Paddy and Christine McGuinness announce their divorce after 11 years of marriage

Paddy and Christine McGuinness announce their divorce after 11 years of marriage

Web Desk
July 22, 2022

Paddy and Christine McGuinness announce their divorce after 11 years of marriage

Paddy and Christine McGuinness have announced their divorce.
The couple met in 2007 and married four years later at Thornton Manor in Cheshire.
In 2018, Paddy revealed he had been diagnosed with arthritis at the age of 44.

After 11 years of marriage, Paddy and Christine McGuinness have announced their divorce.

While they say they made the decision “a while ago,” they say they will continue to live in their Cheshire family home with their three children.

“We hadn’t planned on sharing this publicly until we were ready, but after the lack of privacy surrounding our personal life, we feel left with no other option but to clarify,” they said in an Instagram story.

“A while ago we took the difficult decision to separate but our main focus as always is to continue loving and supporting our children. This was not an easy decision to make but we’re moving forward as the best parents we can be for our three beautiful children. We’ll always be a loving family, we still have a great relationship and still live happily in our family home together.

“We hope this now draws a line under anymore unwanted and unnecessary intrusion into our private life. Although we work in the public eye we ask kindly if you could respect our wishes for privacy on this matter. We’ll be making no further comment.”

They inscribed the message: “A lot of love. Christine and Paddy.”

On Friday, the couple also shared a photo on Instagram of their recent family vacation to Centre Parcs with their children.

The Top Gear host and model have three children: twins Leo and Penelope, nine, and Felicity, six. Christine was diagnosed with autism after all three of her children were diagnosed.

The couple opened up about their experiences with autism in the BBC documentary Our Family And Autism, which aired in December 2021.

Christine was working as a model at the time, and the couple met at the Liverpool Tennis Tournament in 2007. They married four years later at Thornton Manor in Cheshire.

Peter Kay, the comedian and actor who co-starred with Paddy in Phoenix Nights and Max and Paddy’s Road to Nowhere, was his best man.

Paddy revealed in 2018 that he had been diagnosed with arthritis at the age of 44.