Roger has admitted that he felt ‘smitten’ with Janey on Tuesday night’s episode of My Mum Your Dad.
Elsewhere in the episode viewers saw Caroline and Clayton be the first to leave the retreat which were chosen by their children.
The latest instalment of the ITV middle-aged dating show saw Roger open up his feelings about Janey.
And after spending the night in a private suite together on Monday night’s episode, Roger woke up with a clearer head as he told the group he has ‘butterflies’ for her.
Roger lost his beloved wife Joanne – and Jess’s mother – to cancer last year and he told on the show how she went to sleep on the sofa and never woke up.
Besotted: Roger has admitted that he felt ‘smitten’ with Janey on Tuesday night’s episode of My Mum Your Dad
Blossoming: The latest instalment of the ITV middle-aged dating show saw Roger (right) open up his feelings about Janey (left)
Asked by Clayton if he felt a romantic and sexual connection with Janey, Roger swiftly replied: ‘Yes! It was like I’ve just been hit with a baseball bat on the back of the head.’
Watching behind-the-scenes, Roger’s daughter Jess said: ‘Oh, he is smitten, It’s just hit him.’
Roger continued: ‘Janey really puts a smile on my face and I’ve definitely lowered my barriers and I’m feeling quite smitten actually and butterflies in my stomach. A bit school boy-ish. It’s a nice feeling.’
Parent Natalie said: ‘Aww that’s made my heart sink.’
Roger and Janey appear to be growing closer and closer as they held hands during the episode while chatting and giggling together.
After their sweet moment together Roger admitted: ‘I’ve gone from not opening up to now missing her when I don’t see her for 10 minutes.’
Elsewhere in the episode saw the children choose two parents to leave the retreat who haven’t made a successful connection during their time on the show.
Caroline and Clayton were the first to leave the dating show and were gobsmacked upon finding out that their children have been watching their whole time on the show.
Smitten: And after spending the night in a private suite together on Monday’s episode, Roger woke up with a clearer head as he told the group he has ‘butterflies’ for her
Thrilled for Roger: Asked by Clayton (left) if he felt a romantic connection with Janey, Roger replied: ‘Yes! It was like I’ve just been hit with a baseball bat on the back of the head’
Seal of approval: Watching behind-the-scenes, Roger’s daughter Jess (pictured) said: ‘Oh, he is smitten, It’s just hit him’
Upon reflection of Caroline’s time on the show, her daughter Karli said: ‘She went in there and she was herself, obviously things didn’t work out with her and Roger but I’m so proud of her and I think she’s gained so much confidence from it.
It comes after two of the adult children go and see their parents to give them some all important advice.
Host Davina McCall told the kids only two of them could go and see their parents, but importantly could not reveal that they have been secretly watching them.
Roger’s daughter Jess and Sharon’s daughter Tia were both selected to visit their parents, who have both had their own struggles during their time on the show.
And viewers admitted they were left in floods of tears at Roger’s sweet chat with Jess, where he heartbreakingly said he was ‘broken’ after his wife’s death.
Speaking to Jess, Roger told how he is ‘broken’ as he discussed whether he thinks he is ready to get back into the dating pool or not.
Jess asked him: ‘Has it made you think you are ready, has it done the opposite and made you realise you’re not?’
To which Roger replied: ‘Halfway,’ as Jess advised him to let the women know if he is interested in them.
First out: Elsewhere in the episode viewers saw Caroline and Clayton be the first to leave the retreat which were chosen by their children
Sad to go: Upon reflection of Caroline’s time on the show, her daughter Karli said: ‘She went in there and she was herself. I’m so proud of her’
Stunned: Caroline and Clayton were the first to leave the dating show and were gobsmacked upon finding out that their children have been watching their whole time on the show
Reunited: Carloline and Clayton were reunited with their children and found out they were the ‘matchmakers’ during their time on the show
He then said: ‘I think people might just have to invest a bit of time in me.’
To which Jess told him: ‘But why would they do that if they don’t know you’re interested in them? You have to tell them.’
Roger then said: ‘I haven’t got any moves, I don’t have moves. I’d like to have a date with Janey to see if there’s something there. I know I’m a bit broken.’
But Jess assured him: ‘You’re not broken, you’ve been through something traumatic, but you’re still you and I think you need to realise that.’
Later, Roger took Jess’ advice on board as he told Janey that he is interested in her, confessing that he was leaning towards her rather than Caroline.
Davina also dropped the bombshell that the final challenge would see their kids telling their parents whether they gave their approval to the romances formed.
