This Morning host Phillip Schofield has released an Instagram statement were he reveals he is “coming to terms with the fact I am gay”.
He has been married to his wife Stephanie Lowe, 55, for 27 years, and he has thanked her profusely for her support during this emotional turmoil.
The 57-year-old appeared on This Morning presenter opened up to Holly Willoughby earlier.
Phillip explained how it’s been “tough”, and although it is something he has been going through in his head, it is also something he and his wife have been going “through together”
He added about his wife: “She’s incredible.”
In the Instagram post, Phillip revealed: “My family have held me so close: they have tried to cheer me up, to smother me with kindness and love, despite their own confusions. Yet still I can’t sleep and there have been some very dark moments.”
Here we take a look at who his wife and mother to his two children, Stephanie Lowe, is.
Who is Stephanie Lowe?
Who is Phillip Schofield’s wife Stephanie Lowe? Their relationship uncovered (Image: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
Stephanie Lowe is Phillip Schofield’s wife, who he has been married to since 1993.
Phillip popped the question while he was nude.
Talking about giving her the ring, he said: “It was in an advent calendar and you could put your own thing into the little boxes.
“Then on the given day I’d chosen I put the engagement ring in and when she opened it I hopped out of bed starkers and got down on one knee.”
They got married at the Ackergill Tower in Scotland.
How Phillip and his wife Stephanie met:
Phillip Schofield and his wife Stephanie (Image: Lia Toby/WENN.com)
Phillip and Stephanie met when she was working as a BBC production assistant when he was working for BBC children’s children’s television.
At the time he said: “You’d have thought someone wouldn’t be attracted to a man with a puppet and dodgy jumpers!”
Stephanie hasn’t worked in the TV industry for a long time, but she still joined her husband to film Schofield’s South African Adventure 2018.
The three-part documentary saw the pair explore the local culture in South Africa.
The presenter previously revealed on Lorraine: “She worked in television years ago. That was how we met, so she can do it, she just doesn’t want to these.”
Phillip and Stephanie’s relationship:
Phillip and Stephanie have been married for 27 years (Image: FilmMagic)
In 2016 Phil opened up about his relationship, telling the Loose Women panellists he thought jealousy was a good thing.
He explained: “Well we’ve got an allowed-to list. I think mine was for a while Penelope Cruz and Jennifer Aniston.
“Steph’s was Matthew Perry and Jenson Button.”
The duo celebrated their silver wedding anniversary in 2018, and shared a romantic post on social media.
Phillip captioned it: “2 birthdays and a Silver Wedding Anniversary in one week! That’s a lot of cards. Happy 25th Mrs S,” followed by a kissing-face emoji.”
Phillip and Stephanie share two daughters:
They now have two daughters together, Ruby, 23, and Molly, 26.
Phillip Schofield and his daughters Ruby and Molly (Image: Corbis via Getty Images)
Molly works as an assistant talent manager at James Grant group, who manage her dad, Holly and a string of other ITV presenters.
She currently boasts an impressive 44,500 followers on Instagram.
Ruby is a graduate from Leeds Becket University where she studied physiology, and has 59,800 Instagram followers.
Outside of academia Ruby also spent a month interning at ITV, and also volunteered at The Chiltern Centre, a charity for disabled children.
Phillip has said of his daughters: “I’m very proud of the fact that my daughters keep me very current.
“Both of them have great taste in music and play stuff that I maybe haven’t heard before.
“I was driving Ruby back to uni [university] and she said, ‘You’ve got to listen to this’. Ruby and her mates discovered it just before it broke – Megan Trainor’s ‘All About That Bass’.
““As we listened to it… I can remember I said, oh my God, this is incredible. And I thank Ruby for introducing me to that, way before anybody else!”
They all live together in their stunning home in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
