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Rochelle Humes has said she will 'never respect' her absent father Mark Piper after he walked out on her as a baby as she opened up in an honest new interview.
The presenter and former Saturdays singer, 37, said she doesn't 'really remember' her estranged father as he left her as a baby but for many years she was left feeling 'angry and upset'.
It wasn't until Rochelle and her husband Marvin Humes welcomed their first child, daughter Alaia-Mai in 2013, that she finally lost all 'respect and curiosity' about her father.
Despite being without a male role model, the This Morning star's uncle Paul Ince, who captained England football and played for Manchester United and West Ham, stepped up for her.
Speaking to Jamie Laing on his Great Company podcast, Rochelle said: 'My dad left when I was one, I don't really remember him.
'I remember waiting for him at the window on the weekends which ended quickly because he just didn't come and there were so many years I was upset and angry about it.
'The day I had Alaia I instantly had zero curiosity to get to know my dad and I would never respect him as a person, he is not someone I would choose to spend time with.'
Rochelle Humes has said she will 'never respect' her absent father Mark Piper after he walked out on her as a baby as she opened up in an honest new interview
The presenter said she doesn't 'really remember' her estranged father as he left her as a baby but for many years she was left feeling 'angry and upset' (pictured with her mum Roz in 2019)
Mark went on to have three children, Love Island star Sophie Piper, as well as Lili and Jake, whom Rochelle reconnected with after 23 years.
'As a kid I did find it hard, he went on to have three other children, who are now, we are obsessed with each other but from the outside I saw he was there for them and not me', she said.
Rochelle went on to explain how her famous footballer 'uncle' Paul, who isn't a blood relation but was always someone she 'looked up to' and eventually he walked her down the aisle when she married Marvin in 2012.
'My uncle was there for me, he was that male presence for me, but my mum wore a lot of hats', she began.
'But my uncle Paul would come and he played football for England, he is Paul Ince and was playing for England, he gave me away at my wedding and Marv had to ask Paul to marry me.
'It was exciting I used to go watch West Ham every weekend but he was really that male role model that I looked up to.
'I never realised he was cool until secondary school. Claire his wife and my mum are best friends, he's not actually my blood uncle but my mum was the first one to have a child and that was it, he was always just around and always is and always will be.
'I never felt like I didn't have a male figure around because he always made time for me, like every single weekend.'
Elsewhere in the chat, Rochelle explained that she never knew she 'didn't have a lot' as she explained how her mum raised her 'in a hostel' before eventually moving into a council flat
She said: 'She raised me and my sister solo, she worked every job, she had me in a hostel and then we got a council flat and then a council house and then she bought the house and it was like winning the Euros.
'I see the financial privileged we have which I have worked my a**e for but not only financially what she did as a single parent, I never knew we didn't have a lot in life.
'The only thing I did know that was different was I had to wait in a different queue for my lunch at school and I remember being so embarrassed.'
Rochelle first found fame in S Club Juniors in the early noughties when she was 12 years old.
It wasn't until Rochelle and her husband Marvin Humes welcomed their first child, daughter Alaia-Mai in 2013, that she finally lost all 'respect and curiosity' about her father
Despite being without a male role model, the star's uncle Paul Ince (pictured 1997), who captained England and played for Manchester United and West Ham, stepped up for her
In the band she was joined by Frankie Bridge, Aaron Renfree, Jay Asforis, Stacey Franks, Calvin Goldspink, Daisy Shelvey and Hannah Richings. They went on to be successful with hits such as Automatic High while working together from 2001 to 2003.
However, while chatting to Jamie, Rochelle insisted she made more money in S Club Juniors than The Saturdays.
The Saturdays topped the charts on multiple occasions with songs like 'All Fired Up' and 'Higher' but the five girls Rochelle, Frankie, Mollie King, Una Healy, and Vanessa White never saw big money and were just given a 'salary'.
She said: 'I made more money in S Club Juniors than I did in The Saturdays. The music industry... the money just went out of it. It wasn't the same space to be in anymore.
The now mother-of-three explained how the girls were expected to live a certain type of lifestyle, but most of her money actually came from brand deals and touring rather than the group’s singles.
'When someone says your record deal is X amount of money, that doesn't mean that’s what we're making. That means they'll put this money into the album, pay these producers, the marketing budget.
'For a period of music artists were making money touring. The tours and the brand deals was where you would make your money. The records weren’t for us. So we’d be the face of a shampoo and all have our own scent – that's where we’d make our money. Those brand deals were really important to us, and so was the touring.
'But then record labels changed their whole strategy, and they would do what they would call 360 deals. So they would then also take a cut of the brand [deals], and then take a cut of the live performances. You've got to remember everything you earn, split that in half, basically with tax and an agent. And then there's five of you. You're expected to live a lifestyle that you can't always prop up.'
Rochelle said: 'My dad left when I was one, I don't really remember him. The day I had Alaia I instantly had zero curiosity to get to know my dad and I would never respect him as a person'
Her add Mark went on to have three children, Love Island star Sophie Piper, as well as Lili and Jake, whom Rochelle reconnected with after 23 years
Reflecting on her years in the girl band, Rochelle also opened up about her dealings with the paparazzi, saying they would 'be on the floor trying to get up our skirts.'
She explained: 'When I started dating Marvin, he couldn't believe it. You've got to remember he was in a boy band. I was in the girl band, but his experience was so different to mine. We'd leave somewhere, and he would stand behind me when I got in the car.
'Photographers would get on the ground and try and take photos up your skirt, it'd be awful. It was a really strange period of time that we weirdly were just a bit accepting. We weren't earning enough money. It wasn't like, "Okay, I don't like this anymore, let’s stop this"'.
To conclude the chat, Rochelle revealed her first date with Marvin was a drive around Wembley in his 'fancy car' before gong through a McDonald's drive-thru.
'I married him, he felt normal and honest', she added.
