Philip Schofield

[Monty92]

I do feel a bit bad that I realised Philip Schofield was gay apparently before he did. I feel as though if I'd just told him a few years ago, I could have saved him a lot of trouble.

Why do men who live their lives as straight before later coming out escape accusations of homophobia?

Surely denying your own homosexuality out of shame or disgust is about as homophobic as it gets?

[Burney]

Why do men who live their lives as straight before later coming out escape accusations of homophobia?

Surely denying your own homosexuality out of shame or disgust is about as homophobic as it gets?

Dunno, but them's the rules. We've all got to say how stunning and brave it is to deceive your friends, wife and children for decades about the fact that you're a rapacious knob-gobbler before eventually coming out (usually because a paper's about to out you) and receiving a load of fawning adulation.

[PSRB]

Dunno, but them's the rules. We've all got to say how stunning and brave it is to deceive your friends, wife and children for decades about the fact that you're a rapacious knob-gobbler before eventually coming out (usually because a paper's about to out you) and receiving a load of fawning adulation.

The exact discussion we've just had in the office.

[Burney]

The exact discussion we've just had in the office.

I think it's also highly problematic of sodomites to culturally appropriate heterosexuality in this way.

[Monty92]

Dunno, but them's the rules. We've all got to say how stunning and brave it is to deceive your friends, wife and children for decades about the fact that you're a rapacious knob-gobbler before eventually coming out (usually because a paper's about to out you) and receiving a load of fawning adulation.

Quite.

But even in cases were a man hasn't so much deceived others but has simply been unable to come to terms with his own sexuality, surely this is cast-iron evidence of a deep-rooted homophobia?

I mean, he works in light daytime TV entertainment, for f*cks sake. He can hardly claim (as opposed to, say, footballers) that he feared a public backlash.

So Phil, what disgusted you so much about the idea of being gay?

[Burney]

Quite.

But even in cases were a man hasn't so much deceived others but has simply been unable to come to terms with his own sexuality, surely this is cast-iron evidence of a deep-rooted homophobia?

I mean, he works in light daytime TV entertainment industry, for f*cks sake. He can hardly claim (as opposed to, say, footballers) that he feared a public backlash.

So Phil, what disgusted you so much about the idea of being gay?

Oh, they can turn that back on us and say that they've internalised society's homophobia and that means that they're the victims really.

To be honest, though, I'm struggling with the fact that someone would go to all the trouble of living a lie for 27 years while being as camp as a row of tents. I mean if you wanted to pass yourself off as straight, wouldn't you try acting...y'know...straight?

[Monty92]

Oh, they can turn that back on us and say that they've internalised society's homophobia and that means that they're the victims really.

To be honest, though, I'm struggling with the fact that someone would go to all the trouble of living a lie for 27 years while being as camp as a row of tents. I mean if you wanted to pass yourself off as straight, wouldn't you try acting...y'know...straight?

Surely what's happened here is that he was basically bisexual, legitimately married a chick, had kids, but has now been caught by the press having an affair with a bloke?

But instead of confessing, he's gone for the far more sympathetic excuse that he's been living a heart-wrenching lie all these years out of shame and fear that he'll be ostracised by the notoriously homophobic...*checks notes*....world of light entertainment.

[Burney]

Surely what's happened here is that he was basically bisexual, legitimately married a chick, had kids, but has now been caught by the press having an affair with a bloke?

But instead of confessing, he's gone for the far more sympathetic excuse that he's been living a heart-wrenching lie all these years out of shame and fear that he'll be ostracised by the notoriously homophobic...*checks notes*....world of light entertainment.

Without knowing the details of his sex life, I can't say how enthusiastically he embraces the reproductive act or whether he just does it out of duty while thinking of cock.
Either way, I think this tweeter sums up what we're all thinking.

Stephen Hughes
@Stephen50406759

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Replying to
@Kevin_Maguire
I think it's a bit disturbing, if he is convinced he is gay, does this mean he was having sex with a man while he was married?, I no people have affairs but bum sex with a man and then sleeping with his wife just seems horrible, I don't see any other way of confirming he is "GAY"

[Monty92]

Without knowing the details of his sex life, I can't say how enthusiastically he embraces the reproductive act or whether he just does it out of duty while thinking of cock.
Either way, I think this tweeter sums up what we're all thinking.

Yes, if you're sticking your dick in other men's arseholes, and then coming home and occasionally sticking it in your wife's noo-noo, there is surely an obligation, on basic hygiene grounds if nothing else, to let her know.

[Luis Anaconda]

Oh, they can turn that back on us and say that they've internalised society's homophobia and that means that they're the victims really.

To be honest, though, I'm struggling with the fact that someone would go to all the trouble of living a lie for 27 years while being as camp as a row of tents. I mean if you wanted to pass yourself off as straight, wouldn't you try acting...y'know...straight?

:snigger: Very naughty