BBC Sport presenter Gabby Logan became emotional on a podcast as she recalled a childhood memory of her late father, Welsh football legend Terry Yorath. The Six Nations host, 52, spoke about feeling compelled to protect him after a phone call revealed his confusion over Mother's Day dates.
Yorath, a Leeds United icon, died in hospital in January at age 75 after a short illness. Logan described him as a "warrior on the football pitch and a kind-hearted and generous man off it." On the 'These Three Things' podcast with Deborah Thomas, she reflected on how her son Reuben had hidden online bullying to protect her, sparking the memory.
Logan recalled her father living in Vancouver while the family was in the UK. He called to ask her to buy a Mother's Day card for her mother, but it was the North American date, not the UK one. "I remember getting off the phone and crying my eyes out because I thought 'Oh my dad's like, he doesn't know'. And I thought he knew everything," she said.
She admitted she stayed off school pretending to be ill, heartbroken that her father felt "out of the loop" and disconnected from the family. The incident prompted her to tell Reuben he did not need to be her "saviour" or keep things to himself, emphasising it is her job to protect her children, not the other way around.
