CHRISTINE McGuinness is desperate to sell the £2.5m mansion she still lives in with ex-husband Paddy McGuinness, according to reports.
The former couple, who split in 2022 after 11 years of marriage, live together in the seven-bedroom Cheshire home with their three children.
The couple still share a seven-bedroom home with their kids[/caption]
A new report by the Mail claims Christine is eager to downsize and have a fresh start away from her ex.
An insider said: “Christine is at the end of her tether and can’t carry on living with Paddy. He comes and goes as he pleases while she’s at home with the children.
“She is desperate to sell the house, split the proceeds and buy a smaller property where she can live happily with their three children,’ the friend continued.
“Christine is feeling pretty low at the moment, she just wants to move on now and not have him in her life. It is all very difficult for her, her friends are so worried about her.”
The source claims comedian Paddy, who is currently on tour, wanted to wait until the end of its run to use profits to fund a move.
But Christine is said to be increasingly frustrated by how long it’s taking, especially after Paddy added extra dates to the run.
We previously revealed how Paddy argued that he would not be able to afford a similar property to the one the pair currently live in.
Just this weekend the stand-up star told Weekend magazine how the current living arrangement was perfectly “doable” and suggested there was no ill-feeling between the exes.
The couple first met through a mutual friend in 2007, when Christine was 19 and Paddy was 33. Two years later, he popped the question and they married in 2011 at Merseyside’s Thornton Manor Estate.
They share three children – twins Leo and Penelope, nine, and Felicity, six. Christine and their kids are all on the autism spectrum.
In 2022, the couple shocked fans when they announced their separation. While it initially seemed they were still on good terms, it appears that’s no longer the case.
Christine was reportedly “furious” over becoming the punchline for some of his jokes on tour.
During his return to stand-up comedy at Blackburn’s King George’s Hall, the Take Me Out presenter wasted no time to get in a dig at his ex-wife.
He said: “Loads of love in this room. I don’t care what race you are, what religion, what your sexuality is.
“I don’t care how you identify. You can identify as a cat, for all I care. Put your litter tray in the corner, knock yourself out.
“Tonight, folks, we’re all here as human beings with one common goal — and that’s to help me pay for my divorce. I’ve had the pants down, me, the pants down.”
Christine often posts pictures from the sprawling pad[/caption]
The couple split in the summer of 2022[/caption]
While the joke was received with roars of laughter from the crowd, Christine allegedly did not see the funny side.
A source told The Sun: “She was devastated yesterday and was horrified to be a laughing stock. She didn’t know Paddy was going to make her the butt of his jokes and felt shocked that he did.
“She has kept a respectful silence throughout their divorce proceedings and their marriage fallout.”