After the parents learn of the twist that their kids have been watching all along, the adult children will get the chance to give their parents their blessing, or not.
My Mum, Your Dad continues Wednesday at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
My Mum, Your Dad: Meet the single parents and their matchmaker kids!
Meet the parents … and their matchmaker kids!
Name: Monique
Age: 50
Location: Winchmore Hill
Profession: Therapist/student
How would you describe yourself in a few words? Kind-hearted, a believer in God and positive. I radiate love!
Why did your daughter nominate you for MMYD? To dip my toes back in the pool of dating, and try and connect with someone and find love, and experience living with other people again.
Name: Sharon
Age: 53
Location: Sunderland
Profession: Safeguarding and welfare officer in education
How would you describe yourself in a few words? Fun, genuine, personable.
Why did your daughter nominate you for MMYD? She was getting desperate! I’d lost all confidence in myself. I think for Tia she was wanting to give me a bit of a helping hand.
Name: Caroline
Age: 51
Location: South Lanarkshire
Profession: Tech advisor/scan assistant at a private baby clinic
How would you describe yourself in a few words? Charismatic, outgoing and fun. I can be a bit fiery at times!
Why did your daughter nominate you for MMYD? I’ve been single for such a long time, it’s probably the longest I’ve ever been single! I’ve always been quite happy being single but I think she thought, ‘Mum, you need to get out there!’
Name: Natalie
Age: 44
Location: Bournemouth
Profession: Self-esteem and relationship recovery coach
How would you describe yourself in a few words? Adventurous, deep and outgoing.
Why did your son nominate you for MMYD? I’ve been on my own for a long time. I think he thinks it’s my time for me now.
Name: Paul
Age: 51
Location: London, lives in Bath
Profession: Owner, decorating company
How would you describe yourself in a few words? Very chilled, laid back and loyal.
Why did your daughter nominate you for MMYD? She feels I need to sort myself out when it comes to dating!
Name: Clayton
Age: 57
Location: Nottingham
Profession: Pastoral support officer
How would you describe yourself in a few words? I’m pretty effervescent. I’m all about balance in terms of fun – I’d say there’s a cheeky side to me.
Why did your son Christian nominate you for MMYD? He’d like to see me settled with someone I could have a future with.
Name: Roger
Age: 58
Location: Derbyshire
Profession: Postman
How would you describe yourself in a few words? Fun, loving, conscientious, struggling to get old – I don’t want to get old. I lost my wife, I know that you can get up and life can be over in a split second.
Why did your daughter Jess nominate you for MMYD? She’s a lovely girl. Her mum was really thoughtful in everything – she could plan things to a detail – and Jess has got that. She is so thoughtful and it was just a lovely thing for her to say, ‘Dad, look, we understand that you’re struggling and it’s been hard and we know that you’ve got a lot of love to give and we’re OK if you were to see someone else’.
Following my wife passing 18 months ago, I didn’t really want to meet anyone. You don’t expect it to be you and you don’t expect it to be your wife. But I’m going on the show to get some confidence. I must have subconsciously wanted to meet someone by saying yes to the show.
Name: Elliott
Age: 53
Location: Essex
Profession: PE teacher/football coach
How would your son describe you? He’d say I am good fun, easy going (I’m not easy going).
Why did your son nominate you for MMYD? He wants rid of me! I think the prospect of me being in his life for too much longer was a burden. No, he just wants me to be happy.
Name: Janey
Age: 47
Location: West Sussex
Profession: Singer/recruitment manager
How would you describe yourself in a few words? Fun, kind, outgoing and creative.
Why did your son nominate you for MMYD? Because he’s lost all hope for me, he thinks I’m undateable! He wants me to meet someone.
Name: Martin H
Age: 56
Location: Birmingham/lives in Epsom
Profession: Retired basketball player, sports presenter and MD
How would you describe yourself in a few words? I’m big, I’m fun, I’m outgoing and I consider myself to be a likeable sort of bloke. I’ve spent 90% of my life in the friendzone… I’m everyone’s best friend.
Why did your daughter nominate you for MMYD? To try and get me out of the friend zone! I have a lack of self-worth and she feels I am worthy and I do a lot for my family and I should have a chance to find emotional fulfilment.
Name: Tolullah
Age: 50
Location: London
Profession: Design consultant/Journalist
How would you describe yourself in a few words? I’m a vivacious and warm person. I’m also fiercely loyal and passionate about the people I love.
Why did your daughter nominate you for MMYD? She felt it’d be really good for me to meet someone that somebody else has picked, as opposed to my own choices.
