Tess Daly, 51, spoke candidly about the struggle of losing her dad just 18 days after she wed Vernon Kay, 45, in an intimate ceremony at St Mary’s Church in Horwich. The Strictly Come Dancing 2019 host revealed since her father’s death, it’s important to “protect” her family life.
The BBC favourite who shares two daughters Phoebe, 15, and Amber, 10 with husband Vernon, admitted she would have loved for her dad to have met children.
Speaking to The Times, Tess explained: “It’s not so much that I’d have wanted him to see what I’d done. I’d just have loved for him to have met our girls, to have been part of their lives.
“When you lose someone, the way you think about everything changes forever. You know it can all go in a second, so it makes you want to protect what you have.”
The Derbyshire-born model also took the opportunity to gush over her husband of 16 years who she described as a “really incredible father and a great support”.
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Speaking on an episode of Scummy Mummies podcast, Tess revealed she “loves” being a mum and dished out some parenting advice.
Speaking about being a parent, she spilled: “I do my best, as we all do… I have two girls, one’s 10, one’s very soon to be 15, as she keeps telling me, well warning me.
“‘Mum I’ll be driving in two years,’ argh! Taunting us with that.”
She continued: “I love being a mum, I love it, I love talking parenting, it’s an endlessly fascinating conversation. It always looks easy from the outside.”
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Tess went on to reveal how “challenging” it is raising a teenager and having to understand their hormonal changes.
When the hosts asked the Strictly host for her advice, she spilled: “Kill them with kindness, let them know they’re loved when it’s challenging.
“Obviously, I’m the parent of a teenager now and that has its challenges.”
She explained: “Eye rolling alone, it’s hard, they’re coming from a place when they’re getting to grips with all these hormones, and they’re just trying to figure everything out in their own minds and they just need to know that they’re loved.