“Lauren used to watched me on television when she was at school, when she was a kid and basically watched me because I reminded you of your dad,” Eamonn began.
Lauren replied: “Yeah, he’s from Belfast.
“So, you were like my TV dad. I used to say goodbye to my dad and say goodbye to you,” the Grantchester actress confessed.
Shocked, the host asked: “As you were going to school in the morning, you said, ‘Bye Eammon’, did you?”