"I was sworn to secrecy, I was told two days ago. The first person I called was my husband Lance, because I wanted to tell him," said Daley.
"It has been really tough, we moved to America and then I decided I wanted to go back to training, and it has been hard with the travel.
"It has been a real journey. I feel really proud to have committed to going on another Olympic journey, against all odds. I really went for it and he was so happy for me.
"My youngest son [Phoenix] won’t remember but Robbie, who has just turned six, is going to. He is very excited, he has been learning a lot the Olympics at school and it is going to be really special to look back at photos and say they were there.
"I'm looking forward to sharing the moment with Helen too, she is such an inspiration."
At different points in this Olympic cycle it's fair to say that both Daley and Glover were uncertain to be in Paris.
Glover retired after the Rio Games but had a change of heart during the pandemic, returning to the sport to become the first mother to row for Team GB.
"I called my husband Steve (Backshall), I think he was crying," said Glover. "I called my Mum who definitely cried. I haven’t spoken to my Dad yet.
"It’s a pinch-me moment, because I had four years out of the sport. From Rio to Tokyo, I had retired.
"If it wasn’t for that ambition to come back and to prove wrong, and to do it with kids, I'd be watching on television.
"Imagine if you’d told me in the middle of Covid when I had two newborn twins and a toddler, that if I did all of this, I’d be leading out the team as a flagbearer? I just feel like it’s something I would never have believed."
Daley made his Olympic debut as a 14-year old in 2008 when Glover hadn't even taken up rowing.
He has grown up in the public eye, his father - who'd supported him during his early career - passing away with a brain tumour just 14 months before he won his first Olympic medal in London.
“My dad would not have ever believed I would be a flag bearer one day," he added.
"He always considered flag bearers to be Olympic icons and legends. I think he would be so incredibly proud of me being a flag bearer of Team GB.
"I was shown an interview I did the other day with Gabby Logan in my bedroom, I had the audacity to dream big enough to say I would still be going in 2024 and here I am.
"A lot of the time, when I think my Olympic memories, I have flashpoints of thinking the flagbearer. I remember them, I recognise them. It’s that moment that’s consistent with each Games. It means a lot and I’ll probably get in touch with some of the guys who have done it before and ask for any tips."
