Ken Bruce addresses 'playboy' persona after one of his six children questions past
Former BBC host Ken Bruce has been married three times and has six children, but he says he wasn't living a "playboy lifestyle" in his younger days.
Former BBC broadcaster Ken Bruce opened up about his “playboy” persona after one of his six children raised questions about numerous marriages.
The 73-year-old, who left BBC Radio 2 last year after more than four decades with the corporation, has been married three times. However he has described his current partner Kerith as his “final wife”, after the pair tied the knot in 2000.
Speaking to Ken on the White Wine Question Time podcast ahead of his move to Greatist Hits Radio, Kate Thornton asked about the time one of his children quizzed him on his number of marriages. Ken said: “Obviously there have been some decisions made there, some right ones and some wrong ones. It looks bad on paper.”
He added: “I just got married to all of them. It looks bad on paper being married three times with six children from those three different women but it’s not as exciting as it sounds.
“It sounds as if I’ve had the life of a playboy. In fact, somebody once said I was a ‘serial bridegroom'.
“It was nine years each time for the first two marriages so there were no flashes in the pan. They were all proper relationships with children in each one and as time has gone by we’re all fine.”
Ken married his first wife, Fiona Fraser, in 1976, divorcing in 1988. He then wed Anne Gilchrist in 1990, divorcing in 1998.
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He met Kerith when she was working as a broadcast assistant at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest in Birmingham. Ken however only became Radio 2’s Eurovision commentator by chance, filling in for colleague Ray Moore when he was unwell in 1982. Ken eventually took the role permanently.
During his time on Radio 2, Ken launched the incredibly popular PopMaster quiz. It originally saw contestants answering music questions in a bid to win a DAB Radio, which became Bluetooth headphones or a smart speaker in later years.
After he left the BBC, Ken took PopMaster with him to Greatest Hits, and subsequently launched PopMaster TV. The quiz show will return tonight on Channel 4 at 8pm.