'Going to be a disaster’ #BBCBreakfast host Dan Walker in admission about ...

BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker, 42, shares three children with his wife Sarah, whom he married in 2001. In an unearthed interview, Dan said his wife feared him “turning into a zombie” from working such early hours. Revealing all, he said: “She thought it was going to be a disaster, me getting up that early, turning into a zombie. We’ve got a dog and three kids, so if I slammed the door at 3.30am saying, ‘Bye everyone,’ it wouldn’t work.”

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She thought it was going to be a disaster

Dan Walker

But Dan insisted everything has worked out fine, telling The Mirror his early hours means he actually gets to spend more time at home.

He added to the publication: “One of the major reasons I took the job is it gives me more time at home.

“Most days I can be home by 11am, which means I can do the school run.”

In the same interview, Dan credited his wife for getting him his “big break” in broadcasting.

The host said he previously wanted to be a teacher, but entered a Commentator of the Year competition which his then girlfriend found.

He explained: “She used to work in a bakery in Sheffield when Hallam FM

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