Scott Mills says exactly why he 'never' wants children

As he prepares to host Eurovision, Scott Mills talks about his friendship with 'Rylan Clark', taking over from Zoe Ball, marrying Sam Vaughn and his thoughts on having children

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Ever since Scott Mills tied the knot with his partner Sam Vaughn last year he's had the best year of his life. First the Radio 2 DJ and his husband Sam won Celebrity Race Across The World, then in November, he was announced as the new host of the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, taking over from Zoe Ball.

“I had such a mad year last year, it was the best year of my life,” says Scott, 52. “I’m honestly the happiest I’ve ever been in my life.” It’s certainly true that things are going well for Scott and he credits the stability that Sam, 36, gives him with making his career fly. “I honestly feel that because I feel safe and secure with him that every area has fallen into place,” he says. “That will affect how good you are on air, how you appear, how you look, if you look happy… People now say to me every day, ‘Oh my God, you look so happy with life.’ And maybe they wouldn’t have said that before. I really feel like I finally sorted it out and everything is in order.”

Scott and Sam won Race Across The World in 2024 (Image: BBC)

When we talk, Radio star Sam is preparing to fly to Basel in Switzerland to host the Eurovision Song Contest for the BBC. But until he met Sam, being on live TV terrified him. “I did The One Show on Friday,” says Scott. “Even five years ago, the idea of that would have terrified me. On Friday I was the most relaxed person on that sofa and I actually do think it’s because in every area I just feel chill. It took me some time to find Sam, but was it worth it? 100% yes.”

Scott has appeared broody on his Instagram, cooing over his young nephew, Fred, who he recently took to the Paddington Bear Experience. However, in reality, Scott’s not sure he wants to be a dad. Especially with his early morning starts. “I’ve got a dog and I find that quite a lot now because I get up at 4am,” he says, laughing. “No, I love being an uncle – I’m the best uncle ever. You’ll get the best presents from me, you’ll get all the love in the world but I cannot imagine getting up at 4am and having children. I just cannot. Hats off to anyone who does that because I’ve got enough trouble from looking after one dog. I get to do cool uncle stuff. Sam’s sister has a little boy called Fred who’s three now so I got to take him to the Paddington Experience and you just get to do great stuff and then you can be like, ‘Bye!’ So for now, I think that’ll do us.”

Scott Mills poses with his husband Sam Vaughn (Image: Getty Images for Orion Books)

Getting up at 4am is a huge lifestyle change for Scott. So how does Sam feel now that his DJ husband has given up their loved-up late nights for early bedtimes and earlier mornings? “Well, one of the reasons I married him is that he is actually the most chilled out person on the planet,” says Scott, who reveals he has just sprung another shock on Sam.

“There’s something else coming up soon, where we might have to lose an entire holiday. It’s something that I should probably do because it’s quite big but we’re going to have to move everything and it’s all booked. This happens a lot. It was the same when I had the conversation about the Radio 2 Breakfast Show. I’m just completely honest – I tell it exactly like it is. Then I’ll say, ‘So I’ll leave that with you.’ But so far, every single time he’s completely like, ‘Yes, I think you should do that.’ That’s another reason I love him, because he’s so incredibly supportive of every single thing that I do. He just gets it, but before I said yes to this dream job onRadio 2, we did have to have that conversation.”

Rylan and Scott will fly to Basel together to prepare for Eurovision (Image: BBC/Ray Burmiston)

Scott wants to nurture his marriage and commits to regular date nights and holidays with Scott where they can reconnect. “If anything, it’s made us more aware that the time we do spend together is so brilliant and so precious,” he says. “Sam will block weekends out in our diary and go, ‘That weekend we’re going away,’ or, ‘We’re going out for dinner that night.’ Date nights are absolutely key to the relationship.”

Scott is excited about hosting Eurovision in Switzerland with his friend Rylan Clark, who he started presenting the contest with back in 2018. “I love him, I love it,” says Scott. “It’s my favourite week of the whole year. This is my Christmas. I literally count down the days.”

Scott Mills and his beloved dog Teddy

The pair will fly out to Basel on the same plane and Scott jokes that the BBC make them travel together so Rylan doesn’t get lost. When Eurovision was in Liverpool, Sam had to help his co-star catch his first ever intercity train. “That probably is the reason why we’re on the same flight because I have to show him what to do,” he says. “He hates travelling alone. If Rylan has to go somewhere, even if he has to pay the fare, he will always want to travel with someone else. He just wants to chat.”

Scott is looking forward to hearing Rylan's gossip, especially as Rylan has just returned from filming the second series of his Paramount+ show Dating Naked. “We’ll have a really good catch-up because I hadn’t seen that he’s been away doing the filming for the show with the naked people,” he says, laughing. “He’ll tell me all about that and about the latest things he’s had done in his house.”

The Eurovision BBC team is Richie Anderson, Scott Mills, Graham Norton and Rylan Clark (Image: BBC)

But the area Scott wants to talk about is his single friend Rylan's love life. Rylan divorced his ex-husband Dan Neal in 2021, and has been single ever since. Now Scott wants to find him a partner for Rylan who is as loving like his own husband. “Rylan needs to find his version of Sam because that’s what he needs,” he says. “Sometimes Rylan is like, ‘Oh, I wish I had someone like Sam,’ and it’s like, ‘Hey, you have got all the time in the world.’ I know deep down he would love to find somebody.”

Scott was in his forties when he fell in love with Sam., By then he had almost given up on finding a life partner. “It took me a long time to find the right one,” he says. “Not discounting any of my other relationships because I’m on good terms with people. But it took me quite a long time and it’s worth it in the end because you know it’s the right thing.”

The Eurovision Semi-Finals (Tuesday 13 and Thursday 15 May) and the Grand Final (Saturday 17 May) will be broadcast on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, Radio 2 and BBC Sounds.

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