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‘It’s funny because, everyone I’ve talked to, you guys, you’ve been so supportive, you’ve been so loving and caring.
‘And all my family a person grabbed us and said okay, okay, we love you, we are proud of you.
And every person that I tell becomes a little bit lighter and a little bit lighter, but at the same time, you know, I’ve made this decision that is essential to me and essential to my head and that’s mainly the decision by the I have done this. .
Of course I’m very aware that Steph and the girls are at home watching this and we’re all together, and we spend a lot of time together, we obviously spend a lot of time together.
And they have been supporting us as we got to this moment and we all knew it was coming.
A mainstay of support: TV host Phillip Schofield on ITV’s This Morning speaking to Holly Willoughby today about her announcement that she is gay
‘So yeah, I mean I feel a little lighter, but I’m also very aware, there’s no question that it causes pain and causes discomfort. I have no secrets. We have never had secrets. Difficult, it is difficult, but this is not something that happened quickly. I’ve had to deal with this in my head for quite some time.
‘We’ve been through this together and we’ve been honest and open. Steph, like I said, I can’t write in any statement how I feel about that woman.
‘She is amazing, she’s amazing. There is no one in my life who would have supported me in the same way, as a wife, as she supported me. She is amazing, literally amazing.
‘It’s a good question (why now). You know this has been bothering me for a long time and I think everyone does these things at their own pace, at their own time, when they feel like the time is right.
‘I have no secrets’: full transcript of Phillip Schofield’s interview with Holly Willoughby on This Morning
And there is no doubt that in recent times it has consumed my head and has become a problem in my head.
And so I got to the stage where I thought we would sit here every day, and I was there and an incredibly brave and incredible person is sitting here, and I’m listening to his story and thinking ‘my God, you’ are so brave, oh my God , you are so brave. ‘
And I’m thinking ‘I have to be that person, I have to be that person. I believe that everything you can be in your life is honest with yourself. I was getting to the point where I knew I wasn’t honest with myself, I was getting to the point where I didn’t like him very much because I wasn’t honest with myself.
So when is the right time, when is the right time to do it? And as a family, the time is right.
‘There are people all over the world, there are people in this country, there will be people watching this, and we always say talk to someone and believe me, believe me, when we say that and we say a lot about this. show, you must talk to someone, you must talk to someone, I have done it and it has helped a lot.
And it has brought me back, I mentioned those dark places in the statement, talking to people brings you back. And in some cases, talking to people saves you. You have to discuss it, with my friends, with my family, with my wife, we have talked about it and we have to talk about it.
‘This is my decision, this is absolutely my decision. It was something he knew he had to do. And I don’t know what the world will be like now, I don’t know how this will be taken or what people will think.
He said, ‘But at the same time, I’m going to sit here and say, in fact, I’m proud of myself today. And today I’m proud of myself ‘
But I would say yes, I am very conscious of pain, so my predominant emotion with my family will obviously be to blame, because I feel guilty that this cannot be anything other than a painful process for me. they.
But at the same time I’m going to sit here and say, in fact, I’m proud of myself today. And I’m proud of myself today. It wasn’t easy, but they (my daughters) were, they are amazing in their love and support.
‘I sat them down and I told them and they jumped up and they gave me a hug, a big hug, a long hug, and then they hugged Steph and said it’s okay, that we’ll be fine, that we always will be. A family, always the four of us, is what we always call ourselves. We will always be that.
‘It was the same with my mom, my mom is watching this today. He’s been on the phone this morning, I hope you’re okay. I went down to see her, she’s in Cornwall and I went down to see her. And I told her and she said ‘oh, okay, well, I don’t care,’ and that’s the same with everyone.
‘No, I don’t think so (thinking about future relationships), I’m not thinking there. I’m doing it every day at a time, this has always been a slow process and there is no fast process after this.
‘This was the big day and this was the day that I knew everything was pointing towards and I couldn’t have done it if it hadn’t been you. So afterwards I don’t know, but no, there is no one, I do not rush to talk to anyone. ‘
His Side of the Story: Phillip was open and honest during the appearance where he chatted with his good friend.
