Gabby Logan and her husband Kenny met in 1999, marrying two years later and sharing two children, but the couple won’t be spending Valentine’s Day together
Gabby Logan told her husband Kenny not to “don’t bother” after he disclosed his Valentine’s Day plans that don’t include her. The BBC Sport presenter first met former Scotland rugby star Kenny at a bar back in 1999.
Although they clicked straight away, Gabby has previously shared that her husband initially mistook her for The Big Breakfast host Gaby Roslin. Despite the confusion, romance flourished and the pair married in 2001.
They’re now proud parents to twins Reuben and Lois. Reuben has taken after his dad, representing Scotland and Sale Sharks, whilst Lois pursues showjumping.
Given sport plays such a central role in the family’s life, 52-year-old Gabby wasn’t shocked that Kenny, 53, intends to spend Valentine’s Day at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, watching the Calcutta Cup as England takes on Scotland in the Six Nations.
Discussing their Valentine’s Day arrangements on the Sports Agents podcast, Kenny revealed: “Gabby’s going to be in Wales, I’m going to Murrayfield.”
Gabby quipped that Kenny would leave “50 red roses” for her before departing for Scotland. However, Kenny jested that he’d arranged a more eco-friendly romantic token for Gabby.
He continued: “To be honest, I was just saying today on 5 Live, fake plants are the new thing. They’re really good because they last so long. So, I’m going to get some fake flowers for you.”
The suggestion, however, seemed to leave Gabby distinctly unimpressed. She responded: “Fake flowers? Don’t bother!” She did, however, disclose she’d sorted her own Valentine’s Day arrangements.
She told Kenny: “I was about to say, it’s okay. There’s a good trade this weekend, because I get a young man who really does care about me home for the weekend – because Reuben’s got a week off. So, he’s back for Valentine’s Day. I’ll be looked after!”.
Kenny, who earned 70 caps for Scotland, cheekily suggested that Reuben would be “out with his mates”. He quipped: “You might be able to drop him off.”
Kenny featured in eight Calcutta Cups himself – the Six Nations showdown between England and Scotland – but never tasted victory during his playing days. He recalled: “It was close though, don’t get me wrong. Biggest one for me was we were playing England at Murrayfield and were winning 11-9.
“There was a minute to go and the referee sees a hand going through the ruck pulling the ball back. He gives a penalty straight to England, England kicks the goal, as the goal was coming in, it was one of those where the ball’s coming over and you just go, ‘Ah’.”
Gabby, whose father Terry Yorath racked up over 140 appearances for Leeds United before taking the helm at clubs including Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea City, says sport has always been at the heart of her life.
She shared: “I always say sport was our family love language because it’s what we all did. All my siblings, we all did sport, my dad’s job was sport, and my mum was the original ‘soccer mom’ in the sense of she was driving us around sport.
“As much as she tried to encourage us to do everything, do drama, play musical instruments, we’d all do it to grade one and then go back to sport. It was just running around the garden competing against each other.”
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