Tipping Point host Ben Shephard previously recalled being “shamed” by a midwife at his son’s birth back in 2005.
The 47-year-old – who is hosting Tipping Point today (August 19) – revealed during an episode of GMB in 2022, that he was ‘height-shamed’ during the birth of his eldest son – and by parents at his son’s school.
Tipping Point host Ben Shephard on GMB
During an episode of Good Morning Britain in September 2022, Ben opened up about a bizarre time that he was “height-shamed” by a midwife at his son’s birth.
The star’s confession came following a report on the Cambridge children’s first day at their new school.
Once the segment was done, Ben told Susanna Reid and the studio that a parent at his son’s school was surprised that he was the parent of his son, Sam.
“I was talking to someone the other day, and I was with Sam, and they couldn’t believe that Sam was my son,” he said.
“They can’t believe he’s your son because you look so young,” Susanna joked.
“That’s exactly what it is,” Ben laughed. “You could be brothers,” Susanna said.
“It’s also because he’s enormous and they’re questioning the lineage,” Ben then said. He went on to reveal that Sam is six-foot-three.
“I’m above average height though, before we go any further,” he hastily added.
What else did Ben say?
“Don’t be heightist,” Susanna quickly said. “No, quite, that’s what I say to people,” Ben said.
Ben then went on to detail an incident where he was height-shamed by a midwife.
“I said that to the midwife the day he [Sam] was born,” he then went on to say.
“She looked at me and looked at him the day he was born and said ‘Let’s hope his uncle’s tall’,” he said.
Susanna laughed before muttering “awkward”.
“I was being height-shamed by the midwife the day Sam was born,” Ben continued.
Watch Ben on Tipping Point today (August 19) at 4:00pm on ITV1.
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