Phillip Schofield has confirmed that he is still married to wife Stephanie Lowe as he spoke about his family's stunned reaction to his affair bombshell for the first time.
The star said he is being supported by loved ones after feeling 'he had no future' in the aftermath of going public with his affair with a younger male colleague and subsequently being dropped by ITV and his agent.
In a new interview with BBC News, Schofield revealed he turned to wife Stephanie before releasing his confessional statement last week.
After coming out as gay in 2020, Schofield said he had 'no plans' to ask for a divorce and has now revealed that he and Steph are still legally married.
In his latest interview, the former This Morning host said: "I had a wonderful marriage.. have! a wonderful marriage", correcting himself - before proudly flashing up his gold wedding band still on his left hand.
"Not brilliant right now," he added, before praising Steph as being an 'incredibly supportive wife.'
''Two beautiful children who had the most wonderful time as a family, a four is who we are."
Clarifying his relationship with Steph, Phil said: "We are separated but we are very much together.
"Let's just say it was an incredibly difficult conversation. The most difficult conversation I've ever had to have with her and she is extremely disappointed because I lied to her as well. But she wished me well today."
In a second interview with The Sun, Schofield said his wife was “very, very angry” after he confessed to her about his affair with a younger ITV colleague.
Schofield said he previously denied rumours about the affair to her when she had asked about them.
"She got off a plane and I phoned her up and texted saying, ‘I need to talk to you’. She called back and I told her. She was very, very angry."
Schofield said his daughters also thought he had 'screwed up royally' but had also been 'unbelievably supportive' over the last few days.
He told BBC News that he felt he had no future after losing his career and didn't know how he would fill his days now.
Later in the interview, Phil opened up about realising that he was gay while still being happily married.
"Something started trying to trip me up and I couldn't figure out what it was."
He said his weight went down to nine stone as he battled with his feelings.
Schofield said he sought therapy over 'living with the lie' and he had since learnt to accept that 'things can change'.
He said his relationship with the This Morning colleague 'coincided with that moment.'
He made the revelation when asked when he realised he was gay. Schofield came out to the nation in 2020 but has now denied he was forced to do so amid rumours he was having an affair with a male colleague, saying it was entirely his choice.
