Ruth Jones' estranged husband 'dating Gavin and Stacey actress lookalike'
Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones and estranged husband David Peet released a statement confirming their split on Wednesday, revealing they 'remain good friends'
Ruth Jones' estranged husband, David Peet, has reportedly moved on with an education assistant who looks eerily similar to the Gavin and Stacey actress. Former couple David and Ruth, who are legally separated but "remain good friends", released a statement on Wednesday on their decision to split after 26 years of marriage.
In a statement shared with the PA news agency, they said: "We amicably went our separate ways 18 months ago and are now legally separated. We remain good friends. Since our separation, Ruth is living in London and David is living in Canada, where he is in a new relationship."
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Ruth was a step-mum to David's three children from a previous marriage. And now, it has been revealed David's new girlfriend is an education assistant named Jayne Charity Cook.
She made her relationship with the TV producer public on her Facebook page and even shared a picture of the two getting cosy for her profile picture.
Jayne captioned her profile picture with three green heart emojis. Meanwhile, Ruth and David first met when they were both filming a pilot of a BBC comedy in the early 90s.
At the time, David was married, with Ruth later explaining that there had been an overlap with their relationship. She said: "Affairs cause a lot of pain; they're not something one aspires to do. You don't aspire to cause pain to people in their life."
But David and Ruth talked to each other on the phone before meeting one another, with Ruth, 58, previously explaining to The Scotsman: "It was love at first voice because I spoke to [him] on the phone before I met him."
While she rarely shared an insight into her relationship with him, she said in 2008: "He has a very sharp mind combined with a dry Yorkshire wit, making him a naturally funny man."
The two lived in Cardiff and established a production company called Tidy Productions, which created Gavin & Stacey. She also previously discussed her views on children.
Ruth told the Daily Mail: "It just didn't happen. It wasn't a decision. I don't have a burning desire to have babies. I think it's heartbreaking if you do and you find out you can't have them. I love being a stepmum — all the joy of motherhood without the pain of childbirth."
And she told The Scotsman of the "joys of parenthood without giving birth" that she adores her role as a stepmum. She gushed: "You take things as they come.
"There wasn't a moment when I thought, 'I've become a stepmum now.' We never had any difficulty with teenage angst, and now I'm looking forward to becoming a step-grandmother at some point."
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