This is one that perhaps the people over in Britain will be able to answer. I'd like to know what this Phillip Schofield scandal is all about? Whenever I check the British news, Phillip Schofield is all over it and even though I've read a lot of the stories, I'm still not totally sure what crime he has committed. I mean having an affair is hardly a legal matter, and the only person who should be appalled by it all is his wife!
He has had such a long career in Britain. Many of us grew up watching him presenting children's TV shows via the broom cupboard on BBC1. It's such a shame that such a successful career has come to this and over what exactly?
Hey everyone. Sorry to sound dumb but as an American I don't really know these people as we don't know them here in the States and even though I've looked it up I'm not sure if I understand. These two guys have been in trouble for having relationships with underage people while they were married. Am I right?
Oh lordy! Now Huw Edwards. Never saw that coming. 😯
It's all gone very quiet now. Am I right in thinking it's all blown over and they're now going to move on to someone else???
Phillip Schofield also took over from Jason Donovan playing Joseph in Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, which amazed everyone because he wasn't an actor or a singer that we knew of. I remember behind the scene clips where he was having singing lessons. He really has had quite a varied career and has been on our screens longer than anyone can remember. Like a lot people, I remember him from the days of the Broom cupboard and Gordon the Gopher.
What I don't understand is why someone who's been working in the industry for eons, has been talked about very respctfully with everyone saying what a nice man he is and all that. But the second something goes wrong everyone comes out of the woodwork to criticize and say some very unkind things about what an awful person he is and difficult to work with. Where were these complaints then?
People always love a good scandal and some juicy gossip and unfortunately it's Phillip's turn to be the subject of it. No doubt they'll have moved on to someone tomorrow. I'm not saying that Phillip hasn't made mistakes but for the most part, it's a private matter between him and his family. Not his employers or the general public. And if he has behaved very inappropriately with this young man, then no doubt the truth will be known. I think many of us are bored of this story now because a lot of it is heresay with not much factual evidence thrown in.
When Phillip Schofield came out as publicly as he did, I had a feeling that there was a lot more going on than just his sexuality. It was all very bizarrely dealt with. I didn't think that someone being gay was as scandalous today as it was decades ago. Perhaps it was linked to whatever it is that's going on now, and there are rumours that this affair scandal is a cover up for something even bigger that's going on behind the scenes. Who knows? Perhaps that's what Holly's ridiculous public address to the nation was all about too.
It's staggering just how much work Philip Schofield has done in media and entertainment since he first came along in the 1980s. Many of us here will have grown up with him and remember him from the Children's BBC days. He was at the top of his game back then and no one could ever have imagined that things would have worked out the way that they have.
I say let those investigating do their job. For all we know, Phillip Scofield may not have done anything wrong (apart from cheating on his wife I mean, but that's hardly a sackable offence!) And if he has done something wrong, well it would appear that there were others around him who either turned a blind eye or helped cover things up so they're hardly blameless themselves.
Only time and the investigation will tell the truth. I know right now everyone has an opinion on Philip the way they do about Meghan Markle. In fact I bet she's writing Philip a thank you card right now as we speak!
Many of us have been watching Schofield on the box for well over three decades now. It's so hard to believe that a career many would have given their nan's right arm for has now been flushed down the bog!
I was a bit confused about all of this as well and couldn't understand why it's dominating so much of the news. But it would appear that while nobody is disputing that Phil had a relationship with a consenting adult, there's some concern over whether there was grooming involved on Phil's part as he knew the young man in question when he was still a minor. There's also the possibility that Phil had used ITV resources if he had groomed the boy i.e - using cabs paid for by ITV to ferry the boy to and from his home. That's why there's going to be an investigation to determine exactly what went on.
Whatever the outcome, I think Phil's career really is over as I can't see anyone hiring him after this. We all saw what happened to Anthea Turner's career, another daytime TV favourite, and that was just for falling in love with a married man!
I agree. I think this is a total non-story. Extra-marital affairs have been going on in the entertainment industry since it began. I'm not sure why Phillip Scofield is being attacked the way he is. Not that I'm saying affairs are acceptable but I don't see what it has to do with the viewing public or even his colleagues. Surely this is a matter for his family!
Oh heavens! I got on here to escape the madness that is This Morning! It's all anyone can talk about. Please just go away, leave us alone and report on something else news people!
And just to answer your question, I haven't the foggiest why this is the most important news in the UK today! 😫
To be honest with you, I'm not sure that most of us here totally understand the situation either. When a lot of this trouble started, Philip's brother was facing charges for child molestation. I thought that people were giving Philip a hard time over that and now all people are talking about is the affair he had a few years back with a teenage runner on This Morning. For some reason it's become a legal matter and there's even calls to axe the show. Over an affair? I'm not sure why. Though I do wonder what my mam will do if the show is axed! 😂