Name: Martin M
Age: 53
Location: Derby/lives in Ibiza
Profession: Property developer
How would you describe yourself in a few words? Tall – I’m 6ft 7 – handsome, intelligent, single. I’m business-minded, I try and lead a good life, but also with responsibility. I take my fatherly duties very seriously.
What excites you about taking part in MMYD? I’ve always struggled meeting people who are on my wavelength. So, I thought, if they’re going to line up several single ladies, I’m in. What’s not to like?
Name: Taiya
Age: 21
Location: North London
Profession: Student
Why did you nominate your mum to go on the show? I nominated my mum because I think she deserves love! She’s put everything aside to raise me and my sister for so many years so I thought now is my mum’s time.
Name: Tia
Age: 24
Location: Sunderland
Profession: Social media influencer
Why did you nominate your mum to go on the show? I feel like it’s finally her time to be happy. I think she’s put herself on the backburner to bring up myself and my sister. In the last few years I feel like she’s given up on love, so she didn’t want to try anymore. I hope putting her forward will be the push she needs to put herself first.
Name: Karli
Age: 20
Location: South Lanarkshire
Profession: Flight attendant
Why did you nominate your mum to go on the show? She was single for a while and she doesn’t seem to have any luck with guys. So I thought why not?
Name: Kaliel
Age: 20
Location: Bournemouth
Profession: Gas and plumbing apprentice
Why did you nominate your mum to go on the show? Because I wanted her to find someone and be happy. I saw it advertised and I thought it would be perfect for her.
Name: Mazey
Age: 21
Location: Bath
Profession: University Student
Why did you nominate your dad to go on the show? I want to see him settled. The way he was dating before wasn’t working. I wanted him to date outside of the box.
Name: Christian
Age: 35
Location: Nottingham
Profession: Graphic artist/warehouse employee
Why did you nominate your dad to go on the show? I just want him to settle down, find the right person – he’s getting on now! I want him to live life with someone. I want him to travel with someone and get out there.
Name: Jess
Age: 28
Location: Derbyshire
Profession: Network rail planner
Why did you nominate your dad to go on the show? It was a joint thing with my brother and sister and it was our way of basically telling him that we were happy for him to start dating, if that was something he wanted to do.
It was a cop out on our part really, as it meant we didn’t need to sit down and actually say it. It was a sneaky way of saying, ‘Oh look at this, do you want to look into this?’ Never actually expected anything to come of it.
It was about putting dad first. We’d never really thought about us, or about ourselves in that situation. I wasn’t thinking about how I’d react, I was thinking about him.
The reason for that is he does the same for us, he would always put family first. So it was just a way of saying to him, stop worrying about us. If he wasn’t ready, that was also totally fine. It wasn’t an ultimatum. It was just, if you want to, you can, don’t worry about us.
Name: Zachary
Age: 21
Location: Essex
Profession: University student
Why did you nominate your dad to go on the show? He deserves a chance to be happy and he hasn’t had that. I want him to have what a lot of his friends have done; get married and settle down. He deserves the opportunity to find the ‘end stages’ of love.
Name: Will
Age: 19
Location: West Sussex
Profession: Student
Why did you nominate your mum to go on the show? It’s getting a bit desperate now! We need a good chance of getting her to find someone.
If it takes me to get involved, then that’s apparently how dire things have got!
Name: Jessica
Age: 23
From: Epsom
Profession: Model/ Sales & Marketing/ Mental Health Skills Coaching
Why did you nominate your dad to go on the show? I want him to get out there a bit. He’s been focussed on us kids and his work and not even really thought about the possibility of meeting someone new that he could date or have a relationship with.
He deserves that and to have someone to do nice things with and have an emotional connection with outside of his kids.
Name: Georgia-Blu
Age: 28
Location: London
Profession: Chartered Accountant
Why did you nominate your mum to go on the show? I think my mum is such a good catch. Growing up, I’ve never really seen her in a really long settled relationship and that’s something I’ve always wanted for her.
I nominated her so she would get a chance to meet someone who she can settle down with, she really deserves it.
Name: Luke
Age: 18
Location: Ibiza
Profession: Bartender
If you were writing your dad’s dating bio and had to summarise him in a few sentences, how would you describe him? Loving, caring, busy, loves the attention, loves to go out and do stuff. He loves Ibiza! He loves meeting new people.
He’s always interested in you and if there’s a connection there, always has lots of questions. He loves to explore and go on holiday. He gets very emotionally attached.
