Phillip Schofield quit This Morning after admitting to an affair with a much younger male colleague. Sir Elton John has now joined the likes of actor Rupert Everett and campaigner Peter Tatchell in criticising media coverage of the fallout
Schofield apologised in a statement on social media and during subsequent interviews with The Sun and the BBC,"It's accepted by Leonardo DiCaprio, it's not accepted if it's in the gay world," he claimed.
rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and actor Rupert Everett also criticised the reaction to the affair.Tatchell said it had"more than a whiff of homophobia", while Everett described it as"insane".
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