Phillip Schofield has suggested that homophobia could be behind some of the backlash over his affair with a younger male colleague.
The presenter, 61, said age-gaps in reported heterosexual relationships of Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio were “accepted”.
Schofield resigned from ITV last week and was dropped by his talent agency YMU after admitting to the “unwise but not illegal” relationship.
There’s a difference. It’s accepted by Leonardo DiCaprio, it’s not accepted if it’s in the gay world. In his first interview since leaving the broadcaster and This Morning, he told The Sun that attraction was “no different in the gay world as it is in the heterosexual world”.