Eamonn Holmes claims Phillip Schofield ‘did a deal with The Sun newspaper’ when he came out as gay 

The i says Eamonn Holmes has claimed that his former This Morning co-star Phillip Schofield came out as gay as part of a “deal” to quash rumours about his love life.

The veteran presenter gave another interview to his current employer GB News on Tuesday night, after branding Schofield “toxic” and “delusional” on Monday.

Holmes was presenting This Morning alongside his wife Ruth Langsford in 2020 when Schofield made a rare appearance as a guest, revealing that he was gay for the first time.

Speaking about the moment, Holmes said: “Oh boy were we used. We went into the studio… and we were taken for fools.

“We notice The Sun newspaper’s here, the story was sold to The Sun newspaper. We began to feel this is not our show at all, it’s been planned for some time, and all is not what it seems.

“He had obviously done a deal to give a version of what the newspaper knew, and it was all a bit weird.”

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