Shaun Wallace usually keeps his love life private despite but he has previously opened up about his family.
The Chase brainbox, who turned 64 on June 2, popped onto the How To Be 60 podcast with Loose Women’s Kaye Adams and her mate Karen MacKenzie and the trio got chatting about romance and life choices.
Shaun revealed that he’s never tied the knot but does have a special someone in his life. Grilled on the show about having room for romance, the Dark Destoryer dished: “Er… yes. Although I’m not married, I suppose I’m married to my career. Put it that way. I like that. I prefer that and I’m happier.”
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Karen couldn’t help but probe if he was playing the field, to which he spilled the beans: “Yes, I’m in a relationship.” Kaye had to jump in, chuckling about giving Shaun a heads-up on Karen’s nosy nature, while Karen confessed she’d done some digging on Shaun’s love life but came up empty-handed.
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Then the converdsation took a turn to children, with Karen quizzing: “I wanted to ask if you ever had children? ” Shaun laid it out straight: “No, I have never had a child.” Reflecting on his decision not to have children, Shaun stated: “It was a conscious reason – when I was a young struggling barrister. I didn’t think it would be right to bring up a child when you’re trying to climb to the top of that greasy pole.
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“And I’ve never regretted that decision. I’ve got 15 godchildren. Two of them are called Shaun and I’m the best godfather in the world. I probably would have been a great dad but I’ve got no regrets in relation to that.”
The closest thing to being a father for Shaun is raising the daughter of an ex-partner as his own. His life story includes a girl he essentially raised as a daughter: “I do have an ex-partner whose daughter, who I have raised since the age of two, she is my closest thing to a daughter but she lives in America now,” the Chaser further revealed.
“I watched her grow into a lovely young lady. She got a First Class Honours degree recently and she got her doctorate the other day and I was there.” The young woman considers Shaun as her father.
The Chase airs weekdays on ITV1 and ITVX at 5pm
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