X Factor host Dermot O’Leary has opened up about his Irish roots – telling how he was told he was conceived here.
The TV star grew up in England but admits his Wexford-born parents make him feel like a true Irishman.
He said: “My mum reliably informs me that I was made in Ireland, but I try not to dwell too much on that process.
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“They were still young and developing their own tastes and direction and like a lot of families who come over from Ireland they held onto a lot of what they had back home.”
And Dermot – who is hosting tomorrow night’s X Factor final – told the RTE Guide an Irish Catholic upbringing remains part of him now.
He added: “I’m not the conservative style religious fanatic. For me it is about a moral framework more than anything else.”
