Phillip Schofield reveals This Morning colleagues ‘thought I was dying’ after dramatic weight loss

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Phillip Schofield has revealed that when he came out as gay to his This Morning colleagues, they were relieved as they initially suspected he had a grave illness.The beloved TV host revealed that he is gay back in February, after months of coming to terms with his sexuality behind closed doors.The inner turmoil Phil felt had caused him to lose a significant amount of weight, which didn’t go unnoticed by concerned colleagues.

Speaking on Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast, Phil opened up about his workmates fearing the worst. He said: “It was draining in that no one other than Holly knew.

All the people I worked with just thought I was really ill. I was losing weight, thin, staring into the mirror. “It was the worry of other people that was.