Ben Shephard has admitted a challenging family dilemma led him to sending a stark warning to one of his sons. Ben, 51, was appearing on the Pack Your Bags with Russell Kanepodcast, when someone submitted their family issue.

The dilemma circled around the fact their son was bringing their first girlfriend on holiday with them and the person submitting the question wanted to know how they could make her feel included in the family holiday.

In response, Ben admitted he was in the centre of that potential first partner period because his sons were, at the time of recording, 18 and 20 respective.

Ben responded: "We've had a couple of moments like this with our two boys. And we've had a couple of moments like this...they're 20 and 18.

"So I feel your worry and concern, but I think gauging it with your son is a really good thing. Try and understand what it is that she likes. Make sure that she's been able to be clear about what food she eats and all that. Make sure that they're making allowances for the things she might like to do as well.

"Most of the time, I think if a son's bringing on a girlfriend, they just want to muck in. I'd like to think that. So, I would never treat any of the girls that have come on holiday with us any differently."

Ben went onto recount a moment where he had had to give a warning to one of his sons when they had brought their girlfriend on holiday.

He said: "We had a moment on a holiday a few years back, where my eldest son had his girlfriend and they were staying together, and his brother was much younger, and my godson was with us as well.

"And we basically said to our eldest, 'Look, just be conscious because your brother's younger than you, and my godson's even younger as well. We don't want them to get the wrong impression. So, don't necessarily spend all your time in the bedroom with your girlfriend, come out and be with the others. So that doesn't become a thing'.

"And literally, the first morning, I went downstairs and all of them were in bed together, like just messing around and chatting and stuff. And you suddenly realise, actually, we must, I think as parents, we massively overthink it.

"As long as you've spoken, I think, as long as you've spoken to the parents of the partner, and everybody understands what they would like it to be like, what everyone's accepting it to be like, then you can trust the kids."

Ben will be back on TV tonight on his new show The Summit, airing on ITV at 9pm.