Paula Penfold and Mike McRoberts. File photo / Norrie Montgomery
Paula Penfold and Mike McRoberts. File photo / Norrie Montgomery
We trawl through the gossip mags so you don't have to.
Mike McRoberts has been with his wife Paula Penfold for 20 years and since he's a 3News presenter as well as New Zealand's premier heartthrob, the Woman's Weekly team thinks this is highly newsworthy.
In their reportage of this news, many charming anecdotes ensue. Penfold recalls how McRoberts was once stuck on the roof for more than an hour. How this story made for a successful marriage remains an enigma, but as banter it's certainly ticking all the boxes.
When it really comes to marriage advice, the hard-hitting journalists bring it home.
"Communication is good," say the two most communicative people on television.
Fortunately Woman's Weekly keeps it real by making sure Penfold reminds every Kiwi woman who enjoys a silver fox, they're not alone.
"I think it suits him, but if you're eyebrows go grey, that might be another story," she says.
McRoberts, alternatively, assures Woman's Weekly that Penfold used to be a pleasure to look at.
"She was hot!" he says.
Was? We can only pray, after all the exclamation marks and quick quips this expose provides, New Zealand's sweethearts have at least another 20 to look forward to.
Seven Sharp reporter Tim Wilson has welcomed baby Roman, his first child at 49, describing the life changing experience to New Idea as ... "life changing".
The magazine reports the couple was highly certain that Roman would be a girl, leaving them with many unusable pink outfits because a baby boy in pink is a terrifyingly feminine notion.
Thankfully, however, the years' supply of pink nappies is still in business, because if you can't see them, it doesn't count.
When it comes to parenting, Wilson says he hopes to be a hard taskmaster, but apparently only on the things that don't matter.
"I do like to think I will be 'no' and Rachel will be 'maybe' but on the things that matter, the most important thing is to make sure you're telling the same story," he says.
As to what matters and what doesn't in the parenting journey, New Idea leaves us guessing.
As luck would have it little Roman has reportedly not slowed the couple down, who instead appear to be almost dating the newborn - taking him to the movies and out to dinner in order to better get to know one another.
After a gruelling 35-hour birth, there is no word as to whether Roman has grown to reciprocate these feelings or is still playing hard to get.
Actor Ido Drent. Photo / Ted Baghurst
Babies are also the main focus of another household, that of Shortland Street alumni Ido Drent.
A difficult labour meant the couple had to choose an epidural over their natural birthing plan for baby Bastion or Baz. Drent flatters wife Mandy to by likening her to a "lioness" in the Woman's Day article.
