PHILLIP Schofield said he came out as gay to "save himself" after being tortured by the secret. The This Morning star, 58, has opened up about his decision to come out in February, saying things had got "that dark" in his head.
Phillip also revealed he visited his mother Pat, 84, in Cornwall after she grew concerned about his stress-induced weight loss.
Speaking on Ireland's RTE One's The Late Late Show with Ryan Tubridy on Friday, he said: "I had long conversations with Steph [his wife], we talked about it a lot. "It was really beginning to trip me up, mess with my head. "It started off with a little bit of confusion, then my head managed to turn it into something really big, scary and dark.
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