Naga Munchetty has been a regular face on BBC Breakfast since 2014, five years after she joined the morning programme as a stand-in presenter. The 51-year-old fronts the show with her co-host Charlie Stayt every Thursday to Saturday. While Naga is a familiar face on screen, her husband prefers to work behind-the-scenes.
James Haggar has also embarked on a successful career in broadcasting, serving as a television director for Sky News' panel show The Pledge from 2015 to 2021. For over a decade, he worked as a senior director at CNBC International and also had prior roles directing Five News and OK TV. He was also a Senior Studio Director at ITV and a Creative Director at GB News. It is unknown when Naga and James first met, but the couple have been happily married since 2007.
It was written in the stars from the get-go, as the pair headed on their first date at a pool hall. While that might not be everyone's cup of tea, it served as the perfect location for the snooker-loving couple, who have a snooker table in their Hertfordshire home.
They went on to tie the knot in 2007, though few details have been shared about their big day. One thing the BBC star did disclose is the crucial marriage advice she received.
"When James and I got married almost 12 years ago, one of his aunts said to us: the best bit of advice I can give you is to simply be kind to one another. She was right," Naga told The Guardian in 2016.
She went on to explain how their shared passion for golf strengthens their relationship.
"James and I are both golfers, and I think it’s great for our relationship," Naga said.
"It gives us a few hours together when we’re walking and talking and catching up; it really makes a difference. Golf takes you on a journey together, and it means you stay in touch with one another."
During a photoshoot in her home in 2016, a framed photo from their wedding day was on display.
The image shows the BBC Radio 5 Live host posing alongside her mother in an ivory corseted dress, complete with distinctive choker-style detailing around the neckline.
Not everything ran smoothly on their big day, as Naga revealed the mishap she suffered with her "puffy" wedding dress.
"I don't know if I styled it out, but I did fall over in a big, puffy wedding dress during my first dance to You're Just Too Good To Be True," she admitted on her 5 Live show.
"We even figured out a dance routine and everything. It didn't go to plan but the wedding day was a success apart from that."
While speaking to her former BBC Breakfast co-star Louise Minchin and BBC Triathlon presenter Annie Emmerso on the Her Spirit podcast, Naga admitted she and James rarely argue.
"James and I don't row, and he's a lovely, lovely man, he's definitely the better half," she said. However, she did detail the time he had a "meltdown" when she roped him into marathon training in tough weather conditions back in 2013.
Thankfully, they managed to put their differences aside and completed the marathon together.
The couple were content enough with their lives and busy schedules that they decided against starting a family.
Addressing their personal choice not to have children, Naga told The Times: "We never tried, and I never miscarried; we just never really wanted them. We kept putting the decision off, and then life got better for us, we became more selfish... and just didn't find the time."
The BBC host faced backlash for the decision, revealing that people branded her "wicked" for denying her mother grandchildren.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live in 2020, she said: "I remember when I told someone that I had decided I didn't want children, someone told me I was wicked. Wicked against my mother for denying her grandchildren. It's quite interesting, isn't it, how people react?"
The TV host added: "I'm past the age now where people expect me to have children. But people can be quite forthright: 'Oh, you can't have them?' I think people find it unusual that both in the relationship have agreed or decided or come to the conclusion that they don't want children."
