Drop 'em Vern: Tess Daly tells hubby Vernon Kay to lose the shorts on TV show Splash!

Drop 'em Vern: Tess Daly tells hubby Vernon Kay to lose the shorts on TV show Splash!

Telly beauty Tess Daly has banned Splash! host husband Vernon Kay from wearing shorts on the show â€" because they’re a fashion flop.

She told him they had to take a dive after he was ridiculed on Twitter for wearing a navy pair on the first two shows, the Sunday People has reported.

Tess said: “I was so embarrassed when I saw Vernon in those shorts. I was like: ‘Eurgh, they’ve just got to go, you’re not wearing those again.’ I knew people would laugh at him.”

Vernon a week later without the shorts

 

Vernon, 38, ditched the Bermudas for full-length trousers for the third heat of the Tom Daley diving show last week, which was won by Olympic boxer Anthony Ogogo.

Tess said the wardrobe change was on her orders.

She added: “I told him that I’m his wife and he should wear trousers instead. So he changed his look and hopefully won’t go back to shorts again.”

But while Vernon’s clothes haven’t gone down swimmingly, the show â€" which he co-hosts with Gabby Logan has been a hit with his daughters Phoebe, eight and Amber, three.

Tess Daly

 

Tess, 43, said: “We watch it at home and the kids love it. They get chairs and a little rug and pretend to dive in front of the TV. It’s hilarious.”

The Strictly host was speaking at the National Television Awards on Wednesday where she collected the Talent Show award for the BBC celebrity dance series.

And it was clear their marriage is back on track after Vernon’s sex text scandal in 2010 with glamour model Rhian Sugden.

Tess Daly and Vernon Kay

 

Tess added: “We’re a normal family really, I’m having a bit of a rest at the moment after Strictly finishing so that I can be a normal mum.

“Vernon and I take it in turns to do the school run and that is what we love doing most.”