THE irony wasn’t lost on anybody – just as Phillip Schofield came out, the rest of the world went back in. Seven months after he publicly announced he was gay, any hopes that the This Morning host had of enjoying his new-found freedom were shattered, thanks to lockdown.
Instead, the 58-year-old telly favourite has remained hunkered down in the family home he has shared with his wife of 27 years, Stephanie Lowe — and recently applied to convert the garage at the bottom of their garden into an unlikely bachelor pad.
Whether Phillip will choose to live there long-term remains to be seen, but friends of the popular presenter say he and 56-year-old Steph, a former TV production assistant, have now discussed divorce.
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