Ben Shephard reveals sweet family plans to celebrate son Sam's 17th birthday

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Tipping Point and Good Morning Britain presenter Ben Shephard has opened up about his disbelief that his son is just a year away from adulthood.The dad-of-two has only ever given rare insights into his life away from the cameras, but speaking to his co-host Kate Garraway on the ITV show on Thursday morning, he revealed he's got big plans for his eldest son, Sam's birthday.The 47-year-old had been discussing the new Top Gun film's premiere at Cannes Film Festival with Richard Arnold, when he shared he'd already bagged some tickets for the new film, Top Gun: Maverick.

Speaking to Kate and Richard, he said: "It's my Sam's 17th birthday. So the film comes out next Wednesday officially... it's my Sam's 17th, I can't believe he's 17, and we've got tickets for Maverick for next Wednesday and we're going to go as a family altogether." Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

You can sign up at the top of the page. Fans have been able to see rare snaps of the dad with his two boys, with a post in December last year showing the family celebrating Ben's birthday.

Walking the streets of London, Ben had his arms around his sons, captioning the photo: "So just wanted to say thank you for all the really lovely birthday messages.