BEING the child of a celebrity can be strange – after all, millions of people have known all about you before you were even born. Unless you are Phoebe Kay. It’s a name you probably don’t recognise, but her parents, Vernon Kay and Tess Daly , have been entertaining us all for nearly three decades, while she’s stayed out of the limelight.
Until now. Today Phoebe, 19, is helping celebrate Father’s Day with her dad in her first-ever photo shoot and interview. Watching them messing around between pictures, it’s clear how proud Vernon, 50, is of his elder daughter.
He says: “It’s the first thing we’ve properly done together. We’ve been out a couple of times to showbiz things like the Vanity Fair party for the BAFTAs . That was special, because we got out of the car and there were camera flashes everywhere.
Even after 25 years, you never get used to it. You think: ‘Is my hair alright, and is my fly up?’ It’s daunting, but we had a good time. There were lots of actors there who Phoebe admires.
Now, this is our first official photograph – it’s really special for us.” While many parents revel in sharing pictures of their children online, Vernon and Tess, who have been married for 21 years, decided they would shield Phoebe and sister Amber, 15, from the public eye. Vernon explains: “We made a conscious decision that the girls should be able to choose whether they wanted to be in the spotlight or not.
I think it’s worked in our favour. Amber is still .