Ben Shephard, 48, recounted his early days on TV as he revealed he was once willing to come back home early from his honeymoon if he got a job he had been screen-testing for. The ITV star looked back on his wife Annie’s reaction to him admitting he would have had to cut their holiday short as he spoke to Gaby Roslin on her podcast.
He explained: “If I’d got the job, we would’ve had to come home early from our honeymoon.
“I hadn’t told Annie because I kind of got to the point where it’d gone beyond – like, she knew I was screen-testing for the job and it would have been a very fantastic, exciting opportunity.
“But it got beyond the point where I could say, ‘Oh, by the way, if this comes in…’”
Luckily for Annie, Ben soon got a call confirming he did not get the job and the happy couple were able to enjoy their honeymoon in full.
Back in 2019, Ben showed his dedication to his family after he announced he would be leaving Goals on Sunday, a show he had presented on for over nine years.
At the time Ben told the Mirror he chose to leave the show to spend more time with his family.
He told the publication: “My boys are at an age when they need me around, perhaps even more now than when they were younger.
“I was on GMTV every weekday while they were growing up. It meant I could go to their after-school matches, but I would have to be in bed by 7pm.
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