1 week Ago By Jennie Buzaglo
Scottish presenter Roo Irvine was forced into make a surprising admission about where she was born. Antiques Road Trip visited Roo's store Kilcreggan Antiques, which she runs with her husband in her hometown of Argyll and Bute in Scotland, in 2015 and she has been an expert on the programme ever since. For nearly a decade, the TV star has travelled up and down the country with her fellow experts on the hunt for hidden treasures.
While filming an episode of the BBC show two years ago, Roo was quizzed by her co-star David Harper in between takes. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Roo explained how she lived in London for 10 years but decided Scotland is her true home. "I did live in London for 10 years but Scotland will always be my home.
Iron Bru runs through my veins, haggis is in my heart. I'm purely Scottish," she said. Roo admitted she loved living in London, citing the restaurants and culture as just a few of the perks.
However, she soon realised it didn't compare to what Scotland has to offer. "When I went back home, I knew that was the place until my very last day," the BBC host explained. She noted aspects like the mountains, lakes, and forests are luxuries you don't have when living in London, adding: "Drinking water from the tap, Londoners you don't get to do that!" But David, who has been a regular on Antiques Road Trip since 2010, pointed out that Roo was keeping something from viewers as he issued a demand.
"However, Roo, tell the truth, where were you actually born?" Roo pleaded with her co-star to not answer, but David demanded: "Go on!" "No!" exclaimed Roo before eventually making the surprising admission that Scotland wasn't where she was born. "Okay, if we are confessing. I was born in Hillingdon, near Uxbridge," the star revealed.
Roo explained that she lived in Southall but her father moved the family to Scotland when she was four, ultimately saving her from "being a Southall girl". "Nothing wrong with that," she clarified before declaring: "But in my heart, I am purely Scottish." Later in the interview, David quizzed Roo on her other passions besides antiques.
"Food, glorious food," Roo responded. "Food makes me so happy." She added: "Eating it, cooking it, feeding other people.
In my culture we show love through feeding people so I'm a feeder. I think about food all the time.".
