Vernon Kay reveals very awkward moment his card was declined on date with Tess Daly

Vernon Kay has confessed he was left in an awkward position at the end of his first date with wife Tess Daly. The 51-year-old model and presenter has been married to the 56-year-old BBC star since 2003 and they have two children together.

However, the love story had something of an awkward beginning when Vernon was left red-faced by a financial hiccup during their first date. The former T4 presenter first met Strictly Come Dancing host Tess in 2001.

And their first date was a romantic meal at Zilli Fish restaurant in London. While Vernon wanted to treat his date to a romantic meal, his bank card was declined.

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Vernon recounted: “Tess and I went to Zilli Fish for our first date." Recalling an awkward first mistake, he recalled: "I think we ordered a bottle of pinot grigio, but Tess doesn’t like pinot grigio."

And he added: "All I remember from that date is that my cash card was rejected, so Tess had to pay." During his chat with the outlet, Vernon went on to declare that he would consider biblical figure Jesus Christ as the ultimate dinner party guest.

He explained: “Surely Jesus is the ultimate party guest. Would it not be amazing to go out with a fella who can turn water into bottles of wine, and five loaves of bread and two fish into enough food to feed an entire party?"

Last year, Vernon opened up on the success of his marriage as he marked 21 years of being hitched to Tess. He is quoted by Birmingham Live as saying: "I think marriage is a roller coaster, you know, you have peaks and troughs.

"And what I've learned from the whole of that is it's really difficult to talk, but it's really easy to talk. You've got to bite your lip and just go, I'm gonna say this."

Explaining how compromise is a key to success, he suggested: "Put the kettle on, say it. 'I don't think we should be doing this. Maybe what if we do that? I'm feeling this, dah dah dah, dah'. You know what I mean? Like communication is the most important thing, in anything and in particular in a relationship."

And offering further advice, he said: "You might not be necessarily be the person that the other person married, you're changing.

"So it's that evolution that you need to coincide with your partner and that can only be done through communication."

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