Dáithí Ó Sé takes every chance he can to gush over his wife and their son, but fans of the star may be surprised to hear that Rita doesn’t accompany the boys on their annual family holiday.

The Kerryman revealed that the former Rose of Tralee contestant will stay at home in Ireland as Dáithí takes their twelve-year-old son, Micheál Óg, or Ógie, as the pair affectionately call him, on a trip to Spain.

The Up For The Match host opened up on the surprising reason his American wife won’t be joining her clan on the four day trip.

‘It’s just me and the young fella,’ he told the Irish Independent. ‘Rita hates the heat and hates the sun.’

Despite the mum-of-one hailing from the home of beach towns and boardwalks, she would rather endure the Irish weather than holiday with her clan.

‘That’s why she doesn’t like going home to America during the summer, it’s just so hot in New Jersey,’ Dáithí explained.

‘So, myself and the young fella do this every year. We’ll lie on the beach and jump in the sea for the whole day. It will just be a bit of craic.’

However, Rita doesn’t stay in Kerry for all twelve months of the year. She regularly returns home to America, alongside Ógie.

Rita, who represented New Jersey at the Rose of Tralee festival in 2008, makes a habit of taking their only child back to the US city every year.

While Dáithí accompanies the family when he can, presenting duties often mean he can’t accompany his family.