Phillip Schofield comes out as gay: 'I had to be honest with myself'

Phillip Schofield, the co-presenter of ITV’s This Morning programme, has announced he is gay. Speaking on the show, the presenter, who has been married to his wife for almost 27 years, said: ‘I was getting to that point where I didn’t like myself very much because I wasn’t being honest with myself.’ Schofield made the announcement in a statement released on the programme’s Twitter account Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Phillip Schofield, ITV presenter, announces he is gay ► https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/feb/07/phillip-schofield-itv-presenter-announces-he-is-gay Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contribute Today in Focus podcast ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/todayinfocus The Guardian YouTube network: The Guardian ► http://www.youtube.com/theguardian Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► http://is.gd/guardianculture