This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield has shared that he was offered support from Michelle Visage when he came out earlier this year.
15.10.2020 - 09:21 / ok.co.uk
Phillip Schofield has revealed the pressure of hiding his sexuality left him running off This Morning to be sick.The 58 year old announced he was gay in an emotional interview on the hit ITV daytime he hosts with Holly Willoughby in February. He has now written an autobiography which details his struggle with his sexuality, and his decision to come out.
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.This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield has shared that he was offered support from Michelle Visage when he came out earlier this year.
Phillip Schofield has revealed that when he came out as gay to his This Morning colleagues, they were relieved as they initially suspected he had a grave illness.The beloved TV host revealed that he is gay back in February, after months of coming to terms with his sexuality behind closed doors.The inner turmoil Phil felt had caused him to lose a significant amount of weight, which didn’t go unnoticed by concerned colleagues.
This Morning star announced that he was gay in a statement on social media before being interviewed on the ITV show by co-host and friend Holly Willoughby. Speaking on Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast, Phillip has said he is no clearer about his identity than he was before he made his public announcement."I'm still learning what effects that has on my life and the life of those around me," the 58-year-old said."Do I know who I am? No.
This Morning star Phillip Schofield has talked about the impact that him coming out as gay earlier this year has had on his life, admitting he still feels pretty "confused" about where things are going to go.The host, who is still living with his wife Steph and his two daughters, talked about navigating a "minefield" on Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast."I'm worried about Steph, I'm worried about what this does to all of us," he explained.
Phillip Schofield was so worried as he wrestled with his sexuality that he once dramatically refused to go on This Morning at the very last minute. In his incredible new memoir, the star tells how he instead fled to his London flat where he messaged Steph, his wife of 27 years, to tell her: “I couldn’t do the show.” Phil's absence meant Holly Willoughby presented the ITV programme alone as viewers were told that the star had called in sick.
Phillip Schofield has revealed his regret at turning his phone off after failing to turn up at This Morning as crew members feared he'd done "something stupid".The 58 year old has bravely opened up on the struggle he went through when he was coming to terms with his sexuality, which culminated with him coming out as gay live on air in February.
This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield has addressed a row that happened before former co-presenter Fern Britton exited the daytime TV show.Fern fronted the show alongside Phillip until 2009, before being replaced by Holly Willoughby, though Phillip has shed more light on their falling out ahead of her quitting.Writing in his new autobiography Life's What You Make It, Phillip claims he and Fern had a row in 2009 that he believes led her to quit, the presenter recalling that he was "stunned"
This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield has revealed that he once went missing a few minutes before the ITV show went on air, deciding to go back home due to his own personal struggles.In his new autobiography Life's What You Make It, Phillip writes that he felt unable to go on air at the last minute in March 2019 and he headed back to his London flat, texting his wife Stephanie Lowe to tell her he "couldn't do the show".His co-host Holly Willoughby presented the show solo that day, telling
This Morning at the last minute leaving co-host Holly Willoughby to present on her own as he made himself ill over sexuality secret. The presenter, who was born in Oldham, was in such turmoil he fled to his London flat where to messaged Steph, his wife of 27 years.