Phillip Schofield Comes Out As Gay At 57 Years Old– Pays Tribute To Wife Of 27 Years

Feb 07, 2020 by apost team

British TV presenter Phillip Schofield, 57, took to his Instagram this morning to come out as gay. 

The This Morning star then made an appearance on his own show alongside his co-host of many years Holly Willoughby. Schofield then proceeded to open up about his “internal struggle” and praised his wife of 27 years for her support.

Phillip Schofield shared an Instagram story Friday morning, where he admitted his hidden sexual orientation has been “consuming [him] for the last few years.” 

The story revealed that his wife Stephanie, and two daughters Molly and Ruby, are supportive of Schofield and his sexual orientation,  “despite their own confusion.”

“My family have held me so close: they have tried to cheer me up, to smother me with kindness and love, despite their own confusion,” he wrote, according to the Sun. “Yet still I can’t sleep and there have been some very dark moments.”

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The TV presenter followed up on his announcement by making an appearance on his show with his co-host, Holly Willoughby, where he got candid about his years struggling with the truth about himself. 

"It's tough but this is not something that's happened quickly, I've had to deal this in my head for quite some time,” he told Willoughby. 

"I got to the stage where I thought we sit here, every day, and some amazingly brave person is sitting over there and I'm thinking 'I have to be that person',” he added.

Willoughby, who has co-hosted This Morning with Schofield by her side for many years, hugged the 57-year-old and assured him she would be there for him “forever and ever.”

"All you can be in your life is honest with yourself,” Schofield added. “I was getting to a stage in my life where I was thinking I don't really like myself because I'm not being honest with myself.”

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