Rochelle Humes has explained how former Love Island star Kem Cetinay orchestrated a family reunion.
The This Morning presenter, 32, reunited with long-lost sister Lili Piper back in 2019 - 23 years on from last seeing her sibling when she was just five years old.
Speaking on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, The Saturdays singer explained how reality TV star Kem was the reason why she and sister Sophie Piper reconnected with Lili, whom shares the same father as the two stars.
The TV presenter crossed paths with the former Islander at a party being held by their mutual management.
"I could tell he wanted to approach me and say something," Rochelle recalled on the podcast.
"The night's gone on, and maybe a couple of cocktails later, he came up to me and said: 'Look, okay, so this is really weird but I went to school with your sister'."
Rochelle originally thought Kem was referring to her sister Sophie, whom she grew up with alongside their mother Roz Wiseman.
But the reality TV star was talking about the star's half-sibling from her father's side of the family, Lili.
"[Kem] then goes: 'I always said to her, because she was a really good friend, if ever I bump into your sister I'm going to give her your number'."
Rochelle explained her reaction, saying: "Can I just tell you, I was twisted - I sobered up within a second! I was like 'Sorry, what?'
"He [Kem] said: 'Look, can I just message her now?' and it all just happened so quickly. He WhatsApped her saying 'I'm with your sister at a Christmas party, can I give her number?' She was like 'please'.
"The next thing, I had her number saved in my phone and the next day, I sent her a message. We had arranged to meet later on that week - with all of them - so, the two sisters, the brother..."
The presenter went on to explain how she was looking forward to the reunion but nerves hit her the night before.
"It got to Thursday night, and I promise you, I was so nervous," the mum-of-three told podcast host Steve, adding that she wondered to husband Marvin Humes whether she could even go.
"So I made him [Marvin] come with me," Rochelle confessed.
"The three of them were together and had grown up with each other - they know each other. I felt really vulnerable about the whole thing."
Thankfully, nervous Rochelle had nothing to be worried about, as the newly reunited siblings are now super close since that first-ever meeting.
"From that day, we talk every singe day," the star confessed.
"I can't remember a time when they wasn't in my life now."
Rochelle first spoke about reuniting with Lili back in 2019, telling Giovanna Fletcher on her Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast: "We are literally the same people, Marvin was like, 'OMG, there's more of you'. We've spoken every day since - Jeremy Kyle style. It's like we've known each other all our lives."
Mum-of-two Rochelle uploaded a snap of herself and Lili holidaying in Dubai later that year, and fans were stunned by the two sisters' similarities.
"I thought it was two of you then," one quipped under the cute picture.
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