The popular TV host is putting all the sadness behind him as he starts a family.
Happy couple Rove McManus and Tasma Walton have started making baby plans and want to begin a family as soon as they can. The former Blue Heelers actress has excitedly confided to a close girlfriend that she and the Rove Live host have been making preparations for parenthood and hope to have some happy news soon.
“Tasma and Rove are head over heels in love and feel it’s not too early to take the next step in their relationship,” says the friend, who has watched the relationship grow steadily since the pair rekindled their old friendship mid-last year.
Rove, who turns 34 on January 21, is extremely close to his Perth-based family and had always hoped to start a family of his own with his late wife, actress and singer Belinda Emmett. However, her eight-year battle to overcome breast cancer and secondary bone cancer became their focus instead.
“Bel was that type of loving, giving person who would want to see Rove happy,” says the friend. “That was her main concern. Now he has another chance at happiness and wants to have a family with Tasma. I’m sure Bel would be extremely happy for them…”
Read the full story in this week’s Woman’s Day (on-sale January 14, 2008)
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