Paddy McGuinness' model wife goes public after divorce as pictures with women emerge
Paddy McGuinness' model wife goes public after divorce as pictures with women emerge
The TV presenter is between the sticks for England at Soccer Aid after a rocky few years in his personal life
Paddy McGuinness and Christine McGuinness
(Image: 2018 Neil Mockford )
Soccer Aid is back for 2025, with TV presenter and comedian Paddy McGuinness among the famous faces set to take to the pitch at Old Trafford on Sunday evening.
The Phoenix Nights, Top Gear and Take Me Out star has been a long-time supporter of the huge charity match, first taking part in the event in 2010. He will once again pull on the England shirt this weekend as he takes on the World XI alongside his famous teammates which include Paul Scholes, Bella Ramsey and Sir Mo Farah.
His appearance comes after a rocky few years in his personal life, having split from his former model wife Christine in 2022.
The couple married in June 2011 and went on to have three children - a twin girl and boy and a younger daughter - together.
However, in 2022, it was announced that they had separated after 11 years of marriage, although Paddy continued to live at the family home in Cheshire.
In a joint statement, the couple said: "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.
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"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."
Christine McGuinness speaks about sexuality
In the wake of the split, it emerged that Christine - who is now open to dating men and women - had 'grown close' to singer-songwriter, TV presenter and footballer Chelcee Grimes before her separation from McGuinness.
Christine became friends with Chelcee - who shared the field with Paddy at Soccer Aid in 2020 and also played at the 2021 and 2022 editions - when they met on ITV show The Games.
While the pair never confirmed or denied that they were dating, they were later seen walking hand-in-hand and kissing as they jetted off on holiday to Ibiza together.
However, despite their previously close relationship, the two women are believed to have had a falling out in 2023, as they unfollowed each other on social media.
Chelcee later liked a damning comment about Christine on social media, which branded the Real Housewives of Cheshire as "fake as they come," according to The Sun.
She later reportedly accused Christine of "copying everything I do" after the former model revealed she was celibate, with Grimes also previously abstaining from sex.
Grimes is not taking part in this year's Soccer Aid, having also not featured at the 2023 or 2024 events.
Christine has now spoken publicly about her sexuality, saying: 'It shouldn't matter if they're male or female, it shouldn't matter what their gender is. I shouldn't really ever even have to explain in any way who I want to spend my time with. That's my business.
'I'm just at the point where I think I've got a nice balance of going, yeah I date women and so what, what's the big deal? But also knowing that I don't have to go into big, massive detail about it either.'
She said photographs of her dating women had circulated 'multiple times" and she was surprised at the interest people seem to have.
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Paddy will be playing in goal for England at Soccer Aid on Sunday, who also count the likes of Sam Quek, Roman Kemp and Dame Denise Lewis among their celebrity players.
Meanwhile, Tony Bellew, Richard Gadd and Gorka Marquez are among the famous faces representing the World XI, who are hoping to claim back the Soccer Aid title after losing it to England for the first time in eight years last time out.
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