Ranvir Singh, a Good Morning Britain presenter, has dismissed criticism about her 18-year age difference with her husband Louis Church.
The journalist and TV host initially appeared on the show in 2014, before becoming Political Editor three years later.
She then appeared in the 18th season of Strictly Come Dancing in 2020, where she advanced to week eight with professional partner Giovanni Pernice.
She met her spouse, who was a producer on the show, while starring on the reality show.
They first made their affair public at the end of 2021, when Ranvir claimed she was “really happy.”
While some people were surprised when Ranvir, now 44, announced she was dating Louis, 26, she seems unconcerned.
‘I don’t see an age gap,’ she said.
‘What really matters in any kind of relationship in life is a synchronicity of values and emotions. I don’t know why we’re so obsessed with the age gap.
‘As we are, right now, we are blissfully happy and Louis lives very much in the present,’ she added when speaking to Woman & Home magazine, as per Huffington Post.
Ranvir also revealed that she knew her boyfriend was’special’ from the moment they met on set.
‘I was doing three jobs and I’ve never been more tired. I was slumped in my chair at 7am,’ she said.
She then recalled how he appeared with a green tea, Berocca, Haribos and KitKat, to which she thought: ‘That is exactly what I want.’
‘From that moment, he has instinctively known exactly what I need.’
Ranvir was previously married for eight years to ex-husband Ranjeet Singh Dehal, and their divorce was announced soon before she debuted on Strictly.
Tushann is the couple’s son.
The interviewer also mentioned resigning her work as GMB’s Political Editor owing to tiredness.
‘I was at the White House, in Brussels every week for Brexit, there was the Jeremy Corbyn thing with Momentum,’ she recounted.
She added: ‘Trump was tweeting every day, I was in Helsinki one day, I’d be in Austria the next day. I had a bit of a burnout.’
While she ‘loved every minute of it,’ she realised it was time to leave.
She is currently one of the show’s regular primary hosts on ITV.
Ranvir stated last year that she was ‘learning’ a lot from her younger companion.
‘We don’t ever joke about the age difference. Actually, age is no guarantee of someone being wonderful to you. There are complete g**s who are exactly the same age as you,’ she told The Sun.
She went on to say that a 50-year-old guy could have “no idea about being a good partner,” and that she was “a lot more immature” than Louis was when she was his age.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV1.