TV presenters Cat Deeley and Patrick Kielty have recently announced they are separating after 12 years of marriage and Patrick previously opened up about their relationship struggles
Patrick Kielty admitted his marriage to Cat Deeley was not a “50/50 partnership”.
The TV personalities recently announced that they are parting ways and two years before the sad news, Patrick made a major confession about their marriage.
During an appearance on The Mid-Point podcast back in July 2023, when asked about how he and Cat handled major decisions Patrick chuckled: “For a long time I genuinely thought I was in a 50/50 partnership. Then you realise you’re actually a junior shareholder in a 50/50 partnership. You go: ‘I thought we were 50/50? Why do you seem to have more shares?'”
“I think with big decisions you kind of have to float stuff and see how that’s going to go. You know, drop that into conversation,” reports the Mirror.
Pat and Cat left fans reeling when they revealed they’ve decided to end their 14-year romance. The pair broke the news in a shocking statement which read: “We have taken the decision to end our marriage and are now separated.”
“There is no other party involved. We will continue to be united as loving parents to our children and would therefore kindly ask for our family privacy to be respected. There will be no further comment.”
The former couple first crossed paths whilst co-presenting BBC’s Fame Academy back in 2002, though romance didn’t spark until 2011. They exchanged vows just 12 months later in September 2012 at a romantic ceremony in Rome and went on to have two sons together – Milo, nine, and James, six.
The announcement follows reports that Cat Deeley struggled with relocating back to the UK before her separation from Patrick Kielty.
Patrick has also previously hinted at relationship challenges: “Yeah, look, you know 10 years into marriage, it is something you work at. It’s that idea that what attracts you is not going to keep you together.”
“It’s that idea of how you work together whenever the rough and the smooth and all those things, it’s a journey. You put those kids into the mix and suddenly those priorities change, and all of those things.”
“I think anybody who feels they can put their feet up and go: ‘Yeah, that’s marriage cracked.’ You’re kind of going: ‘Really?!”
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