British daytime TV presenter Phillip Schofield has says he still has ‘dark days full of confusion’ after coming out as gay. However, he said ‘I’m proud of myself’ and his family has accepted him despite the ‘hurt’ he caused.
The 58-year-old has also described his experiments with cannabis and his alcohol-fuelled lifestyle early in his career. He is currently promoting his biography, Life’s What You Make It.
And he describes the toll keeping his sexuality secret took on him. He said he ‘sobbed quietly in the dark’ while watching the New Year’s Eve fireworks, shortly before coming out in February.
Speaking on The One Show yesterday (15 October), Schofield said: ‘I had to come out. If I didn’t, the secret was going to give me a total