After much speculation, Christine and Paddy McGuinness' marriage ended in July last year after more than a decade. The pair have since decided to shift their focus on amicably co-parenting their three children: Penelope, nine, and seven-year-old twins Felicity and Leo.
Now, despite ending their marriage ending, the couple have adapted to quite an unorthodox living situation. After they split, the parents wanted to keep things as normal as possible for their children as they adjusted to the new situation.
Christine told OK! Magazine: "We don't know what the future holds or how it's going to be moving forward, but we'll try to keep things as normal as possible. I'm quite happy for him to be there with the children and it's nice for them to see Mummy and Daddy just being alright.
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"We can sit and have a cup of tea together and that's fine." Explaining 'that's what their children are used to', Christine said they've chosen to keep the separation from the children for now. She added: "They're so young. I'm trying to just stick to their normal routine."
After much speculation about their marriage, the couple released a joint statement to their social media pages in July. It read: "We hadn't planned on sharing this publicly until we were ready but the lack of privacy surrounding our personal life, we feel left with no other option but to clarify.
"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."
Despite living in the same house, there have been reports of both Paddy and Christine moving on with other people. The Real Housewives of Cheshire star was spotted kissing her friend Chelcee Grimes at Winter Wonderland with an onlooker telling The Sun:
"It was a sweet moment between Christine and Chelcee as they sat on a bench outside and enjoyed live music. They were wearing similar woolly hats and even had a little dance at one point.
"They didn’t seem to have a care in the world and looked like they were in their own little bubble, it was cute."
The former Take Me Out host has also been romantically linked with a fellow TV star Kirsty Gallacher. The two were reportedly seen 'getting cosy' with Kirsty at the Ham Yard Hotel in London's Soho.
Another onlooker told The Mail on Sunday: "They were sitting together, laughing together and looking cosy. If you walked past them you would most certainly think they were on a date. They definitely looked like they would make a lovely couple."
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