Celebrity Big Brother winner Jim Davidson is reportedly “gutted” after his 14-year marriage with Michelle Cotton came to an end. The comedian, is said to have revealed the news that he’s going through “divorce No5” on stage during his Not Yet Cancelled tour.
The 69-year-old is said to be “really sad and gutted” that they haven’t been able to make their relationship work. He’s reportedly “not thrilled” at the prospect of having another public divorce.
Jim’s previous four divorces are expected to have cost him up to £60million, the Mirror reports. “He’s resigned to the reality that nothing can be done,” a source told The Sun.
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The Mirror has reached out to Jim's reps for comment. In 1971 Jim married his first wife Su Walpole, with the couple divorcing just one year later. The couple share daughter Sarah Walpole-Davidson, 50, together.
He went on to marry Julie Gullick in 1981, who he went on to have his eldest son Cameron, 40, with. Julie and Jim divorced five years later in 1986.His third marriage to Allison Holloway lasted just one year, with the pair divorcing in 1988.
Jim wed fourth wife Tracy Hilton in 1990 and the couple went on to have three children - 33-year-old Charlie, 31-year-old Fred and Elsie, 30. They divorced 10 years later in 2000.
Ahead of his wedding to his fourth wife, actor John Mills sent a Telemessage to mark the occasion, which read: "Will It Last?"
In February this year, Jim previously spoke about how he feared that his Operation Yewtree arrest would end his career. He was arrested in connection with the police operation set up in 2013 amid the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal, but faced no further action over the allegations made.
Remembering the media furore at the time, Jim said in a new interview: “They were all camped outside my house. Loads of people. They were all outside my house for ages and ages and ages. And I remember coming around the corner as I'd come back from The Co-op and there was a live TV crew there."
Speaking to Nana Akua on GB News, Jim went on: “I'm looking back at it as a laugh, but I thought it was a done deal."
Recalling his arrest, he said: "Suddenly I was arrested at Heathrow. I had a load of accusations. And me and my lawyers went and got all the evidence and gave it to the police. And they basically said, 'Jim, there's not going to be any more action, so no further action (NFA)."
"It was a bit scary because I thought it was a done deal."
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