Scott Mills' hidden relationship agony as he didn't speak to husband for six months

It was emotion astatine archetypal show for Radio 2 presenter Scott Mills - but for his different half, Sam Vaughan, it took a small longer to realise they were meant to beryllium together

Scott Mills was determined to person his beau that they were close for each different erstwhile their narration deed breaking point.

The broadcaster, 51, has this greeting been announced arsenic the caller big of the legendary Radio 2 Breakfast Show, taking implicit from Zoe Ball who has decided to measurement down aft six years. Scott said helium is "beyond excited" to capable her shoes and travel his "lifelong dream" connected the programme.

It's been a monumental twelvemonth for Scott, who won BBC One's Celebrity Race Across the World and tied the knot with his different half, Sam Vaughan. The mates had an intimate Spanish wedding successful June with a star-studded impermanent list, including Pixie Lott, Rylan, Calvin Harris and Joel Corry.

But the brace weren't ever besotted with each different - successful the aboriginal days, Sam was unconvinced that Scott was 'The One'. Scott antecedently revealed that Sam stepped backmost from their narration aft having doubts, and it broke the vigor presenter's bosom - but helium tried to support it cool.

"The much clip we spent together, the much I could spot we were close for each other. I conscionable needed him to spot that too," helium told The Times. "So erstwhile we had the speech astir taking it guardant and helium said, 'I'm not ready', I was devastated." It enactment an extremity to their long-distance romance.

Scott would regularly question to Wales and Sam to London, but abruptly they stopped talking. "Being friends with idiosyncratic you're successful emotion with doesn't work," Scott admitted. "We didn't talk for six months." During that time, helium drowned his sorrows with crystal pick connected the sofa.

While his mum came implicit to comfortableness him, Sam's parent gave her lad a stern talking-to. "When helium sent maine a substance saying 'I miss you', his mum sat him down and said, 'Don't messiness him around. Either spell for it oregon permission him alone'," Scott explained. Eventually, Sam made his decision.

The brace moved successful unneurotic conscionable 3 months earlier lockdown and 2 years later, Scott proposed. In June, they officially said "I do", successful beforehand of their nearest and dearest. His adjacent person and erstwhile Radio 1 co-star Chris Stark provided the Master of Ceremony duties astatine the wedding, successful a beauteous villa adjacent Barcelona.

Moments aft Chris declared that Scott and Sam were legally married, fume streamers successful the colour of the rainbow flag, symbolising the LGBTQ+ community, erupted into the aerial arsenic the audience, including Vick Hope and Jordan North, wiped distant their tears.

Speaking astir their extravagent wedding day, Scott told the Mirror and different property soon after: "We some had the astir unthinkable day. To observe with each our adjacent friends and household successful Spain was truthful special. We are looking guardant to spending the remainder of our lives together."