Overview

• He says he spent two weeks alone in Greece to decide whether he was ready to be stepfather to Judy Finnigan’s seven-year-old twins, Dan and Tom.
• He recalls Judy telling him she came “in a three pack” with her sons, a message he says he took seriously before moving in together.
• After returning, the couple rented a cottage in Cornwall for a week with the boys as a test, which he says “sealed it” and led to their engagement.
• The pair married in 1986 and later had two children, Jack and Chloe, alongside a long-running TV partnership that included This Morning.
• The remarks are from an upcoming episode of Matt Willis’ On the Mend podcast, which UK outlets report is due to be released on October 20.