Joe Swash has revealed Stacey Solomon's main 'flaw' as he 'replaced her' on Loose Women. Fans are used to seeing Stacey on the panel of the ITV lunchtime show and while it's been some time since she was last on the programme, Joe appears to have taken her place.
As part of one of the special 'Loose Men' episodes, Joe joined Vernon Kay, Anton Du Beke and Jordan Banjo for the special episode as they discussed fatherhood, domestic abuse and hair loss, before asking the controversial question: "Are men messier than women?"
Kicking off the show, to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week, the panel discussed whether dad duties are overlooked within the workplace with Joe, who is a doting dad-of-four and stepdad-of-two, started by discussing his own family life.
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"First and foremost, I'm really lucky with the job, and Stacey is, that we get to do," he said. "I can choose my hours and pick and choose when I want to work so when me and Stacey had our children, I’ve always stayed at home as long as I possibly can. Stacey's been through nine months of growing a baby and having a baby.
"So it's her job to look after the baby and it’s my job to look after Stacey as well as the other five kids downstairs so they don’t feel left out. I’m very lucky, but I do think it’s important that as a man, you do your fair share with your kids. Somewhere along the line, there has got to be the same rights because at the end of the day, mum or dad, you’re both parents, you both love the kids and you’ve both got to look after them."
Later, the four men took on the lighter debate as they discussed if men are messier than women, to which Strictly Come Dancing judge Anton said: "I’m quite neat. I don’t know if that is a surprise to you," before Joe admitted: "I’m married to Stacey Solomon so I am definitely the dirty one in the relationship.
"I’ve got better though and I’ve been working on it. I tidy up after myself but if you had met me 15 years ago, I would probably still have bits of food stuck to me, so Stacey’s definitely whipped me into shape." Vernon then responded: "Joe, you do realise you are on national television?" with the former EastEnders star joking: "Is this not the rehearsal bit?"
Joe then continued: "Stacey has this thing where she will hang the crisps on like a tension rod with little pegs and sometimes when you are in a rush and the kids want a pack of crisps, you will rip them off and the whole thing will come down. I panic as I can hear her coming down the stairs and I think ‘Oh my god, get back on the pegs!’ So in my house, it’s definitely the boys that are the messiest.
"What I’ve done in my life is, I've taken my messiness out of my house but I’ve left it in my car. So like, if you’re ever in my car and we go round a roundabout, you will just hear [makes rustling rubbish noise]. So I feel deep down I am quite a messy person but I am too scared to let Stacey see it."
But revealing Stacey’s one bad habit, Joe said: "She likes to stick her eyelashes everywhere. You could be making a cup of tea and you will look at the wall and be like, ‘there’s a spider there’ but no it’s Stacey’s eyelash… That’s Stacey’s only flaw but apart from that, she is perfect."
It comes after fans demanded Joe create his own cooking series after gatecrashing Stacey's meeting with a 'croissant pizza' to try - and it seemingly got her approval. Alongside the video of the moment on Instagram, the 42-year-old said: "Interrupted @staceysolomon important meeting for the croissant pizza taste test. Let me know in the comments if I should do more of these videos."
And his followers were quick to respond. @gemroseogram said: "Yes please and cute cute cute helpers like Belle, Rose and Rex just to mix it up." @dontburstmybbl commented: "Yes any video with you doing your ‘ting & big smile always spreads the smiles." @salski007 wrote: "YES. Go Joe - SUPER DAD!"
@bleakleyfiona posted: "Yes definitely." @lynda.h.vincent echoed: "Yes more!!" @teeleeford36 replied: "Absolutely they’re fab." @cheryljones30 shared: "Please do more!! Love this!" @bekki_jacko added: "Definitely more please!"
