RickH wrote:Maybe someone - one of the redtop papers? - was going to run a headline. It wouldn't be the first time a celebrity has been outed. If that was the case, perhaps he decided to come out on his own terms.
From the little I've read about it I got the impression that his immediate family & close friends already knew.
Oldjohnw wrote:If Schofield is gay, he's gay and should just get on with it like he claims you are meant to.
I suspect this was a well orchestrated coming out for maximum publicity and future wealth. It's every where now with acres of press coverage.
I consider the show he is on is a channel for the self indulgent; Schofield, Holmes, Morgan.
661-Pete wrote:Why should his wife have left him? And what is a 'real' relationship?mercalia wrote:What do people make of him?
I think a very self centred and self indulgent man. Goodness knows what the poor wife really feels, having the information now out there. She should have left him years ago and found a real relationship?
reohn2 wrote:I know nothing about the man,and I can understand him trying to live a straight life before admitting to himself and his wife and family that he's GAY,I've no problem with that.
That said,what sticks in my craw is him 'announcing to the world' his sexual orientation on day time TV and making a literal show of it
Summit not right there somehow :?
Oldjohnw wrote:merseymouth wrote:"What is a real relationship?". Well it certainly isn't to live a lie!
There have been many stars who have hid their sexual preference, I will not list any of the ones I know about, but sadly when the truth emerges it always causes pain.
I know of at least one professional person ho lived the lie, with wife & children, he also had a string of convictions for "Procuring for immoral purposes in a public place", gents toilets, his convictions ere public knowledge and they brought problems for the family.
He was a solicitor in the lawful sense so he knew full well his situation. I always felt sorry for his wife. MM
Hold on a moment! Gay does not mean immoral or criminal. I know you haven't directly stated that but you have juxtaposed those ideas. Schofield might well be a typical celebrity narcissist but we cannot infer or conclude more than that.
reohn2 wrote:I know nothing about the man,and I can understand him trying to live a straight life before admitting to himself and his wife and family that he's GAY,I've no problem with that.
That said,what sticks in my craw is him 'announcing to the world' his sexual orientation on day time TV and making a literal show of it
Summit not right there somehow
Cunobelin wrote:On a scale of 1 to 10, does it really matter
Is it actually going to affect any of us?
for coming out on air. By all means come out but why the need to tell every one in the country? If I was the wife I would be so embarrassed at so much ( unwanted?) attention. Every one in the street or Sainsburys or Tescos etc.kwackers wrote:I've seen him on and off, tbh whilst I never thought about it I think I simply assumed he was gay.
Overall though I have mixed feelings.
On the one hand folk shouldn't need to shout about being gay, straight or somewhere in the middle.
I'd like to think that in this enlightened age it matters not a jot.
But, on the other hand having a brother that is gay I'm also aware that society does care. There is flack for being gay and consequently lots of gay people keep quiet and are miserable for years - some try to live "normal" lives. Out of them some will go to their graves and never be able to admit even to themselves that they're gay.
That Schofield felt the need to "come out" says more about society than about him IMO.
Lets face it, ask yourself why is there even a thread about this?
mercalia wrote:see above
reohn2 wrote:Oldjohnw wrote:If Schofield is gay, he's gay and should just get on with it like he claims you are meant to.
I suspect this was a well orchestrated coming out for maximum publicity and future wealth. It's every where now with acres of press coverage.
I consider the show he is on is a channel for the self indulgent; Schofield, Holmes, Morgan.
+1 one on all counts.
I have a very close friend who's GAY but doesn't go around shouting it from the roof tops.