 
I read that Philip helped the brother come forward about it :eyes:
 
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