David Tennant has revealed a "heartbreaking" detail about family life, with his parents no longer being around.
The Doctor Who star has five children with wife Georgia – Olive, Wilfred, Doris and Birdie alongside Georgia's son Ty, whom David is adoptive father to – and reflected in a new piece about them never knowing their grandmother, who died in 2007.
"Being without my parents now is miserable," he wrote in the Radio Times. "My mum never got to meet any of my kids, and that’s a bit heartbreaking, because she would have loved them."
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"My dad got to meet all but one, and that – obviously – was wonderful, but their memories of him are fading," the actor added.
David further opened up on his "different" parenting style to his own mother and father, sharing: "Because my parents were very consistent and very solid, I never doubted for a second that they were absolutely committed to us without that ever being stated.
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"That’s the bit that’s quite interesting, because in our house now, everyone’s saying 'I love you' all the time. It’s lovely, and I love it, but it’s very foreign to me.
"I don’t remember that ever being said in our house growing up. I mean, I never doubted it was true but it was never said out loud."
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The piece comes ahead of the star's second year hosting the BAFTA Film Awards, which are due to take place this weekend.
In other news, David recently landed a role in new ITV drama The Hack, which focuses on the News of the World phone hacking scandal.
He'll take on the part of real-life investigative journalist Nick Davies, while other stars include Robert Carlyle as former Met Police Detective Chief Superintendent Dave Cook and Toby Jones as former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger.
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