Well-known TV presenter and radio broadcaster Dermot O’Leary will appear on Angela Scanlon’s Ask Me Anything this Saturday, but you may not know his family life and Irish connection

Dermot O’Leary and Dee Koppang attend “The Personal History Of David Copperfield” European Premiere & Opening Night Gala (Image: Getty)

Broadcaster Dermot O’Leary is well known for his many presenting gigs on British TV, but he is also the father of a baby boy and husband to an accomplished TV director.

Dermot became a household name during his time presenting the X Factor singing contest.

Currently, Dermot presents ITV’s This Morning on Fridays and holidays alongside Alison Hammond. He also has a weekend breakfast show on BBC Radio 2.

However, his wife, Dee Koppang, is successful in her own right, having worked on many popular TV shows.

She was an assistant director on two royal shows: the Regency-era Bridgerton and the more modern The Crown , which depicts the current British royal family.

This Morning’s Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary
Most recently she was a director on The Split tv show. The BBC series focused on a family of sisters working as divorce lawyers.

Marriage

The couple have been together for more than 20 years. According to OK! magazine, they met in 2002 at a TV production company where they both worked.

Dermot O’Leary and Dee Koppang (Image: Getty)
They were engaged while in New York in 2011. The happy couple tied the knot ten years after they first met in the beautiful Chiddingstone, Kent.

The private couple had a baby boy in 2020, in the midst of Covid. Their son is named Kaspar.

Dee previously opened up about her struggle with fertility issues, saying: “It’s been a rocky road to get here, so I wanted to send lots of love to any of you who are on that journey. Hang on in there. Sending love.”