The Pop Idol graduate controls his speech with techniques from the McGuire programme but says that little Missy’s arrival left him too busy to practise them.
Gareth Gates, who is married to dancer Suzanne, is starring in a touring production of Les Miserables.
“I’m working on my speech and the more I do the show the better actor I’m becoming,” says the 25-year-old. “I’m part of a speech therapy programme that teaches you a new way to breathe, a new way to speak.
“But I have my ups and downs, particularly recently with me being a new father and everything else that comes with that, lack of sleep and very little time to do breathing exercises.”
However Gareth has found a way to combine his work and family life.
“I often tour with my family which is wonderful, otherwise it would have been too long without them. It’s all working out really well for me.”