Phillip Schofield, 58, movingly addressed his sexuality back in February while on This Morning with co-host Holly Willoughby. The ITV host remains married to wife Stephanie Lowe, the mother of their two children, and is still residing in their family home.
In a new interview with BBC Radio Five Live, he divulged: “We love each other massively.
“We are a loving family, that hasn’t changed… it’s us four but different.
“We are a work in progress. I’ve been very honest about all of this and there’s no question, we have to pick our way through this daily as a family.
“And that’s what we are doing. We are making our way through very unusual and unexpected waters.”
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Phillip told his Stephanie’s parents just before Christmas that he was gay, as he cleaned the kitchen in preparation for a family meal.
He revealed: “But just before Christmas, well during Christmas, I was cleaning – I clean, when I’m stressed, I tidy up – so I was cleaning a surface at Christmas, wiping it down and Jill, my wonderful mother-in-law, said, ‘You are the perfect man, you know’.
“And I just said, ‘No Jill, no I’m not’, but it was the sweetest thing to say. So yeah, big support from them.”
Chris then read out a text message Phillip received from his father-in-law John, which said: “I may be your pa-in-law but think of me as your surrogate pa, and long may it continue… As long as Steph’s OK we don’t have a problem.”