Vernon Kay believes Strictly Come Dancing‘s Tess Daly married him because he’s “a bit weird”.
Back on the airwaves on Friday, the 50-year-old told his co-star Scott Mills that he liked to dress up and recently ordered a rhinestone cowboy suit.
Intrigued by his purchase, Scott asked: “Have you actually, where are you going to wear that?”.
“Well… I don’t know, I honestly don’t know,” Vernon replied. He went on to confess: “I ain’t gonna lie Scott Mills, I like dressing up.
“I have a trunk full of kind of Star Wars costumes, Halloween costumes, I love dressing up and I don’t mind.
“It’s been known that I will just wander off to the local supermarket dressed as a character from a certain movie.”
In response, Scott said: “I bet Tess loves it,” to which Vernon replied, laughing: “Oh, she thinks I’m a bit weird, I think that’s she married me to be honest.”
“Of course, that was the case 20 odds years ago,” Scott replied, referencing when the couple first met.
Throwing it back to where he and Tess first kissed, Vernon jokingly added: “Snogging on the balcony at Fabric [nightclub], ‘Oh you’re weird’.”
The presenter and Tess met back in 2001 at a BBC Christmas party and tied the knot two years later.
In 2004, they welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Phoebe, now 20, followed by Amber, 15.
Marking their 20th wedding anniversary in 2023, Tess admitted that her spouse still gave her butterflies.
Speaking to fans in a Q&A, she said: “I see when his name comes up on his phone, I’m like ‘yay’.
“We have a good laugh, he’s always messing about, dancing and singing in the kitchen. Never a dull moment.”
While a guest on Annie Mac’s Changes podcast, Vernon also opened up about their “roller coaster” marriage.
The presenter said communication and keeping things private and precious are the key factors to a good relationship.
He added: “I’ve learned from the whole of that is it’s really difficult to talk, but it’s really easy to talk. You’ve got to bite your lip and just go, I’m gonna say this.”
The presenter went on to say that a difficult chat over a cup of tea was much better than letting things boil over.
He added: “Put the kettle on, say it. ‘I don’t think we should be doing this. Maybe what if we do that?’
“I’m feeling this, dah dah dah, dah, you know what I mean? Like communication is the most important thing in anything and in particular in a relationship.”