British Host Phillip Schofield Gives First Interview Since Exit, Explains How Relationship Started with Male Staffer
justjared.comPhillip Schofield is speaking out in his first interview since exiting as a host of ITV’s This Morning. The 61-year-old British TV presenter, who came out publicly as gay in 2020, previously admitted that he had a relationship with a younger male staff member while still married to his wife.
While speaking with The Sun, Phillip explained how the relationship started and denied that he groomed the young man. Keep reading to find out more… Phillip said that he became friends with the man after working together for a short period. “Then one day something happened that just changed it.
That is the moment I look back on, and regret so deeply. It was in my dressing room in 2017, it was a consensual moment, it was mutual.
It was not a love affair, it was not a relationship, we were not boyfriends; we were mates. It wasn’t feelings (I was getting), it was more like mates: excitement,” he said. Phillip continued, “I was really struggling with my sexuality at that time in the build up to what happened.
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