{"id":214326,"date":"2023-09-12T17:22:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T17:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=214326"},"modified":"2023-09-12T17:22:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T17:22:40","slug":"roger-steals-the-show-on-my-mum-your-dad-man-leaves-viewers-in-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/celebrities\/roger-steals-the-show-on-my-mum-your-dad-man-leaves-viewers-in-tears\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger steals the show on My Mum, Your Dad: Man leaves viewers in tears"},"content":{"rendered":"
Viewers of ITV’s My Mum, Your Dad were last night reduced to tears when one contestant opened up about the devastating loss of his beloved wife.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The series, which premiered last night and is billed as a ‘middle aged Love Island’, follows a group of middle aged single parents as they head to a romance retreat on a quest to find love again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But one contestant, widower Roger, left viewers emotional as many said he was not ready for love after the death of his wife 18 months ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The first episode featured a date between the widower, 58, and single mother Caroline, which came after the women chose which man they wanted to go on a first date with.\u00a0<\/p>\n
During the date Roger, a postman, opened up about the death of his beloved wife and mother of their three children, Joanne, who passed away aged 52.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caroline was reduced to tears after Roger revealed his wife went to sleep on the sofa and never woke up after dying from cancer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Heartbroken: One contestant, widower Roger (pictured), left viewers emotional as many said he was not ready for love after the death of his wife 18 months ago<\/p>\n
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Emotional: Roger opened up about the death of his beloved spouse and mother of his three children<\/p>\n
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Tragedy: Roger married late wife Joanne (pictured), a critical care nurse, in 1992, but his partner died aged 52<\/p>\n
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Sympathy: Caroline (pictured) was reduced to tears after Roger revealed his wife went to sleep on the sofa and never woke up<\/p>\n
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Support: Viewers of Your Mum, My Dad have taken to Twitter to share their love for star of the show Roger, who lost his wife to cancer 18 months ago\u00a0<\/p>\n
One fan of the show on Twitter wrote: ‘It’s only episode one and I already want nothing but the world for Roger, GIVE THAT MAN A HUG. #MyMumYourDad.’<\/p>\n
Another wrote: ‘Aw Roger… What a true gent, big heart and the nation loves you. I think we all want to jump through the telly and give him a squeeze.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
Others thought Roger was not ready to move on after he was left overwhelmed at the end of the episode.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One viewer tweeted: ‘Poor Roger and family. His daughter said this is a way of giving him permission to meet someone. It’s not permission he needs it’s time he is not ready.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘He’s not ready,’ wrote another concerned fan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Unbeknownst to contestants, their adventure is overseen by their adult children who are looking for their parents to find a partner.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The show’s\u00a0emergence comes as its presenter, 55-year-old\u00a0Davina McCall,\u00a0insisted that you don’t have to ‘give up on intimacy and sex’ as you age.<\/p>\n
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Presenter: Davina McCall, 55, (pictured) insisted that you don’t have to ‘give up on intimacy and sex’ as you age<\/p>\n
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Review: Viewers of the show took to social media to both slam and spread love for the programme after its first episode\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roger himself admitted he was not ready to date when he first joined the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The postman was nominated to appear on the dating programme by his daughter Jess, who also features as he bids to find love alongside seven other mature singles.\u00a0<\/p>\n
During an appearance on Lorraine on Tuesday, Roger said: ‘I knew I wasn’t [ready]. I loved it and think I get slightly better as it goes on. It was difficult but it wasn’t something I couldn’t pass up.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
While speaking about his late wife, he explained she wanted him to find someone new: ‘She was perfect. to send a message and she’s still controlling me… it didn’t surprise me hearing what she said.’<\/p>\n
Speaking on his first date in 40-years, he told the host: ‘I think I was very lucky it was Caroline, she nursed me through it as I was very nervous.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
Other viewers of the show\u00a0took to social media to slam and spread love for the programme after its first episode.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One person wrote on Twitter: ‘A toe curling cringe fest!! I’d much rather watch paint dry.’<\/p>\n
Another said: ‘My Mum, Your Dad? Who comes up with this rubbish?’<\/p>\n
A third penned: ‘My Mum, Your Dad’ more absolute mind numbing drivel, lasted 5 minutes.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
A fourth said: ‘ITV are really scraping the barrel with ‘My Mum Your Dad’. Never have we seen such rubbish.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
But while some were disappointed by the show, others are eagerly awaiting\u00a0the second episode.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One viewer wrote on Twitter: ‘My Mum, Your Dad! Loving it already. Wish my kids were old enough to apply for me. #singleparent #MyMumYourDad #love #dating.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
Another said: My Mum, Your Dad…is like Love Island for old people.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
A third tweeted: ‘Already obsessed with My Mum, Your Dad.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dubbed ‘Love Island for old people’, parents will keep undergoing dates and bonding workshops while unknowingly being watched by their children from an out-house with ‘pillows over their faces’ in embarrassment.<\/p>\n
The singletons will believe they are being matched up by relationship experts, when in reality, Davina has shocked their children by roping them in to help with the dates.<\/p>\n
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Single: The show, dubbed ‘Love Island for old people’, follows a group of middle-aged single parents as they head to a romance retreat on a quest to find love again. Pictured: Parents Paul and Monique\u00a0<\/p>\n
Davina admitted there were moments in filming where the adult kids were hiding behind cushions from embarrassment, but insisted there will be no sex scenes shown on TV.<\/p>\n
She explained: ‘There are no cameras in the bedrooms, I think it’s important to point out that it is different in that way.<\/p>\n
‘For me personally speaking, I’d rather watch the hint of love, the hint of something coming, should I shouldn’t I, a moment of tenderness – that’s so exciting – but jumping into bed with each other sh***ing, once you’ve seen it once, it doesn’t mean anything.<\/p>\n
‘This really f***ing means something, when you see people falling, you know this is serious. That’s so lovely.<\/p>\n
‘But yes, there are moments where the kids have got cushions over their faces. They’ve never seen their parents in a date situation.’<\/p>\n
The show’s appearance comes as its presenter Davina insisted\u00a0that you don’t have to ‘give up on intimacy and sex’ as you age.<\/p>\n
She reflected on passion in later in life saying that once kids have flown the nest it can be the perfect time for things to be reignited.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She told The Sun: ‘What I like about the show is it’s a nice reminder to society that you don’t give up on intimacy and sex when you’re in your forties, fifties and sixties.<\/p>\n
‘Actually, they could be the sexiest time of your life, when the baggage of kids is gone, they’ve all flown the nest, and you can actually go for it again!<\/p>\n
‘With kids it’s like, ‘Shh. Oh my Gosh, they could walk in at any moment’.<\/p>\n
‘So when you do have time to yourself and they are around less, that is an amazing time to try to rekindle something.’<\/p>\n
Davina herself knows all too well about finding love again when that little bit older.<\/p>\n
In 2017, she announced her separation from Matthew Robertson, her husband of 17 years who she shares three children with Holly, 21, Tilly, 19, and 16-year-old Chester.<\/p>\n
Two years later she went public with her romance with hairdresser Michael Douglas, 48, who she is still happily dating.<\/p>\n