People in the public eye coming out is important as it helps to normalise it. When society treats people across the sexual spectrums the same way then there’ll be no celebrities coming out.
We aren’t there yet.
I don’t particularly care that Phillip Schofield is gay, but it’s not for me. It’s for the unknown number of people in this country who remain in the closet for fear of repercussions, and the people who are out of the closet but still find a society that discriminates against them. They’re the ones this matters to. They’re the ones this is for.