Sky Sports’ Kelly Cates, 45, admits she’s reluctant to start dating following split from husband and says she doesn’t think men will find her attractive due to her ‘weight and age’
Kelly Cates has explained why she is wary to start dating again in her mid-40s, following her split from her husband of 14 years, Tom.
The Sky Sports presenter, 45, admitted she doesn’t think men will find her attractive due to her weight and age.
Speaking to fellow sports host Gabby Logan on The Mid Point podcast, she said: ‘I don’t have a picture in my head of why a middle-aged, slightly overweight, mother-of-two could possibly be attractive.
Self-conscious: Kelly Cates has explained why she is wary to start dating again in her mid-40s, as she said she doesn’t think men will find her attractive due to her weight and age
‘I can’t get my head around that. It’s not that I’m putting myself down, it’s not a lack of confidence or low self-esteem, it’s I just don’t know what that would look like.
‘I will not be writing my own bio on dating websites,’ Kelly joked.
The mother-of-two said she is hesitant to start dating out of fear she will waste her time.
She said: ‘I don’t want to spend my precious free time with a random.
Moving on: Speaking to Gabby Logan on The Mid Point podcast, the Sky Sports presenter, 45, talked about her dating reservations following her split from her husband of 14 years, Tom (pictured)
‘But this is the thing, the thought of going on a date and spending an evening with someone and in the end of it thinking, “well I don’t really like you,” I would be so resentful of them taking up my time.
‘Obviously vice versa, but I’m not bothered about it from their perspective.’
‘Bearing in mind I don’t get to see the people I do like quite often,’ she added. ‘But I do know unless I want to spend the rest of my life alone… and I’ve got no real thoughts about long term relationships or anything like that.
‘Imagine going out with somebody and you sit there halfway through and think, “God, this guy’s an idiot,” you’ve just wasted a babysitter.’
Honest: She said: ‘I don’t have a picture in my head of why a middle-aged, slightly overweight, mother-of-two could possibly be attractive’
When asked what her dating options have been in recent months, Kelly responded: ‘Well there’s been a year of a pandemic. My options were limited.
‘I’m making myself sound completely unpickable.’
The daughter of football star Sir Kenny Dalglish, is finalising her divorce to TV producer Tom, whom she married in 2007. They share two daughters, aged nine and 12.
Kelly has worked for the likes of Setanta, ITV, ESPN, and 5 Live after beginning her career on Sky in 1998 when she quit her maths degree at Glasgow University.
Priorities: The mother-of-two also said she is hesitant to start dating out of fear she will waste her time