Myleene Klass ‘refused’ to go on blind date with now boyfriend until she knew he hadn’t ‘broken’ his family

'We both came into the relationship with the view of how fragile relationships can be'

Myleene Klass has revealed she “refused” to go on a blind date with her now boyfriend, Simon Motson, until she knew he hadn’t “broken up” his family.

Speaking to The Independent’s dating and relationships podcast, Millennial Love, the broadcaster and former Hear’Say member explained that past experiences meant she was initially hesitant to meet Motson, with whom she now has a son.

“I refused to meet Sim,” Klass said. “We were set up on a blind date and I refused to meet him until I had been reassured by him in the end, that he hadn’t broken up the family because I just couldn’t go through that with somebody that I thought had the potential to do that.”

Like Klass, Motson has two children from another relationship. Klass was previously married to Hear’Say’s former bodyguard Graham Quinn, who is the father of her two daughters, but the couple split six months after they wed in 2012.

Klass went on to explain how both hers and Motson’s previous relationships have helped shape theirs.

“I think we both came into [it] with the view of how fragile relationships can be. It was reassuring that we both had the same morals and outlook and a view to where we were both going in life.”

When it came to introducing their children to one another, Klass recalls being incredibly careful, adding: “there is no book” to tell you how to do it perfectly.

“We did holidays together, all of us travelling as a six like the circus,” the broadcaster explains. “I made a point of making rooms for everybody when we get to our destination point and we’d all end up in the same room together.”

“I went out of my way to give them space and they almost wanted not to have it and be a part of the unit,” Klass continued.

As for how the couple navigate parenting their children with their respective ex-partners, Klass said: “We’ve got a diary now where we just put in all the children’s sports days, dates when they’re all together... and we just control what we can control. It’s quite simple with children, they just want to be loved, that’s it.”

You can listen to the full episode of Millennial Love here.