Jason Manford split from wife Catherine in May last year, but the A Question Of Sport: Super Saturday presenter has revealed that he has made a commitment to spend a lot of time with their three daughters.
"You don’t realise how much work your missus was putting in until you do it yourself"
Speaking with The Mirror, Jason opened up about the realities of the split, saying: "Generally I have them four days a week which I mix up with their mum. We are good friends, we are fine.
"It works because she can get on with her work in the three days she gets off and I do the same… The kids are fine. I brought them to see Question Of Sport and it was a good fun show for them to watch.”
The 33-year-old father of three added: “It’s been an interesting time since I was a single dad. You don’t realise how much work your missus was putting in until you do it yourself. I was like, ‘This is dead hard this’. I appreciated it."
“I’m certainly a better ex-husband than I was a husband. I spent so many months putting work first, thinking I was planning for the future but forgetting about the right now.
"It was actually only once I became a single dad I realised just how much work went into this child-rearing business!
“I always thought I was working around the kids but I don’t think I was. Now I am. So if half-term comes up or summer holidays I won’t do anything for work.
“I didn’t miss the big things – I saw their first steps and first words. But I think my priorities have changed now."
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