Scott Mills Murky Love Story Unveiled

When Scott Mills was asked about the early days of his love story with now husband Sam Vaughan ⁠–⁠ he likened it to the nation's favourite sitcom, Gavin and Stacey.

Sam, who worked as an executive at Nation Radio, is from Bridgend in Wales. The pair met in 2016 at a radio industry event in Wales and Scott later gushed: 'The moment I met Sam, everything just went blurry. It felt different than before.'

Almost instantly, the presenter was getting the train up to Cardiff every other week to see him and Sam, earning significantly less than his new lover, would get the bus down.

Fans of the BBC sitcom will no doubt appreciate the similarities drawn between Scott and Sam and the beloved on-screen couple, Essex lad Gavin and Barry-born Stacey.

But, in the wake of the news about his shock axing from the BBC last Friday, I can reveal the truth of what really happened in the early days of their relationship ⁠– a story that and Ruth Jones would never dream of writing into their cosy sitcom.

Indeed, their 'movie romance' started off rather more messily than the pair would like to admit.

Radio insiders have told me Scott, then 44, was introduced to Sam, who is 16 years his junior and was then 28 years old, by his close friend, a director at Nation Radio.

A source close to the men told me: 'It was all a bit murky, as in, it was a love triangle but they were also all thick as thieves.

'Scott was dating his friend at the time, who introduced him to Sam, and there was a well-known crossover: Scott only had eyes for Sam and ditched his then-flavour of the month.

'Everyone thought it was such a boys' club in that group, but they were also all sleeping with each other. It was really odd, in my opinion.'

It emerged on Tuesday that around the time he and Sam met, Scott was under investigation by the Metropolitan Police for serious sexual offences against a boy under the age of 16.

A year later, he would be questioned by the police over the allegations but was cleared in 2019 by the Crown Prosecution Service for lack of sufficient evidence.

It is unclear what Sam knew about the investigation into his future husband and the producer has yet to break his silence.

Though, behind the scenes, his career was under pressure during the 2017 probe, Scott's relationship with his new love interest was blossoming.

'The more time we spent together, the more I could see we were right for each other. I just needed him to see that too,' Scott revealed to The Times in a joint interview with Sam.

But when the Strictly podcast host asked to take the relationship further, he was rebutted by Sam, who had a 'wobble' and they split for six months.

'I was gutted,' Scott admitted and recounted how he had cried on the sofa eating ice cream until the Welsh radio host decided he wanted to make a go of things.

Three months before the Covid pandemic, the pair moved in together and bought a five-bedroom, £1.4million new-build property in Hertfordshire, where they still live with their Cavapoo, Ted.

After four years of dating, while on a wintry weekend away in a shepherd's hut, Scott got down on one knee in a surprise proposal.

Three years later, the pair were wed in a Mediterranean villa on the coast near Barcelona, cheered on by their pals Rylan Clark, Zoe Ball, Vick Hope and her husband Calvin Harris.